Nish Kumar

Hi, this is Pod Save the UK. I'm Nish Kumar.

Hi, this is Pod Save the UK. I'm Nish Kumar.

I don't know about you, Coco, but I would say troops on the ground in Ukraine doesn't sound particularly peaceful to me.

I don't know about you, Coco, but I would say troops on the ground in Ukraine doesn't sound particularly peaceful to me.

All of it's adding up to me holding a gun, which no one wants.

All of it's adding up to me holding a gun, which no one wants.

Also, I don't look great in green.

Also, I don't look great in green.

And we'll be joined by author and journalist Sean Fay to understand why so many of us feel unlucky in love and to ask who's profiting.

And we'll be joined by author and journalist Sean Fay to understand why so many of us feel unlucky in love and to ask who's profiting.

And earlier in the week, Donald Trump suggested European security can no longer be the primary focus of the American military. and in doing so, plunged the future of the transatlantic relationship into question and undermined an 80-year-long military alliance. European leaders hastily convened a meeting to discuss their response. Here's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking after the meeting.

And earlier in the week, Donald Trump suggested European security can no longer be the primary focus of the American military. and in doing so, plunged the future of the transatlantic relationship into question and undermined an 80-year-long military alliance. European leaders hastily convened a meeting to discuss their response. Here's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking after the meeting.

However, some European leaders weren't quite ready to make the same commitments for boots on the ground, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz saying it's inappropriate to discuss sending troops in at this stage and that he was a little irritated by the suggestion.

However, some European leaders weren't quite ready to make the same commitments for boots on the ground, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz saying it's inappropriate to discuss sending troops in at this stage and that he was a little irritated by the suggestion.

Following the meeting between Russia and Ukraine, Trump's given a press conference where he seems to have blamed Ukraine for the war, saying you never should have started it. And if anybody needs a reminder, just to be clear, Ukraine did not choose to invade itself. He also said that they'd had three years to end the war.

Following the meeting between Russia and Ukraine, Trump's given a press conference where he seems to have blamed Ukraine for the war, saying you never should have started it. And if anybody needs a reminder, just to be clear, Ukraine did not choose to invade itself. He also said that they'd had three years to end the war.

And this, just a half-baked negotiator could have settled this years ago without the loss of much land, very little land, without the loss of any lives and without the loss of cities that are just laying on their sides. And he's also demanded an election in Ukraine before any peace deal can be reached. which would naturally be a sort of prime target for Russian interference.

And this, just a half-baked negotiator could have settled this years ago without the loss of much land, very little land, without the loss of any lives and without the loss of cities that are just laying on their sides. And he's also demanded an election in Ukraine before any peace deal can be reached. which would naturally be a sort of prime target for Russian interference.

One of the potential objectives that various experts in the region have always stated was at the heart of Russia's invasion of Ukraine is to essentially replace Zelensky and install a kind of pro-Putin puppet, in effect, bringing Ukraine under Russian control, a little bit like what Lukashenko has done in Belarus. Obviously, we will be discussing this through the frame of British politics. And

One of the potential objectives that various experts in the region have always stated was at the heart of Russia's invasion of Ukraine is to essentially replace Zelensky and install a kind of pro-Putin puppet, in effect, bringing Ukraine under Russian control, a little bit like what Lukashenko has done in Belarus. Obviously, we will be discussing this through the frame of British politics. And