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>> diplomats like to create what they call off ramps that allow their opponent to save face in a retreat. is there an off ramp here for vladimir putin? >> i believe there is if he is at all -- has any rationality left. at the end of the day, most wars end with some kind of a brokered solution. and we should continue to search for ways. look, the ukrainian government, the president of ukraine, despite showing incredible bravery and courage and fortitude, is also keeping the path open. i believe w...

Matter~ — president putin does is another matter~ i— president putin does is another matter. i think its in anyones interests _ matter. i think its in anyones interests having the kremlin knows this to _ interests having the kremlin knows this to escape this further. it just depends— this to escape this further. it just depends on how far he pushes it. taking _ depends on how far he pushes it. taking the papers as a whole, we looked at the observer, the front page of the telegraph as a war...

Down right away. and its undoubtedly the russians. it was very clearly the russians, even though matt was just reported that it could have been the ukrainians. it was clearly not the ukrainians. it was the russians who violated that humanitarian corridor and started shelling, even in spite of the agreement. thats a problem. thats a problem. and that would mean that that area would not be covered by a no-fly zone over humanitarian corridor because it wouldnt exist. its where it could exist and wh...

Inch, he will take a mile. jon: you said he needs an off-ramp hard to see what it would likely, marie harf thank you for much. >> thank you, jon. jon: well go to lviv next, tens of thousands are passing through as dawn breaks there. they hope to find asylum as refugees outside ukraine. ♪hey♪ ♪ ♪are you ready for me♪ ♪are you ready♪ ♪are you ready♪ >> woman: whats my safelite story? im a photographer. and when im driving, i see inspiration right through my glass. so when my wind...

>> well, first of all, i do support an off-ramp. because i think with president putin i have reason to doubt his mental stability. so i think the way it ends it could be a potential nuclear off-ramp. what we see in russia and ukraine and globally, i dont think hes going to settle foremilitary loss, that would be the end of him. so there needs to be an off-ramp. we need to coordinate and make sure the western efforts and ukrainian efforts are rock solid. one ting i kept saying over the last coupl...

Russias doing. if it goes across the line -- in fact already vladimir putin is behaving as a war criminal. i certainly hope the united states and other nations in the world will see it that way and indict him for that. >> part of the rationale officials have told me for why theyve been so up front is they want to try and change putins dynamic, right. he may be planning something, then they call it out, and he feels like he has to shift to some degree. do you feel like there is still an off-ramp ...

Past the point of a diplomatic resolution. putin has eliminated the last realistic off-ramp for the crisis. he signed away the possibility of achieving his political aim of veto over ukraines geopolitical orientation without a military offensive. only real bad diplomatic options remain. one of the major parties must now cap i.t. late to avoid military hostilities. the west would need to abstain from responding todays major attack to the international system and concede to russia a veto over euro...

Doesnt want to get bogged down in iraq like we have seen where these guerrilla warfare scenarios go on for months and months. sometimes years and years. i think thats the last thing they want here. is there possibility here that may be both sides are looking for an off-ramp? >> i dont think so. the nato membership was always a ruse. ukraine cant be admitted to nato unless all 30 members vote for it and there was nowhere near unanimity to permitting it. russia wants ukraine to be -- putin wants u...

Playbook has been in many ways to keep people guessing, and in that way he creates a sense of insecurity and uncertainty. the one diplomatic off-ramp which might be possible for moscow is implementation of the so-called agreements from 2014 and 2015 call for a cease-fire, but they also call for the disputed -- i say disputed, or the break-away regions of eastern ukraine, the self proclaimed republics to have some kind of special status. if they were to gain that special status, this could mean t...

Going to get that stuff. >> people need to know that. were seeing pictures of artillery set up here and there. it only scratches the surface of what is available to people making these decisions now and maybe beginning to at least hint at what is in there. spider, do you think there is still an off ramp to de-escalate at this point for vladimir putin? >> theres always an off ramp right? it is just what is the cost of the off ramp? i know what that is. i dont know. i hope our department of defens...