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Official, i asked him if president putin is directing this himself. and he said yes, that is how it is going. that is not surprising. we know that president putin makes all of the decisions. in the end, he will have had advice from that small clique around him, that ultimately he is the decision-maker. and another element of his televised address, which to reiterate, if russians will be stunned by. waking up and seeing now, another man from that televised address, which is chilling frankly. is t...

Actions by so many countries day after day, not inviting him to business conferences, not going to do tennis and other matches, you know, disinviting him to seminars and all the rest, excluding flights from now countless airports across the world, the russian carrier, and yet he goes on and on. what is it? >> the biggest limits, the biggest stops on his power are the russian people themselves. and the people around him. as long as his advisers, as long as the security services, as long as the ru...

Seriously? . >> you have to take seriously those kind of threats. however, i dont believe that mr. lavrov -- there is only one decision maker, as we know, mr. putin. i dont believe mr. putin is suicide al. i dont believe he would commit suicide in thissest. nuclear weapons have no place in the world, certainly no place in this conflict. this is performance. this is what they are trying to rattle. they are trying to intimidate. its what thief they are done all along to intimidate president biden ...

This war one way or the other. the third thing is what you mentioned. that is president zelenskyy has said he wants to talk to president putin. and we know that president zelenskyy and president biden have had conversations, five conversations over the past ten days, during this war. and president zelenskyy has confidence that if he sits down with president putin, maybe with president biden to make it serious because president putin doesnt deal seriously with many people. but if he were sitting ...

Country that he believes basically one of the same as those people, thats one of the causes for the war, hes trying to deliberate people, to then conducted nuclear strike on them, that is not something that hes able to walk away from. and also, hes not the only one -- yes, hes the ultimate decision-maker. but there are plenty of russian military officers in that chain that our understanding how this can unfold, or the risks this can bring. there is no such thing as a tactical deployment of a nuc...

Hungry, with people coming in. they are just happy to be out of ukraine. but, they are not entirely sure whether next step is. they are not here to talk politics. they are here to say, can i get transport, or a place to stay? alison, thanks for your remarkable reporting from poland. again, about 60% of the people leaving ukraine under duress are going to pull and. joining me now is the democratic congresswoman from minnesota, illinois. marcia member of the foreign affairs and labor committees. s...

Soldiers are still present, russian soldiers in the russian backed republics. and theyre going to be in the neighborhood. maybe not in your country but right on the border. how do you feel about that? >> my best understanding is that vladimir putin is the only decision maker in the country on this subject. he was 100% confident that he would take over the country by military force by now. i think he was not prepared for the scenario where his forces will suffer catastrophic casualties as they ar...

Vladimir putin surrender? >> and what? >> will vladimir putin surrender. >> i heard the first part. surrender. >> your assault and barbaric war against ukraine. will you stop in the name of humanity? >> when the goals are achieved, it will stop. >> neil: when the military operations are achieved it will stop. no sign of relenting there, ambassador. >> neil, we shouldnt expect any sign of relenting from anybody in the russian government except president putin. president putin, your interviewer, a...

Are not just caught in the cross fire here, they appear to be the targets of russian fire. >> we saw the fourth round of talks between ukraine and russia today. this was the highest level. it was between the countrys two foreign ministers. there werent high hopes going in. when putin sends a delegation, even when he sends his foreign minister, does that know what president putin is planning and thinking? >> he said very publicly, the foreign minister kalava said pick up your latest iphone to lav...

The west, and he was critical to the nato, but at the same time, when we were talking about discussions with russia, he said he is ready to compromise on non-membership in nato, but only if it will then be supporting some sort of agreement with some other concerns, which will provide security guarantees to ukraine. >> and he has said in the past that he needs to negotiate with vladimir putin because clearly i assume he has the same impression that we have, that lavrov does not speak for putin, t...