Say that western troops cannot be in ukraine, because it will mean further escalation. But some of them, for example, the Prime Minister of estonia, kaja kallas, said that we should not rule out such a possibility. What is your opinion on this matter, given that you are one of the best in the world in the field of security and foreign policy, and what advice would you give to the president of the United States of america on this matter, if any . His adviser. I dont often agree with president macron, but im happy to say that this time i did. I must note that we are in the midst of the president ial Election Campaign and think the chances of the Biden Administration saying they agree with macron are zero. It touches on a fundamental question about the overall response of the us and the west to the russian invasion two years ago. Its obvious that. We couldnt stop the russians from attacking, in fact, id say we didnt even try very hard, one of the ways that we could have acted in addition to a few other things that we could have done was send more troops into ukraine, especially american troops, not to fight the russians before the invasion, but to training targets, and let the russians worry about what an increased american or increased nato presence would mean, as i said. We should have done things differently, more economic sanctions, more rapid arms delivery, but the failure to contain the russians was mirrored throughout the two years of the conflict in constant fear of what the white house calls a wider war. This inhibits the strategic supply of weapons that would allow ukraine to conduct the war most effectively, which has largely led to the current impasse, in which. Found themselves, so it was very unfortunate to see the behavior of the white house, i think that this indecision because of the fear of provoking the russians, gives the russians what they want absolutely free. And what do you think about the bilateral security agreements that ukraine signs with various european and world countries, do you think it is possible, or even better. To have such an agreement with the United States of america . It is an inadequate alternative to nato membership until we achieve what each nato member calls for our goal is to fully restore the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine. In accordance with nato practice, we do not accept members who are under occupation by an enemy state, because this immediately puts us all in a state of war. The first step here should be victory in the current war, the next step ukraines entry into the nato alliance. Today we see that the threat is that russia is multiplying the transnistrian republic. I am sure that on the initiative of moscow, ukraine asked for protection from the russians, if this will lead to more Russian Troops entering transnistria, then this will be a very bad development. We are in an unstable situation, we need. A strategy for the future, and now we dont have one. Mr. Ambassador, there are some World Leaders and even european leaders who are still wary of helping ukraine, of providing ukraine with everything it needs to fight against the russian aggressor. Is the west really afraid of an asymmetric response from putin, and that is why they are so cautious. If the russians try to attack nato members directly in cyberspace or elsewhere, they are taking a lot of risk, and they should know it. The point is that all this concern is about possibility. Of a broad war implies that russia has the ability to wage a largescale war. Given her failures in ukraine, i doubt it. Even when it comes to nuclear intimidation over the past two years, we have never seen evidence of Russian Nuclear deployments that would threaten ukraine or the rest of europe. Therefore , i do not think that the kremlin has many reserves. I believe that their military failures in ukraine inflicted on them great. Difficulties and yet the deterrent effect they exerted on us, on all of us, in fact, hurt ukraine, unfortunately, about three weeks ago, bloomberg reported, citing its own sources, and i will quote now donald trump is considering pushing ukraine to negotiations on ending the war with russia if he returns to power. Next year, end of quote one of trumps advisers told the agency that the threat of military aid cuts could push ukraine to negotiate, while its increase will only provoke russia. Can we say that trump is already on his way to his goal . Attempts to pass the last tranche of aid through congress have seen total confusion. And yet i hope that they will find a way to overcome these difficulties. The problem with the general budget for this Financial Year also remains relevant. Progress is now evident, and i think there is significant majority support in both chambers to pass this package. Unrelated issues such as the Biden Administrations inability to implement are holding up approval effective policy on the Mexican Border vs. However, i am worried about trump because , firstly, as president , he announced the withdrawal of the United States from nato, and secondly, during the Election Campaign, he also promised to put zelenskyi and putin in the same room and solve the problem in 24 hours, now, as zelensky said, its funny, but id be worried if they tried it and it didnt work. It is clear that trump will not blame himself. Its not his. Trump , in my opinion, would be dangerous for both the United States and ukraine. Since youve already started talking about trump, i ll ask a question about him. What are the chances that he will win the election this fall. Unfortunately, he now has a very good chance of winning. Biden is considered too old to be president. He wont be any younger until november, and the democrats dont seem to understand that. I think the final decision will be made by a large group of American Voters who dont like either of them. And the question will be in november, which of them they dont like anymore. And that would mean that another will win. Its not the best way to elect a president , but i. I think thats the perspective that we have, and its impossible to predict now who will be more unpopular in november. Can a court prevent trump from becoming president of the United States of america . No, if it doesnt sound strange, even a convicted felon can be elected president. It is currently unclear whether any of the four criminal cases will go to trial before november. And even if the jury returns a verdict against trump, he will appeal. I think for Many Americans who dont want to elect a convicted felon as president will be a significant factor, but even that is hard to say. Trumps support has soared since he was impeached four times. And he became even richer, as far as i know, after that. A few weeks ago, putinska. Said, or rather it was a week ago, said that it would be better for russia if joe biden became the new president of the United States of america and not donald trump . And yet, in your opinion, which us president would actually be better for putin. Putin, a former agent kgb, conducted another operation to influence American Voters, saying that he supports biden. And all this in order to. Make some people support trump, but i have been in the same room with putin and with trump more than once. Ive had several meetings with putin without trump involved, i can tell you what i think. And thats one of the reasons why i dont think trump is fit to be president. They consider him a winning party, but what is the phenomenon . I would put it this way, trumps popularity among americans, particularly among republicans. Why some of them seriously think hes even a president from god is a bit hard to understand, but i think it reflects the opinion of a lot of people who are pretty alienated from the system, they feel like the democrats are looking down on them, remember in 2016 Hillary Clinton called Trump Supporters pathetic, and they dont think theyre pathetic, they dont like how they re treated. Attested elites, and they express frustration and displeasure in supporting trump, and i understand, and in fact, sympathize with their sentiments in many ways, but trump is the wrong vehicle to express these feelings. I hope that americans, i mean republican americans, will find the right remedy for themselves, i really hope so. Were working on it, are we working on it or . Are there any other candidates . At this point, no, i mean, i think its realistic. Trump will most likely be nominated by the republicans. I dont see anyone who can stop him at this point, but the convention in july is still a long way off, and we are witnessing a very strange time in american history. A lot of can happen how realistic is this threat . I understand that this threat from trump is not even for the United States of america, but for the whole world. But are there any deterrents for the president in the american legal system . In case trump becomes the new head of the United States of america . The law should apply to every us citizen. Trump claims immunity and has several criminal cases against him. The Supreme Court decided to consider this issue and make a decision. I think they will rule against him. Yes, there are limits, but he sees things through the lens of what benefits donald trump. Laws and regulations that bind most sane people to be responsible citizens are of little concern to trump. Thats one of the reasons why i think his second term will wreak havoc. What is beneficial to trump . Is there Anything Congress can do to limit him. Well, they passed a law that tries to prevent him from withdrawing the country from nato without congressional approval. I believe it is unconstitutional. The president has constitutional powers the power to withdraw from contracts, even very good contracts. After all, there is no paper document in the world that can restrain someone who does not feel any limitations. If trump is reelected, it will be a test of the american constitution and ours. Institutions, i think we will win in the end, he wont be able to do everything he wants, but he will push the limits. I dont think there is any doubt about that. That is, if he decides not to help ukraine financially, no one and nothing in the United States of america will make him change his mind. They may try to impeach him again. Do you remember the first impeachment was related to the question whether . He tried to bribe zelensky by denying him military aid unless he received help in finding Hillary Clintons computer server and other similar things. So there could be an intense political fight over many of the things trump wants to do, and it could reach the level of a constitutional crisis, which is one of the reasons why no one should expect a second trump term. And my last question. To you today, mr. Ambassador, what do you think are the main challenges facing the world in 2024 and is the world really ready for them . The war in ukraine remains at the fore , the war in the middle east is another very worrying situation, i think the threat of china doing something somewhere on its indopacific periphery while the usa and others are preoccupied with europe and the middle east. Also remains a very serious concern, this is a dangerous world, i fear that a weak, introverted america will only make this world more dangerous. Very thank you, mr. Ambassador, thank you for joining me today and thank you for answering my questions. Thank you for the invitation. Well, it was the National Security advisor to the 45th president of the United States of america, john bolton, and i talked to him about a lot of interesting things, including the United States of americas aid to ukraine, whether were going to get it, whether were going to get it in the event , if donald trump becomes president , and as he said, trump has huge. Chances, and about a lot of interesting things, well, my name is yuriy fisar, this there was an exclusive on espresso, see you soon , congratulations, im olga len, this is the chronicles of the war, and im asking you to. Read to our gathering on duty, the espresso tv channel is asking you to join the gathering on buggies for evacuating the wounded and transporting combat kits, as well as for automobile and paid slaves, and thats all for the 12th separate law of special purpose. Our defenders destroy the enemy in the eastern direction every day, and this collection will help save human lives, facilitate and increase the effectiveness of the unit, each. Over strengthens the shield with which we restrain the aggressor, our goal is 480 00 hryvnias, you see the qr code, you see the card number, join, please, and now lets see what happened at the front in the last few days, and see our battle map. Map of hostilities for the period of february 28, march 5 , 2024, largescale russian offensive. Choked armed forces attack crimea in the last few weeks, the russians have advanced along the entire front line from Luhansk Region to zaporizhzhia, with great effort near avdiyivka, bakhmut and ughledar, but the window of opportunity for the armed forces of the Russian Federation has closed. Armed forces finally received shells. Stabilization of the front near avdiivka. The occupiers failed to develop their success west of avdiivka. All of their mechanized assaults are mostly broken. After the withdrawal of the lastochka zsu , a new line of defense was established through the villages of berdychi, semenivka, orlivka, and umanske, and the advance of the russians east of this line was also stopped. In particular, using water and other landscape obstacles, the Defense Forces managed to break the marching offensive of the russians. Currently , active fighting continues on the eastern outskirts of the village of tonenke and in the southeastern part eagles the rashists also tried several times to break through to berdych, but failed every time. They were rejected, given that the ukrainian artillery spoke again at full voice, in a language understandable to the rechists, probably this was the end of their successes near avdiyivka. Chasiv yar is on fire, this week the enemy has concentrated excessive efforts to break through our defenses around the temporal chasm. For several days in a row , cabs of the occupiers often flew into the city, suffering heavy losses they managed to push the Defense Forces from the eastern outskirts of ivanovsk. But ours the military takes countermeasures to drive the invaders out of the village. Meanwhile, the armed forces managed to recapture several positions in the village of bohdanivka. The battle during the time of ya will probably be no less long than during the time of bahmud, because this fortress protects the security of kostiantynivka and kramatorsk. Coal mining direction. In novomykhaivka, heavy fighting continues in the central part of the village, where the enemy managed to break through from the south. However, for several days now, they have been missing. Before the advance of the armed forces, with the help of bradley, the occupiers are gradually knocked out of the village. At the same time, the Defense Forces managed to repulse the advance of the rashists from the north and remove the threat of a breakthrough to their rear. The russians were partially knocked out of the village of pobeda, but the village itself moved into a gray zone, as they say, neither ours nor yours. Works are not a tokmat area. The situation on this part of the front has stabilized. In the first days of march, the russian offensive on the village expired, and our heroes launched a counteroffensive. In the course of which a significant part of the lost positions was returned, in particular all the suburbs of robotyny. For the enemy, the offensive ended with significant losses and without changes in the line the front despite this, we will probably soon see new attempts to revise the results of the summer counteroffensive of the armed forces, and not only near robotyny, but also in the berdyansk direction, near staromaisk. Luhansk region, kupyansk in three days. All historical statements about the breakthrough of rosha. To kupyansk and further to kharkiv this week ended with the fact that the Ukrainian Armed forces conducted a successful counteroffensive near the village of tabaivka, which the enemy captured at the end of january. Therefore , the northern and western outskirts of the village are back under our control, heavy positional battles are currently ongoing in the village itself. On in the south of the region, the russians continue to attack in the direction of the zherebets river and the villages of yampoliv kaiterny. In a week, they managed to improve their position by a hundred meters. Airplane pad and clear sky above the front. In 14 days, the armed forces shot down 14 of the latest russian su34, su35 and a50 aircraft. The last four caught fire. In the sky as early as february 29 and march 1, since then cabs began to fall less on the heads of our military, in the south , the cessation of roundtheclock scanning of Ukrainian Airspace finally became a reality. Air force Spokesman Yuriy Ignat said that the sky is clear, even the temporary disappearance of the a50 plane from our sky opens promising horizons. Currently, the enemy is thinking about how to get out of this difficult situation. Meanwhile, this week the russians had a big. Historical achievement, they destroyed the first hymers and the first abrams. Crimea is again under the sights of the armed forces. First, near dzhankoy, the armed forces of ukraine destroyed an air defense complex, which included s400s, several beechs, armor and a torus. It was supposed to protect the south of the peninsula from missiles and drones. After the protection was removed, our