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Both drive the cars and replenish the resources and distribute them in the population. but its not just myself. there are other m.p.s like myself who try to keep up the fight and the supply lines and keep up the instruments to wage this successfully and a number of people in ukraine who are again keeping this country alive in every single way and dont let russia a chance to destroy it. >> sandra: just getting some wires crossing right now, news, on the reuters wire, the u.s. state department say...

And putins idea that russias greatness should be restored. thats the right moment to have some kind of for that humiliation, caused by the west in the 90s. because that time russia was really weak and now, according to putin, thats the moment the west is in its weakest position. and he considers himself to be as strong as ever. >> and from your analysis, your knowledge, is there any real hope for negotiations? because how could there be an off ramp if this is his main goal? why would anyone trus...

Forward. we have to try to save lives every way we can. this is why were doing some of the other sanctions, because i dont want to see more stretchers of people going through, maternity wards being bombed, old people walking in the streets and the train stations. i think there might be an off-ramp. hopefully putin is realizing this more. the rest of the world is not going let him get away with it. >> you know, i know the diplomatic way out is the whole idea of give him an exit ramp, that he gain...

Vladimir putin. to find any off-ramp here, he needs to have some kind of a victory. everyone is wondering what that could be, how many concessions can the ukrainians make to allow putin -- we see the foreign ministers in ukraine and russia meeting today in turkey. i wonder if there is any room for a negotiated settlement at this point whether its too early to start talking about that. >> bret: i think you are starting to see zelenskyy signal some things hes willing to do. one is to talk about ne...

The frustration, in addition to the constant lies coming out of russia, is that no one who were talking to has any power. putin is the only one who makes decisions here. how can all these conversations lead to any kind of diplomatic solution, lead to a cessation of violence, ned? >> weve experienced that ourselves. there were meetings with lavrov prior to the aggression and understand the concerns, one individual in the russian system, and thats vladimir putin, who can do anything to halt the vi...

>> i was talking to richard angle about this earlier in the show, this idea that they dont go for kyiv, but if the ukrainians give up mariupol, in some of the cities, in kherson, and give them the land bridge to crimea, putin might take that. do you think there is a likelihood of putin accepting an off ramp, or is he just stalling, one of the objective remains to take control of ukraine? >> it is more likely that he is stalling. he would like to say face, but he couldnt afford to come home with ...

To engage directly with russia. theyre letting these other countries play out and see if anything comes to fruition. the estonian ambassador to the u.s., he spoke to my colleague earlier this week and who asked him what leader maybe could convince president pursuant to stand down from this war. and what the ambassador said, its vladimir putin himself. its up to him to acknowledge that hes committing, that hes doing something that is incredibly bad for his own people and his own country. just as ...

Countries can we go into a cold war freeze with?— freeze with? and that is a serious ruestion, freeze with? and that is a serious question. even — freeze with? and that is a serious question, even with _ freeze with? and that is a serious question, even with president - freeze with? and that is a serious i question, even with president putin. lucy, what are your full sub out whether you can continue peace talks, for instance, with president putin, while also saying they must be no way back f...

Putins legacy would be caput and he would be deposed. the choice he may have still is find this off ramp where he can declare victory, get out, and get concessions from the ukrainian government, but thats not entirely dependent on him. he put himself into a really tight situation. >> and, you know, there have been a lot of questions about his mind-set. isolated because of covid. at least thats the reporting that comes out about how putin has been behaving during the pandemic. you see bizarre pho...

That could destabilize the situation further and create calls in the west for intervention. look, public opinion is very much on the side of ukraine, and we have to be sure we dont inflame the situation to an extent that democratic countries responsive to their publics are compelled by the force of emotion, raw emotion, in the moment, for example, the use of an unconventional weapon which the west has been warning is very much on the table. if that were to happen we could see a groundswell of su...