Lets speak to Dr Patrick bury, former Infantry Captain in the british army, former nato analyst, and a Defence Expert at the university of bath. A lwa Ys Always Good to have you with us here on the bbc. We havejust had a statement coming out of ukraine say they are not interested in keeping this territory so i wonder what their intention is and what is going to happen now. Their intention is and what is going to happen ow their intention is and what is going to happen nova to happen now. Yes, that is really interesting to happen now. Yes, that is really interesting because to happen now. Yes, that is really interesting because we to happen now. Yes, that is really interesting because we kind to happen now. Yes, that is really interesting because we kind of. To happen now. Yes, that is really| interesting because we kind of got to happen now. Yes, that is really i interesting because we kind of got a reading from some top ukrainian officials about the Operation Objectives and they were,
Discussions on building back the global economy postpandemic, and signing a global Health Declaration to make sure another crisis like the Coronavirus Pandemic does not happen again. And in the last hour, first lady Jill Biden took part in an event featuring veterans, first responders and family members. The organization hosting it helps those with physical injuries or Mental Health issues through surfing. Looming over the g7, President Bidens first facetoface with Vladimir Putin just days from now. The russian president in a rare interview with a u. S. Network saying relations between the two nations are the lowest theyve been in years. Lets get to cnns jeff zeleny, who is live from england. So has this bilateral meeting happened . What do we know . Reporter we do know that any moment now President Biden will be sitting down for his first oneonone formal bilateral meeting with french president Emmanuel Macron. They did speak yesterday on the sidelines of this g7 summit, and it was a v
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