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To do something. and you asked him at the time during the press conference about a possible off-ramp. does an off-ramp seem any more likely now? >> you know, that all depends on what vladimir putins real ultimate goal here is. if his goal is merely to make sure that during the time that he is president of russia, ukraine does not join nato, well, hes got that already because you heard the president say in response to that question, ukraine wouldnt be ready to join nato for some time. if the issu...

Or is it a off-ramp -- >> laura: the body bags going back to moscow. what about that? >> i dont think that is a good metaphor for this because the world war ii, 5 million russian and ukrainian, about 4.5 million and about a million ukrainian, more than 5 million, died on ukrainian soil defending mother russia from the invasion. so the idea that we are going to lecture the russians on body bags after the total blood cost that they incurred, it is kind of obscene. >> laura: victor, great to see yo...

Economic costs rather than the hard power costs are vital to the deterrents that needs to go on and to the off-ramp which you rightly reference which i think is still possible and which i think secretary blinkens speech on thursday and meeting on friday did help with. >> we will be back. we will talk more about russia, ukraine. i also want to talk about afghanistan. all of that when we come back. i. so every touch will protect like the first. pampers ♪ three times the electorlytes and half the...

At the moment, seems to be — yes, its likely, but in kyiv, theyre playing it down. translation: you get the impression from the media that were at war, - that there are soldiers - on the streets, that theres mobilisation going on, - that people are running away. we dont need that panic. theres a lot of posturing going on at the moment. the russian troop build up on the border, the western response increasingly alarmed and alarming. this is perilous geopolitical terrain, and ukraine is trying t...

Intention is to invade and you consider how they have to sell that to the russian public, they are looking for a pretext and a reason to blame the ukrainians, and so if it is intenting to launch an operation of the scale that everybody fears. >> is there a sense theres a diplomatic off-ramp that could be still available? dick durbin was here and he said the u.s. would not take membership off the table for ukraine, but if ukraine does take it off the table, that could be something the russians co...

And it is russia that has now stationed upwards of 100,000 troops on ukraines border, so it is up to russia to either take this off ramp or really face some serious consequences. and i hope that cooler heads will prevail, but im not sure that they will at this point. [30 heads will prevail, but im not sure that they will at this point.- that they will at this point. do you think that this is _ that they will at this point. do you think that this is enough - that they will at this point. do you t...

Wrestle with moscows ultimatums and demands, ukrainians for now are getting on with a life theyve long lived, in the shadow of russian threats and aggression. sarah rainsford, bbc news, kyiv. nina jankowicz is an expert in russian and ukrainian relations at the washington—based wilson center. great to have you on the programme, nina. just, looking back at antony blinken�*s remarks, do you see this as a de—escalation of tensions, pushing forward the diplomatic route between the two sides? i...

Potential off-ramp to the con flint, such as transparency around force posture in europe and placement of nuclear capable missiles within the continent. but barring ukraine or anyone else from nato is still a no-go. it is not like theres a shift in u.s. position reflected in that and theres not a shift from the russian side either. the only thing shifting in the last few days is more and more russian troops towards the border into belarus as well. thats the reason that the white house, as you po...

To film all of this, is because this is about sending a public message. is russia really about to launch a full—scale invasion of ukraine? the view in london and washington at the moment seems to be — yes, its likely, but in kyiv, theyre playing it down. translation: you get the impression from the media that were at war, - that there are soldiers - on the streets, that theres mobilisation going on, - that people are running away. we dont need that panic. theres a lot of posturing going on a...

Havent seen any progress. the latest message from the foreign minister of russia, sergei lavrov, was that while the primary concerns are non-starters the second order issues might be addressed and the talks will continue. and it is understandable that the united states might be cautious and warning ukraine to be on the highest possible alert because it will be ukraine who will be responding on the ground if anything -- if the invasion happens. >> right. you have these world leaders scrambling fo...