Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s video statement, refusing to leave Kyiv, on the first night of Russia’s full-scale invasion, February 24, 2022

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UPDATE, MARCH 30:

In the third and final part of my 90-minute conversation with War and Politics 24’s Daniel Tkiie in London, I further examine Donald Trump’s relationship with Vladimir Putin.

I discuss the interaction of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with the US-Israel War on Iran, and I consider US domestic politics and the Trump camp.

I close with a comparison of Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Donald Trump won’t be successful as a businessman, as a President, as a world leader. It will be as a reality TV star. He made for good television and good headlines because he did or said something outrageous.

Which brings me back to Ukraine — because there is a TV star who has become President. The success is not just Volodymyr Zelensky but of a country which realizes this is not reality TV.

UPDATE, MARCH 26:

In the second part of my 90-minute chat with War and Politics 24’s Daniel Tkiie in London, I consider: why does Donald Trump hate Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky?

I set out how Trump and some in his Administration have tried to belittle and humiliate Zelensky — but also how others, working with Kyiv and Europe, have pushed back against the attempt to abandon Ukraine to the Russian invasion.

And I take on Daniel’s pointed question: “Is Donald Trump a Russian asset?”

ORIGINAL ENTRY, MARCH 23: On Friday I joined Daniel Tkiie, the host of Ukraine’s War and Politics 24, for a special 90-minute chat in London.

In the first part of the discussion, I explain how Ukrainians repelled Vladimir Putin’s hopes for a “3-day war”.

Russia lost that war by April [2022]. Whatever happens after that, they lost.

Russia continues to hold 20% of Ukraine. Regrettably, they may continue to hold portions such as Crimea for quite some time.

But in terms of “winning” by making Ukraine part of Greater Russia —- no, sorry, mate. All you can do, Vlad, is cut your losses at this point.

I begin with how Ukraine not only held out but how it back a leader in military technology, with that contribution evident amid the current US-Israel War on Iran.

I look back over the 49 months of the full-scale invasion. I consider the current state of Ukraine’s resistance: military, political, and economic.