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To make sure he heard the same thing as president macron as well. that the u.s. needed to see de-escalation and there would be severe consequences if there was no de-escalation. the big leverage the germans hold in their hands is the nord stream pipeline and the germans have said they believe they should do this. i asked whether or not he had done that in the talks with ent putin. >> did you make it clearvaon ofe nord stream 2 pipeline project would most probably be dead and would be dead accord...

Forces, namely special forces butco go in there and also use the separatists who are ukrainians but supporting russia, and seize more territory and take more direct control. he could use that as leverage and also test the resolve of ukraine and the international community. >> general, last question to you. the ukraine ever ukrainian president is getting on a plane tomorrow. hes leaving the country to go to munich to attend the security conference, speak with vice president harris among others. t...

And republicans, the house, the senate, the congress and the white house on our resolve against mr. putin if he incurs into ukraine. there is strong support for unified position in this country to stand up to this attack on the security of europe. yes, there is some of us who say that russia already violated many commitments and already additional sanctions should imposed. if we do that, the president could have additional leverage to use diplomacy to try to avoid the military incursions. so the...

Resigned, because the leverage we once had, which is ultimately energy -- russia supplies 10% of the worlds oil, one-third of europes oil, 60% of germanys oil. back to ronald reagan, we were trying to stop pipelines from the ussr to europe. donald trump wanted to stop it, so they had that leverage, those opportunities. we are just an observer at this point. dana, we were talking as we were watching about "wheres the pound the table moment?" this is a challenge between what vladimir putin wants t...

Diplomatic settlement to the crisis he himself incited. but at the same time, he still has roughly 150,000 troops aimed at ukraine, conducted military exercises in the black sea. he wants to retain that leverage so that he gains a settlement to his favor and while i agree its still possible that putin would launch an attack on ukraine of some sort, i think putin is playing for a settlement on his terms and i think that we should all be focussed on what that settlement actually entails and whethe...

That reality. my guest today yuri pacheco ceo of ukraines biggest company natural gas. as kyiv and moscow face—off where does the economic leverage live? welcome to hardtalk. hello. what is it — welcome to hardtalk. hello. what is it like _ welcome to hardtalk. hello. what is it like trying - welcome to hardtalk. hello. what is it like trying to - welcome to hardtalk. hello. what is it like trying to run l what is it like trying to run one of ukraines biggest, most important businesses in th...

High, hopefully to stand trial forward crimes for what hes done. lindsey will have to answer for what he meant by that, other than saying i think hes expressing the frustration that a lot of people have that these horrible things are happening. it doesnt seem anything we can do to immediately bring an end to it. its very frustrating for people. >> you introduced legislation to ban the import of russian oil. secretary of state blinken said the biden administration is seriously discussing it. amer...

That is. heres kyiv, the capital. that convoy was here, 30 miles, heading to the city. . >> the first thing it tells me, throughout this fight, they have had a problem in their supply lines. so this massive three-mile convoy is bringing in more ordinance, troops, food, supplies, and gas. they have run out of gas on the highways and byways. this column sits like a sort of democlese over president zelenskyy and kyiv. they did this before negotiations. . >> you think maybe this right here is to giv...

Have had more leverage if these sanctions had been imposed before the pipeline was finished. >> you also raise a good point. the pipeline, when this administration came into office, was more than 90% complete. we have imposed sanctions under piza with a number of targets associated with this pipeline, persons and entities, but the fact is had we sanctioned nord stream 2 ag, its corporate office holders, it is far from clear that that would have kept the pipeline from going into operation. what t...

Solution. were looking for a diplomatic solution. were looking for a diplomatic solution. we cant guarantee the results. all im thinking is, if im president of the united states and putin wants a diplomatic solution, im not talking to putin until he pulls his troops back from the ukrainian border. right now putin has all the leverage. am i wrong? >> well, youre not wrong. you remember biden was the one that called himself a human gaff machine. problem here, sean, is that biden doesnt have a stra...