Some European leaders really feel sidelined as US mediation takes Russian priorities into consideration.
After years of help from the US for the Ukraine warfare to proceed “so long as it takes”, the Trump administration is now pushing to finish Europe’s warfare – rapidly and imperfectly.
Whereas particulars are nonetheless underneath negotiation, they embrace points equivalent to making certain Ukraine by no means joins NATO and Russia’s management over about 20 % of Ukraine.
To grasp the implications for Europe, the US and their relations, host Steve Clemons speaks with Kurt Volker, Trump’s former particular consultant for Ukraine negotiations, and retired Colonel Heino Klinck, former director of US Military worldwide affairs.
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