Can Europe protect Ukraine if the US backs out of talks | BBC Ukrainecast

Volodymyr Zelensky says he is “afraid” Donald Trump could “lose interest” in negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine, after discussions between American and Russian diplomats in Moscow ended without significant progress this week. As Vladimir Putin arrives in India, and US special envoy Steve Witkoff meets Ukrainian negotiators in Florida, our panel assemble in the studio to discuss the current diplomatic outlook and plenty more.

To answer your questions, Lucy Hockings and Vitaly Shevchenko are joined by the BBC’s diplomatic correspondent James Landale, and senior digital journalist Laura Gozzi. Which country boasts Europe’s strongest military? How are Ukrainian farmers coping in wartime? And does a record number of Russian billionaires show oligarchs are thriving despite international sanctions?