As Ukraine fights for its sovereignty and independence, cracks are appearing in the Western coalition against Vladimir Putin.
French President Emmanuel Macron has warned against “humiliating Russia,” Italy has floated a peace plan that would have Ukraine cede territory in exchange for peace, and talks are continuing in Turkey, without Kyiv’s participation, to ease the grain crisis that Russia created by blockading Ukraine’s ports.
And former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has called on Ukraine to give up territory to Russia to end the war – prompting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to remark that the current year is 2022, not 1938.
As the war in Ukraine enters a critical phase, how long can Western unity last? On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore speaks with former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ives and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State about to address that issue.