It's uncertain how Ukraine can fare against Russia as the US pauses military aid and stops all equipment destined for Ukraine.
Europe's been scrambling to pick up the pieces since Donald Trump began talks with Russia.
UK correspondent Enda Brady says Friday's outburst was a clear warning for Zelenskyy by Trump.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Brill and Bridge rich In the Brady's a UK europe correspondent.
Good evening, Hey, Brian, loved it to speak to you
again and to you. So we've had a big day
of an outthit from Donald Trump, the terrorist etc. But
the big one Ukraine and the pausing of military aid
to Ukraine's military into its frontline forces, sending shotwives all
(00:20):
around the world as you can imagine. But how are
they responding in Europe? What's the reaction there?
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Well, shock, which I'm surprised by because we knew this
was coming. I mean, he was saying this on the
campaign trail. You could see what was happening on Friday night,
the ambush in the White House. So he's just following
through on everything he has said. So now we know
now we know that Trump does not want to help
Ukraine in any way, and effectively, what they're doing is
(00:45):
trying to bully Zelenski into accepting Russia's peace steal. And
Russia's peace steal involves and I know this because I've
spent many hours with the Russian ambassador interviewing him in London,
and he has a list of and it's obviously a
Kremlin dictated list of what they will do for peace.
So Russia effectively wants to keep all of the land
(01:06):
it has invaded and stolen in the last three years,
in addition to Crimenia Crimea, which had stolen twenty fourteen.
No NATAL membership for Ukraine, no European Union membership, and
Zelenski must go. So that's just the beginning of the
Russian hit list. Trump seems to think that this is
all fine. So what we're seeing now is France and
(01:26):
the UK step up, and I think there will be
an alternative peace proposal put forward. They're working closely with Zelenski.
I think we'll see Italian peacekeepers, French, British, perhaps Norwegian
and Swedish. I was in Ireland for the weekend. Maybe
even an Irish contingent as well, with peacekeepers in Lebanon.
So if Trump has done one thing, he has made
(01:48):
Europe more united.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Absolutely. But that's what they've been wanting for a very
long time, the Americans, right, They've wanted Europe to step
up and to play its part, and he's now forcing
their hand. What have to Ukraine in the meantime If
this military aide stops, does Europe have the resources in
the way withal to get the military aide that's needed
to Ukraine to keep the fighting going.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Well, that is the question. I mean, the UK military
is on its knees after fourteen successive years of underfunding
under the Conservatives, So the military here they would really
be scrabbling around to even get a peacekeeping force together.
And I've spoken to senior leaders on my TV show
roundtable in the last six months and they all say
the same thing. UK military leaders from here are saying that,
(02:35):
you know, if you're looking at a peacekeeping force of
thirty thousand men, they can't stay there indefinitely. You need
another thirty thousand training to go in and another thirty
thousand recovering from coming out. So they're doing the numbers.
Europe is trying to pull its resources and it needs stating.
The number one country in Europe for support of Ukraine
(02:55):
is actually Germany. They've given the most in terms of
money and military So I guess if anything, from Friday
night they have sharpened the focus of Europe to come together,
But how much is left in the European pot. Ultimately
we're all going to be chipping in more.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
And into this being tributes to the Scottish painter Jack Vitriano.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Yes, he's passed away at the age of seventy three
at a house in France, and he was an extraordinary man.
If the name doesn't ring any bells, check out his artwork.
The art establishment here hated Jack Vetriano. They didn't like
the fact that he was a working class guy. He
used to be a mining engineer at the age of
sixteen and he taught himself how to paint. His first
(03:39):
girlfriend said to him one day, and it was a
comment that stayed with him his entire life. He's from
a small town in Fife, in Scotland, and the girlfriend
apparently said to him, if you don't do something with
your life, you're going to be stuck here forever and
you'll do nothing. So he signed up for an art
class at the local school, taught himself how to paint,
and he started copying the mass and then he decided
(04:01):
on his own style. And the art establishment they never
showed his portraits in the National Gallery in London, in
the Gallery in Edinburgh, but he had the Last Laughters.
One painting in particular he's famous for called the Singing Butler.
I absolutely love it. It was sold about twenty years
ago when it last came up for auction for about
one point four million en z. And would you believe
(04:21):
if Jack Vetriano had the last laugh, because that one
painting alone was bringing him in in royalties every year
in terms of prints and pictures and postcards people who
copied of it. One million end z every year of
his life off the back of a painting he made
thirty three years ago.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Good on him. Now, Menchester United fans we talk a
lot about Menchester United, and said Jim Redcliffe. He's in
the firing line again, this time not from the establishment
but from the fans. I have a ticket prices.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Yes. So they got dumped out of the FA Cup
the other night, unceremoniously by Fulham, a home match which
they on paper years ago man United with have rolled
over Fulham. Fulham came one on penalties. United were the
cup holders. They are out and the chant went around
the ground. I won't use the language that was used,
but Ratcliffe obviously this gets back to him. So the
(05:15):
ticket pricing he has set for every home game, respective,
irrespective of who you are, whether you're a pension or whatever,
it equates to one hundred and thirty two end Z
dollars per ticket per match. And you know they're used
to watching big flare players winning trophies. It's not happening anymore.
(05:36):
They're not one hundred and thirty two dollars a ticket prospect.
Manchester United. They're going backwards. I think they're fifteenth in
the Premier League now, which will be their most catastrophic
finish ever. And all the while Ratcliffe has acted hundreds
of staff, the free lunches for the staff have gone.
It just goes from bad to worse. But the fans,
I think he's on the brink of a mutiny now
(05:57):
with the fans. And this is this is a guy
who from the local area and consider themself a Manchester
United fan.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
There we go in the thank you for that? What
would you normally pay for a for a ticket?
Speaker 2 (06:11):
You couldn't pay you. Look, you couldn't pay me to
watch Manchester United as a Liverpool fan. I'd go watch
them once a season. Well, look, I hope I hope
they enjoy us winning everything this year. Ryan, That's all
I would say.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
And to thank you in the bradio, you can you're corresponding.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Listen live to news talks. It'd be from four pm weekdays,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
Brill and Bridge rich In the Brady's a UK europe correspondent.
Good evening, Hey, Brian, loved it to speak to you
again and to you. So we've had a big day
of an outthit from Donald Trump, the terrorist etc. But
the big one Ukraine and the pausing of military aid
to Ukraine's military into its frontline forces, sending shotwives all
(00:20):
around the world as you can imagine. But how are
they responding in Europe? What's the reaction there?
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Well, shock, which I'm surprised by because we knew this
was coming. I mean, he was saying this on the
campaign trail. You could see what was happening on Friday night,
the ambush in the White House. So he's just following
through on everything he has said. So now we know
now we know that Trump does not want to help
Ukraine in any way, and effectively, what they're doing is
(00:45):
trying to bully Zelenski into accepting Russia's peace steal. And
Russia's peace steal involves and I know this because I've
spent many hours with the Russian ambassador interviewing him in London,
and he has a list of and it's obviously a
Kremlin dictated list of what they will do for peace.
So Russia effectively wants to keep all of the land
(01:06):
it has invaded and stolen in the last three years,
in addition to Crimenia Crimea, which had stolen twenty fourteen.
No NATAL membership for Ukraine, no European Union membership, and
Zelenski must go. So that's just the beginning of the
Russian hit list. Trump seems to think that this is
all fine. So what we're seeing now is France and
(01:26):
the UK step up, and I think there will be
an alternative peace proposal put forward. They're working closely with Zelenski.
I think we'll see Italian peacekeepers, French, British, perhaps Norwegian
and Swedish. I was in Ireland for the weekend. Maybe
even an Irish contingent as well, with peacekeepers in Lebanon.
So if Trump has done one thing, he has made
(01:48):
Europe more united.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Absolutely. But that's what they've been wanting for a very
long time, the Americans, right, They've wanted Europe to step
up and to play its part, and he's now forcing
their hand. What have to Ukraine in the meantime If
this military aide stops, does Europe have the resources in
the way withal to get the military aide that's needed
to Ukraine to keep the fighting going.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Well, that is the question. I mean, the UK military
is on its knees after fourteen successive years of underfunding
under the Conservatives, So the military here they would really
be scrabbling around to even get a peacekeeping force together.
And I've spoken to senior leaders on my TV show
roundtable in the last six months and they all say
the same thing. UK military leaders from here are saying that,
(02:35):
you know, if you're looking at a peacekeeping force of
thirty thousand men, they can't stay there indefinitely. You need
another thirty thousand training to go in and another thirty
thousand recovering from coming out. So they're doing the numbers.
Europe is trying to pull its resources and it needs stating.
The number one country in Europe for support of Ukraine
(02:55):
is actually Germany. They've given the most in terms of
money and military So I guess if anything, from Friday
night they have sharpened the focus of Europe to come together,
But how much is left in the European pot. Ultimately
we're all going to be chipping in more.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
And into this being tributes to the Scottish painter Jack Vitriano.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Yes, he's passed away at the age of seventy three
at a house in France, and he was an extraordinary man.
If the name doesn't ring any bells, check out his artwork.
The art establishment here hated Jack Vetriano. They didn't like
the fact that he was a working class guy. He
used to be a mining engineer at the age of
sixteen and he taught himself how to paint. His first
(03:39):
girlfriend said to him one day, and it was a
comment that stayed with him his entire life. He's from
a small town in Fife, in Scotland, and the girlfriend
apparently said to him, if you don't do something with
your life, you're going to be stuck here forever and
you'll do nothing. So he signed up for an art
class at the local school, taught himself how to paint,
and he started copying the mass and then he decided
(04:01):
on his own style. And the art establishment they never
showed his portraits in the National Gallery in London, in
the Gallery in Edinburgh, but he had the Last Laughters.
One painting in particular he's famous for called the Singing Butler.
I absolutely love it. It was sold about twenty years
ago when it last came up for auction for about
one point four million en z. And would you believe
(04:21):
if Jack Vetriano had the last laugh, because that one
painting alone was bringing him in in royalties every year
in terms of prints and pictures and postcards people who
copied of it. One million end z every year of
his life off the back of a painting he made
thirty three years ago.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Good on him. Now, Menchester United fans we talk a
lot about Menchester United, and said Jim Redcliffe. He's in
the firing line again, this time not from the establishment
but from the fans. I have a ticket prices.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Yes. So they got dumped out of the FA Cup
the other night, unceremoniously by Fulham, a home match which
they on paper years ago man United with have rolled
over Fulham. Fulham came one on penalties. United were the
cup holders. They are out and the chant went around
the ground. I won't use the language that was used,
but Ratcliffe obviously this gets back to him. So the
(05:15):
ticket pricing he has set for every home game, respective,
irrespective of who you are, whether you're a pension or whatever,
it equates to one hundred and thirty two end Z
dollars per ticket per match. And you know they're used
to watching big flare players winning trophies. It's not happening anymore.
(05:36):
They're not one hundred and thirty two dollars a ticket prospect.
Manchester United. They're going backwards. I think they're fifteenth in
the Premier League now, which will be their most catastrophic
finish ever. And all the while Ratcliffe has acted hundreds
of staff, the free lunches for the staff have gone.
It just goes from bad to worse. But the fans,
I think he's on the brink of a mutiny now
(05:57):
with the fans. And this is this is a guy
who from the local area and consider themself a Manchester
United fan.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
There we go in the thank you for that? What
would you normally pay for a for a ticket?
Speaker 2 (06:11):
You couldn't pay you. Look, you couldn't pay me to
watch Manchester United as a Liverpool fan. I'd go watch
them once a season. Well, look, I hope I hope
they enjoy us winning everything this year. Ryan, That's all
I would say.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
And to thank you in the bradio, you can you're corresponding.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Listen live to news talks. It'd be from four pm weekdays,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
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