Frontline reaction to Trump 'freezing' all military aid & Europe's €800bn rearmament plan
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,105.
Today, as President Trump announces he is pausing military aid to Ukraine, we talk to a Former Counselor of the US Department of State for his reaction, as well as from those serving on the front lines in Ukraine.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dr Eliot A Cohen (former counselor in the United States Department of State). @EliotACohen on X.
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Content Referenced:
Dr Eliot Cohen's 'Shield of the Republic' episode on the 'Oval Office Ambush':
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-podcast-an-oval-office
Dr Eliot Cohen's Piece on Hegseth in The Atlantic:
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/02/ukraine-trump-foreign-policy/681685/
EU announces €800bn plan to rearm Europe and win over Trump (The Telegraph):
Europeans move towards seizing €200bn of Russian assets (The Telegraph):
https://www.ft.com/content/6536f4c4-42ce-4d8e-a063-5b7f708e7303
Putin is Unlikely to Demobilize in the Event of a Ceasefire Because He is Afraid of His Veterans (ISW):
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Francis Dernley, and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:07.7 | Today, as President Trump announces he is pausing military aid to Ukraine, |
| 0:13.0 | we talk to a former counsellor of the US Department of State for his reaction, |
| 0:17.7 | as well as from those serving on the front lines. |
| 0:22.0 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:31.3 | It's the worst carnage that this world has seen since World War II. |
| 0:36.2 | Absolutely fascinating. |
| 0:37.4 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 0:42.4 | We can't as a European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 0:46.9 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 0:48.9 | We're strong. |
| 0:50.1 | Where Ukraine is. |
| 0:52.3 | It's Tuesday, the 4th of March. three years and eight days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:00.0 | And today I'm joined by our Associate Editor of Defense Dominic Nichols and Dr. Elliot Cohen, who, further to his former role in the US government, |
| 1:08.0 | is now a contributing writer at the Atlantic and co-host of the |
| 1:12.0 | Shield of the Republic podcast. |
| 1:14.8 | First, though, over to Dom for the latest major news. |
| 1:21.0 | Well, thanks, Francis, and hi, everybody. |
| 1:23.2 | So another very, very busy 24 hours. |
| 1:26.4 | The big news is that decision by Donald Trump to pause all military aid to Ukraine to pressure President Zelensky into agreeing a ceasefire with Russia. However, there is a lot happening on the ground as well, so we do need to take account of that before concentrating on the political side of life. So more on that in a moment. First to the battlefield, |
| 1:46.8 | there's been no real movement on the ground in Ukraine, but let's go up to Kursk. The Ukrainian |
| 1:51.7 | held land there is shaped very roughly like a diamond, but stretched vertically, if you like. |
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