diffuse russia�*s sense of concern. how united are the european allies and the us in their approach to ukraine are they?— and the us in their approach to ukraine are they? over the past coule of ukraine are they? over the past copple of years _ ukraine are they? over the past couple of years there _ ukraine are they? over the past couple of years there have - ukraine are they? over the past couple of years there have beenj ukraine are they? over the past - couple of years there have been some significant differences. i would say, i would significant differences. i would say, iwould point significant differences. i would say, i would point to, the chancellor angela merkel, her more reserved views, meaning that her rather sober understanding of the degree of their corruption and the degree of their corruption and the degree to which there rhetoric of reform contrasted with reality on the ground but the americans tend to take a more distant idealistic view of the ukraine. but these differences have not translated into a loss of consensus on sanctions,