of there being a lengthy stalemate, adding he believed putin would eventually decide it wasn t in russia s interest to continue fighting. putin has already lost the war. putin has already lost the war. putin has a real problem. how does he move from here? what does he move from here? what does he move from here? what does he do? and so, the idea thatis does he do? and so, the idea that is going to be, what vehicle is used? you can end the war tomorrow. you canjust say, i m out. but the war tomorrow. you canjust say, i m out. but what agreement is ultimately reached depends upon putin and what he decides to do but there is no possibility of him winning the war in ukraine. he s already lost that war. imagine even if not he s already lost that war. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal has more on biden s message. this was a very critical trip for president biden. he wanted to show that the us is committed to supporting ukraine but is some lingering doubts in
europe about the extent of that commitment or any pledges made tjy commitment or any pledges made by the us because, of course, there is a presidential election next year and mr biden s closest rivals for now is his predecessor donald trump and donald trump could get back into the white house and we know that he was very sceptical, certainly about the nato alliance, but earlier we spoke to the pentagon press secretary pat ryder and he made the point of saying that this isn t just about america, the us is working very closely with 50 other nations to give support to ukraine so i think they are trying to emphasise that this is again more president biden boys emphasising this is a global alliance. the other extraordinary thing about the trip was if you think back to five years ago, mr biden s predecessor donald trump was in the same site, in helsinki, effectively on the doorstep of russia but he was so different, standing with the russian president nanami putin and he made the same stunni