Is Trump losing patience with Putin?
The US president’s former Ukraine envoy shares his thoughts
On Sunday, NBC reported that Donald Trump was ‘very angry’ with Vladimir Putin over his approach to a ceasefire in Ukraine. So is he changing his mind on the Russian President?
Vic and Vit talk to Kurt Volker, Donald Trump’s former special representative for Ukraine about the current state of negotiations, the threat of sanctions and golf diplomacy.
They also discuss how Trump’s comments were received in the Russian media.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko.
The producers were Ryan Johnston, Peter Karlsen and Ben Carter. The technical producer was Andrews. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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