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Zelensky says Ukraine is “fully committed” to dialogue with the US

Volodymir Havrylov, a former Ukraine deputy Minister of Defence says Russia has no intention to make peace

Ahead of President Volodymir Zelensky’s trip to Saudi Arabia for the much anticipated talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia, former Ukraine Deputy Minister of Defence, Volodymir Havrylov, has told Weekend that Russia has no intention to make peace. He also explained how the Trump administration’s decision to pause military aid has impacted its war effort.

Also in the programme: The latest from Syria where reports say more than a thousand people have been killed in recent violence in western Syria and we speak to Greenlandic actor, Angunnguaq Larsen, whose role as the Greenland’s first female Prime Minister Birgitte Nyborg, in Borgen- the hit Danish political drama series, has thrown her into limelight, thanks to the geo-political tensions sparked by Donald Trump’s intention to acquire Greenland and the .

Joining presenter Julian Worricker to discuss these and other stories of the day are Jana Puglierin, German political analyst, a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations- a think tank and Richard Caplan, American born Professor of International Relations at University of Oxford.

(Picture: Relatives of Ukrainian prisoners of war attend a rally demanding the release of all POWs before any peace talks or deal with Russia, amid ongoing Russian attack on Ukraine, in front of the United States embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine March 6, 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko)

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