Expert says Trump is aligning with Russia against Ukraine: "Evidence is getting pretty overwhelming"

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[0:00] Ukrainian president Voldemir Zalinsky

[0:02] says once again he received no warnings

[0:04] ahead of Russia's most recent missile

[0:06] and drone strikes prior to those

[0:08] attacks. Zinsky said the United States

[0:11] had begun to limit intelligence sharing.

[0:14] Ukrainian president also criticized

[0:16] President Trump for easing sanctions on

[0:18] Russian energy sales. Trump took to

[0:20] social media to accuse Zalinsky of not

[0:22] wanting to end the war and before he

[0:23] left for Kansas told reporters at the

[0:25] White House that maybe someone else

[0:27] should be negotiating on behalf of the

[0:29] Ukrainian people. CBS News national

[0:31] security analyst Aaron Mlan joins me

[0:33] now. He is also host of the most

[0:35] excellent school of war podcast. Aaron,

[0:38] you've been thinking and writing a lot

[0:40] abo

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