2025-12-19
26 分钟It's 1,394 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
After talks in Berlin this week,
European leaders had rarely been more publicly optimistic about the prospects of an end to the war in Ukraine.
Progress had been made on what the Americans called platinum standard security guarantees,
leading to President Trump's conclusion that peace was closer than ever.
There was no resolution, though, on the issue of territory,
and remained unclear whether Russia would countenance anything close to the Article 5-like guarantees being discussed,
let alone NATO boots on Ukrainian soil.
And before the proposal had even been put to President Putin,
he reiterated in no uncertain terms to his own defence ministry that Moscow's pre-war aims would be satisfied unconditionally.
So, as the European counterparts he branded piglets flock to Brussels for a key summit,
can they apply more pressure with an as-yet-elusive agreement on how to fund Kiev going forward?
Our panel are here to answer your questions on this episode of Ukrainecast.
Ukrainecast from BBC News.
This is a sovereign nation under unprovoked attack.
We are ready to finish this war as quick as possible.
Russia is not preparing for peace.
We are an enemy of NATO.
And we'll do whatever is necessary to ensure our security.
I don't love it.