"Germany is a captive of Russia". This comment of US President Donald Trump hass set the tone for the first day of NATO's annual summit, amplifying the sense of un_ease among the United States' closest European allies and giving Trump a chance to once again shine a spotlight on the uneven burden-sharing among the alliance's members. What's the strategy behind this comment about Germany? And how does it set the stage for the upcoming Trump-Putin meeting? Oleksandr Khara, expert on foreign and security policy at the Maidan of Foreign Affairs will answer these questions on UATV English.