i m fareed zakaria. today we devote the program to that sobering anniversary. one year since russia s full-scale invasion of ukraine. i ll bring you my interview with the national security adviser jake sullivan and u.s. aid administrator samantha power about where the war and america s assistance go from here. also, who should foot the bill for the hundreds of billions of dollars in damage to ukraine? former treasury secretary larry summers said the answer is easy. listen to him explain his plan. then, why putin s war on ukraine might not be proceeding as he hoped. the russian president may be getting exactly what he always wanted back home in russia. the new york times valerie hopkins will explain. but first, here is my take. one year into russia s naked aggression against ukraine it is become clear that neither side is strong enough to win the war, nor weak enough to sue for peace. the conflict has settled into a stalemate. after making impressive gains, ukraine s arm
united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria. today we devote the program to that sobering anniversary. one year since russia s full-scale invasion of ukraine. i ll bring you my interview with the national security adviser jake sullivan and usaid administrator samantha powell about where the war and america s assistance go from here. also, who should foot the bill for the hundreds of billions of dollars in damage to ukraine? former treasury secretary larry summers says the answer is easy. listen to him explain his plan. then why putin s war in ukraine may not be proceeding as he hoped. the russian president may be getting exactly what he always wanted back home in russia. the new york times valerie hopkins will explain. but first, here s my take. one year into russia s naked aggression against ukraine, it s become clear that neither side is strong enough to win the war nor weak enough to sue for peace. the conflict has settled into a stalemate. after m
one year later. almost exactly a year ago missile attacks against the capital of ukraine, kyiv. to most this was a surprise attack and invasion. the ukrainians didn t see it coming, nor did the europeans. the one consistent voice cautioning that an invasion was likely, the u.s. intelligence community. another surprise for the world, the intense resolve about entertainer turned president volodymyr zelenskyy, unlike others in his position he didn t flee but only left the country a handful of times to plea for guns and ammunition. and for the last year he s faced off from across the border with vladimir putin who has ruled russia for more than two de decades. the key player who is not a participant in the war, the united states of america. it is the country that has organized the sanctions against russia, it is the country that has been the single biggest provider of military and nonmilitary assistance and tonight on this special program, you ll hear from two top officials on am
the another surprise for the world the intense resolve of that entertainer turned president, volodymyr zelenskyy. unlike others in his position, he did not indeed, he s only left the country a handful of times to plea for guns and ammunition. and for the last year, he has faced off from across the border with vladimir putin, who has ruled russia for more than two decades. a key player who is not a participant in the war, the united states of america. it is a country that has organized the sanctions against russia. it is the country that has been the single biggest provider of military and non-military assistance, and tonight, on this special program, you will hear from two top officials on america s national security team. first, the biden administration s key player on countering russia s war in ukraine, the national security adviser jake sullivan, who is with president biden in kyiv this week. also, usaid administrator samantha power, the official responsible for making
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. After six years of terrible bloodshed, could 2017 dramatically shift the dynamic of the syria conflict . Change is in the air. Aleppo has fallen to the assad regime and a Ceasefire Deal brokered by russia and turkey is just about folding. Moscows dominant role in the diplomatic endgame is now undisputed with ankara playing a pivotal role as well. My guest is Bassma Kodmani of the Negotiating Team of the syrian opposition. Is it time for the moderate rebels to accept their de facto defeat . Bassma kodmani in paris, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen, thank you. Its a pleasure to have you on the programme. Let me start with a question that comes directly from the new year. Do you see 2017 bringing with it better prospects for an end to the conflict in syria then we have seen at any time in the previous, almost, six years . I do, carefully optimistic, but i do. I do hope and we are working towards making 2017 the end of the disaster of the tragedy