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Speaker 1: Yeah, So where are we at with the war and

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Speaker 1: peace talks? This is in reaired and Saudi Arabia. I'm

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Speaker 1: in and Kiev. Jimmy, Russians back. Well, there's Jimmy morning.

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Speaker 2: Hi, good morning.

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Speaker 1: We got a deal.

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Speaker 2: Well, we seem to have a significant progress, yes, in

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Speaker 2: the last few minutes. This is very much breaking news,

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Speaker 2: so a lot of details are still emerging, but both

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Speaker 2: sides have released a joint statement which says that security

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Speaker 2: assistance to Ukraine American security since Ukraine and intelligence sharing

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Speaker 2: will be restored, so weapons and American intelligence will now

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Speaker 2: be shared again with the Ukrainians. There was a pause

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Speaker 2: on that. There's also going to be a proposed thirty

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Speaker 2: day ceasefire, which is obviously contingent on the Russians agreeing.

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Speaker 2: But this is significant development for the Ukrainian government. It's

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Speaker 2: a major win because obviously they're going to have American

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Speaker 2: weapons slowing back into the country now.

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Speaker 1: So this seems to have got sorted out really quickly.

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Speaker 1: Did they predetermine a lot of this turn up in

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Speaker 1: Saudi Arabia and basically pulllypins out and sign it.

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Speaker 2: So essentially we know that Zelensky had sent a letter

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Speaker 2: to Trump apologizing for, you know, the confrontation in the

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Speaker 2: White House. I think he was very gracious in that apology, because,

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Speaker 2: to be honest, I don't think he had that much

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Speaker 2: to apologize for, to be honest. But anyway, he kind

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Speaker 2: of fell on his sword a little bit, and you know,

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Speaker 2: was the bigger man. He sent that letter, and then

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Speaker 2: there was a high level delegation the US Sector of

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Speaker 2: State and they managed to hash it out. I think

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Speaker 2: the Ukrainians are doing everything they can to demonstrate that

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Speaker 2: they are ready for peace, that they are ready to,

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Speaker 2: you know, end this war which has lasted for three

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Speaker 2: years now and has cost hundreds of thousands of lives.

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Speaker 1: We've got half the equation, though the Russians, seemingly from

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Speaker 1: Levrov particularly, appear to be conceding nothing. What happens there, well,

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Speaker 1: that's the big question.

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Speaker 2: So obviously the Americans have tried to pressure Ukraine to

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Speaker 2: come to terms, and they've succeeded in their way. But

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Speaker 2: we're waiting to see what pressure they will attempt to

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Speaker 2: put on the Russians, if any, in order to get

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Speaker 2: them to agree as well, because obviously you can only

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Speaker 2: have a ceasefire if both sides agrees, and now the

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Speaker 2: ball is very much in Moscow's court.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly, Jimmy, good to catch up with you. We'll

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Speaker 1: talk again soon. Jimmy Russian who's in Kieve. He is

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Speaker 1: Marco and Saudi Arabia lot.

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Speaker 3: Today we've made an offer that the Ukrainians have accepted,

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Speaker 3: which is to enter into a ceasefire and into immediate

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Speaker 3: negotiations to end this conflict in a way that's enduring

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Speaker 3: and sustainable and accounts for their interests, their security, their

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Speaker 3: ability to prosper as a nation. I want to personally

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Speaker 3: think we both want to thank the Kingdom of Saudi

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Speaker 3: Arabia's majesty for hosting us, for making this possible. They've

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Speaker 3: been instrumental in this process and we're very grateful to

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Speaker 3: them for hosting us here today.

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Speaker 1: And so there we go. That sounds positive. Balls in

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Speaker 1: the Russians court, and that's going to be a sticky one,

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