UK defence secretary compares Zelensky to Churchill in response to Trump's dictator attackSource: Reuters
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00:00Europe's best security interests and America's best security interests are satisfied by an
00:06end to this war in Ukraine and by a strong unified NATO.
00:11That's an argument that we are having and have discussed with the Americans and will
00:17continue to make.
00:19As far as the recent comments go, President Putin holds the cards in the sense that he
00:27could end the war if he withdrew his troops.
00:29If he invaded Ukraine, he could end it.
00:34But President Zelensky, in my second day in the job as Defense Secretary, I flew to Odessa.
00:42I spent the afternoon with President Zelensky and I saw for myself, first of all, his commitment
00:49to his country.
00:50This was a man, after all, who told President Biden when Putin first invaded, I need ammunition,
00:59not a taxi.
01:00This was a man who stuck in his country, led his country, and still does.
01:05He was elected.
01:07He's the elected leader of Ukraine.
01:10And he's done what Winston Churchill did in Britain in the Second World War, suspended
01:15elections while at war.
01:17And our job is to stand with the Ukrainians, support the Ukrainians, support them in their
01:25fight, and if they choose to talk, support them in the negotiations as well.
01:31And I'm a defense minister and I don't want to see us jeopardizing the peace by forgetting
01:36the war.