Russia is more interested in talking with the US and President Trump than Ukraine’s Zelenskyy, whom Moscow calls an “illegitimate president,” our correspondent Stuart Smith reports. #Russia #Ukraine #US #Trump
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00:00Yes, and Russia is still suffering from around 1,500 losses to each day militarily
00:06It's taking its toll on Russia
00:07That's for sure
00:08But there's no seeming urgency in Russia in the same way that there is here in Ukraine where territory is being lost
00:15Far more quickly than Russia and then Ukraine is regaining it and also with the threat of Western weapons drying up
00:21Particularly from the United States, so they are willing to talk now. They've been making statements towards that effect
00:28Suggesting the starts from both is softening both Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has admitted that he will at a push
00:34if it's the only way to peace have a
00:36Conversation with President Putin something he called already a major compromise and similarly the Kremlin says that President Putin is open to negotiations
00:44With Volodymyr Zelensky even though it says he's not a legitimate president. So they're open to talking. That's true
00:51but again to stress Russia is most interested seemingly in talking with the United States and President Trump than with President Zelensky and there was a
00:59suggestion from the Kremlin that
01:01Intensification of efforts to create those talks are happening in the last few months since President Trump became leader of the u.s
01:08Those discussions have gone up between Russian and u.s. Agencies and also we heard just today from Lynn Leonid Slutsky the
01:16Chair of the International Relations Committee in Russia's Parliament
01:20He was saying that he believes a meeting between Trump and Putin is currently at an advanced stage
01:25And it will take place soon for example as early as February or March