00:01We have seen in the latest attack on Kyiv, for instance, and just all over Ukraine, really,
00:07Russia is deliberately using more of the, not so much drones, but really their ammunition, the heavy ammunition.
00:19And without them, without this defense system, it's going to be very difficult for Ukraine to combat them.
00:26Well, Ukrainians have been working on that problem for quite some time because they are very well aware that Ukraine
00:33has now capability of producing some of these artillery themselves, but, you know, not defensive stuff.
00:42So they've been relying on these missiles from their allies and from the United States.
00:46So they've been working with Europeans. And of course, Zelensky has repeatedly asked President Trump for the Patriot missiles.
00:56So it's ongoing work. It's a difficult task and an ongoing work.
01:01Of course, it would have the promise from President Trump and Ankara to give Ukraine the license to produce Patriots
01:12themselves.
01:12President Trump has walked back from that recently.
01:16And even if that was possible, it would take, according to experts, you know, up to several years before Ukraine
01:24can produce those missiles themselves.
01:26So it's a significant problem. And, you know, as far as I know, Ukrainian leadership is aware of it.
01:32Ukrainian citizens are aware of this and they are trying to be more vigilant.
01:37At least, you know, the citizens are trying to be more vigilant of not taking those alarms when the air
01:45defense are coming through lightly and take them seriously.
01:49So Zelensky's approval ratings are still relatively high.
01:53I mean, they're not as high as they used to be.
01:56So in the beginning of war, right, they were around 90 percent and then they dwindled down.
02:01And of course, after that infamous meeting in the Oval Office last year, they went up again significantly.
02:07But now he still holds over 50 percent approval ratings.
02:10So that's quite significant, actually.
02:14In terms of, however, how Ukrainians are feeling about war, I keep repeating this to anyone who asks, there is
02:21no people in the world more happy to accept the end of the war, right, who are ready for this
02:28war to end.
02:29The question is how it ends.
02:31And as of right now, actually, the latest statistics that came out of Ukraine, they show about over 50 percent
02:40being ready to freeze the conflict where it is.
02:45But again, this is this is not going to be the end of the war, right?
02:48We all know this.
02:51But folks are tired.
02:52Absolutely.
02:53This has been grueling five years, winter, summer, spring, fall, you name it.
02:58There is not a single night that can be peaceful.
03:01There is not a single day that can be peaceful, even though there's, you know, according to the Institute for
03:07the Study of War, International Study of War, they claim that they, you know, the front is basically not moving
03:14in any direction.
03:15It might be true.
03:16It's true.
03:17Right.
03:17However, this doesn't mean that there's not heavy fighting and loss of life every day.
03:23So it takes its toll.
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