2024-11-22
16 分钟As Vladimir Putin says the Ukraine war is about to go global, we sat down with former Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary Evelyn Farkas. She's now at the McCain Institute. Farkas tells us about the mood in Ukraine during her recent trip, President-elect Trump's claim he could end the Ukraine war in 24 hours, and what's next for the world's first truly hybrid war.
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When was the last time you were in Ukraine?
A little over a week ago.
This is Evelyn Farkas, the executive director of the McCain Institute.
It's a nonpartisan organization dedicated to democracy and human rights.
During the Obama administration, Evelyn was the deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia.
She was also a senior adviser to the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe.
So she's been to Ukraine dozens of times.
But this last trip, she said felt different.
So was it pretty grim while you were there?
I won't lie, it was pretty grim.
Now I will say, Dina, that the Ukrainian people remain determined to stand up for their sovereignty.
They remain determined to become members of the European Union and have a better economic system and more prosperity, to defend their democracy, to be a democratic nation, and to join NATO.
I'm Dena Temple Rest and this is Click Here's Mic Drop, an extended cut of an interview we think you'd like to hear more of.
This time last year we were in Ukraine reporting about technology in the war.
Ukraine is the first truly hybrid war the world has ever seen.
And today, given all the discussion about Ukraine in the run up to the Trump administration, we sat down with Evelyn to get a read on what to expect.
President Elect Trump says he can end the war in 24 hours, but he didn't say much about how exactly he'd do that.
So Trump said on Fox News that he was going to say to Zelensky, you have to make a deal.
And then he'd say to Putin and say, if you don't make a deal, we're going to give Zelensky everything he wants.