267. Is peace possible, or will Putin's conditions derail everything?

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🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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The ceasefire deal agreed between the US and Ukraine faces immediate hurdles. Patrick Bishop and Saul David dissect the news surrounding this fragile agreement, taking a look at Russia's "eye-watering" demands. They also analyse the Trump administration's tariff war and its impact, featuring insights from friend of the show and Canadian Resident and National Julius Strauss. Plus, we hear an extract of Patrick's interview with special forces unit commander, Kateryna Ratyshna, who stared in the award winning documentary film Porcelain War, and has now returned to Kharkiv after attending the Oscars award ceremony in Los Angeles. If you have any thoughts or questions, you can send them to - [email protected] Producer: James Hodgson X: @PodBattleground Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:16.9	The understandable relief and cautious optimism that greeted news of an agreement in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,
1:22.9	between Ukraine and the United States, by which Kiev signed up to a 30-day all-round ceasefire,
1:28.6	has given way to a realization of just how difficult this so-called breakthrough will be
1:34.0	to translate into real peace. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the ball is now
1:40.1	in Russia's court. Well, as always, Vladimir Putin has been slow to react to momentous events,
1:46.3	but even as we speak, details are emerging of what Russia will be demanding in return for its
1:52.4	compliance. And it's a pretty eye-watering list, isn't it, so? Yeah, it sure is. And it will be on the
1:58.8	table very quickly as President Trump's special envoy,
2:02.2	Steve Wittkoff, arrives in Moscow any time now. So very dramatic new developments in the offing,
2:08.5	Patrick. We'll be discussing all that as well as looking at the bigger picture of the Trump presidency,
2:13.2	particularly how the tariff war will play out, which could well impact Trump's Ukraine diplomacy.
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