Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump at a US military base near Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025 (CNN)

EA-Ukraine VideoCasts: Donald Trump’s Betrayal and Alliance with Putin

EA-Frontline VideoCast: Allying with Putin, Trump Betrays Ukraine

EA-Ukraine VideoCast: Selling Out Kyiv — Trump’s Economic Deals With Russia

UPDATE, OCT 21:

EA’s Cormac Smith joined Pakistan TV’s Sana Maqbool on Tuesday evening to explain that “Donald Trump’s mask is finally off” over his alliance with Vladimir Putin and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

UPDATE 1334 GMT:

I joined Poland’s TVP World on Friday morning to review the Trump camp’s measures against Ukraine and support for Russia.

I put the Trump camp’s “warning shot”, demanding an end to Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries, in the context of Ukraine’s vulnerability with air defenses and Russia’s airstrikes trying to break civilian resistance and energy infrastructure.

I consider, “Have Volodymyr Zelensky and Europe given up on pulling back Trump from Russia?”, noting a split within the US Administration.

UPDATE, OCT 17:

Speaking with Times Radio’s Henry Bonsu late Thursday night, I detailed the extent of the Trump camp’s betrayal of Ukraine with the diesel deal and cutoff of intelligence sharing.

I note how the suspension of early-warning intelligence about Russia’s missile and drone strikes threatened not only Ukraine’s civilians but US personnel in Kyiv.

I highlight the necessity of Ukraine and its European partners getting to the “responsible adults” in the Administration.

UPDATE 1843 GMT:

EA’s Cormac Smith joined London’s LBC on Wednesday to knock back disinformation, pushed by Donald Trump, about “corruption” in Ukraine.

Cormac lays out the information about the government in Kyiv and Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions.

UPDATE, OCT 16:

I joined Ukraine’s War and Politics 24 on Tuesday for a 22-minute deep dive into the Trump camp’s betrayal of Ukraine and support of the Kremlin.

Host Daniel Tkiie and I discussed the extent of that betrayal, even before the revelations of a cutoff of early-warning intelligence and the White House restriction of Starshield, the military version of Starlink, to Ukraine.

If you really want the Russians to come into talks, you get the Russians to come and then — if there’s progress in negotiations — you buy the Russian diesel fuel.

You don’t give up your leverage before the talks.

UPDATE 1850 GMT:

EA’s Cormac Smith joined Pakistan TV’s Sana Maqbool on Wednesday to assess the damage caused by Donald Trump — “treasonous”, “treacherous”, “a liar”, and “a latter-day Nero” — to Ukraine’s resistance against Russia’s invasion.

Cormac begins with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to the UK, considering how both countries can deal with Trump’s deals with the Kremlin.

UPDATE, OCT 15:

I joined London’s LBC News on Wednesday afternoon to evaluate the extent of Donald Trump’s sellout of Ukraine, from his purchase of Russian diesel fuel to the cutoff of intelligence sharing to restrictions on the military version of Starlink.

I discuss the need to get to US officials who still believe in Ukrainian and European security, and I assess the significance of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s meeting with UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

My interview follows the comments of Leigh Turner, former UK Ambassador to Ukraine.

UPDATE, OCT 13:

I spoke with Dublin Newstalk’s Claire Byrne on Tuesday morning about Donald Trump — desperate over the price rises in gasoline and diesel caused by his War on Iran — selling out Ukraine to buy Russian fuel.

I explain how Trump has undercut US sanctions, breaking a ban from 2022 on imports of Russian supplies, and consider whether others within the Administration and Republican legislators will push back.

I also talk about the further complication of escalating attacks between Yemen’s Houthis and Saudi Arabia.

ORIGINAL ENTRY, OCT 11: I joined Poland’s TVP World on Sunday to analyze Donald Trump’s deal with Vladimir Putin to buy Russian diesel fuel, undermining Ukraine’s resistance against the Kremlin’s 55 1/2-month full-scale invasion.

I evaluate the consequences for US politics with forthcoming mid-term elections and the Trumpist takeover of the Republican Party “but as important as this is in the long-term, it does not get out of the immediate issues with Trump’s ludicrous decision to prop up Vladimir Putin”.

Placing the diesel deal with other economic collusion between the Kremlin and Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, I summarize:

This is not about getting stability with Russia. The Trump camp’s approach is to make profits off of Russia…and he is looking to sell out Ukraine to do so.