zelensky likely to make any difference? ~ , ., ., difference? well, first of all, the timin: , difference? well, first of all, the timing. there difference? well, first of all, the timing, there will difference? well, first of all, the timing, there will be difference? well, first of all, the timing, there will be no - difference? well, first of all, the timing, there will be no real- timing, there will be no real progress at the table until president putin makes more progress with the territory, in other words until he achieves at least what for now the defence ministry says it is main priority for the moment, now that the first phase of the operation is complete, the donbas, the liberation of eastern ukraine, as the defence ministry in russia put it. and a land corridor as well, connecting the donbas with the crimean peninsula, also under russian sway since 2014. when it comes to neutrality, we have been hearing from turkish and israeli mediators for some time now, as you know,
the people involved think they were the people involved think they were the target of a poisoning. we say it is suspected, we don t know who is behind it, we don t know why this was done exactly, some of the people involved think they were targeted by hardliners in moscow who wanted to disrupt this peace process. but again, we have no proof of that, i should reiterate. should reiterate. max, thank you very much. should reiterate. max, thank you very much. and should reiterate. max, thank you very much, and you should reiterate. max, thank you very much, and you can - should reiterate. max, thank you very much, and you can read - should reiterate. max, thank you l very much, and you can read max s reporting on the wall streetjournal website. well, another round of face to face talks between ukraine and russia are scheduled to go ahead this week in turkey. these pictures are from the last few hours the russian delegation arriving in istanbul. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelen
a new security guarantee for ukraine from the u.n. security council and a few other countries, poland, turkey, i think even israel is on the list, in return for ukrainian neutrality. that is his idea. that s what the ukrainians have floated. so far the most important country to provide a security guarantee along the new formulation it is an article five-like guarantee from the nato treaty but with a different constellation of countries. that s his idea to get to yes for a peace agreement. by the way, that s the face-saving measure for putin that he can say, we got them to declare neutrality. but there s one key country that has to sign up for it that hasn t yet, that s the united states of america. i m wondering will he use this moment to talk about it when the whole world is watching. yeah, it will be fascinating. really quickly, mr. ambassador, you heard what clint watts said.
Key points Since the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, the U.S. has provided $2.5 billion in military aid to Ukraine. Continued security assistance prolongs the conflict and heightens U.S.-Russia tensions.Russia shares a 1,200-mile border with.