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A tendency to double down when he feels cornered. so the americans have quite a delicate balance to tread here. fiona hill, a former adviser to donald trump, said, "putin is making it very clear that nuclear is on the table, and every time you think, no, he wouldnt, would he? well, yes, he would." what do you think could be a so—called off ramp for vladimir putin, a way out? there is no way out already. theres just none, unfortunately. i dont see any because for any way out, he needs to be abl...

A move dictated by weakness. >> on the other side for volodymyr zelenskyy, who by all accounts, has done a remarkable job, opposition parties in this country have all come together and united on this particular front. what is the off ramp for zelenskyy? right now, what ukrainians would like is everything to go back to normal and for the russians to get out the country? at the moment, but does not seem to be on the table. >> no, until 2014, ukrainians were not interested in joining nato. in subse...

Is right now? >> i think he has to feel a little bit nervous. he reportedly arrested the fsb, his federal security police chief of foreign intelligence. the fsb is responsible for collecting intelligence inside ukraine. if that happened and allocations are it did, he has to be concerned and concerned that this war has gone on for four weeks. russia is a pariah state now. their economy is cratering. ukraine has stepped up and owns this. zelenskyy is -- president zelenskyy has awakened the west ou...

Off ramp or does putin lash out, use chemical weapons? thats something people fear very much, joy. >> cal perry, thank you as always. stay safe. appreciate you. with me is maxine a mariupol city council member and council member, you know, the pictures that we are looking at look like armageddon to be honest and particularly the pictures out of mariupol, give us the latest on your city and on how many people have been rescued from and still might be trapped in that poor theater. >> yes, this i...

Never thought a nuclear power would act in this regard. north korea is not giving up nuclear weapons under any circumstances because it serves as a way to always be indispensable. we need to turn down the rhetoric there, get to a peace settlement. russia with the off-ramp it needs to claim victory, right now to declare some kind of victory on the ground. >> a great point about nuclear power. the weapons, ukraine famously gave up weapons in 1994 with the security guarantee which supplied by russi...

Sub what will happen, for practical and propaganda reasons, is the same as you always was — you go as far as you can go and you pull back again if you think it is practical to do so. does not mean they have given up on invading ukraine, but it looks like you are being a bit more realistic and they will try and leverage it or lease get some time. kevin? it leverage it or lease get some time. kevin? , ., . ., kevin? it is rather convenient, the ve kevin? it is rather convenient, theyve been _ ke...

Central bank in moscow, you have got to hold out some prospect that if this area is, if the conflict in ukraine is brought to an end or even it is basically been suggested, if it is basically been suggested, if it is basically been suggested, if it is frozen, so it does not get any worse, that they would be some relief on sanctions. that is a sensible way to use sanctions, sometime sanctions are thought of as purely a kind of punishment, but unless you allow what is now fashionably called the of...

Does he get input from others? perhaps. we dont know what the inside looks like. does he pay attention? we dont know. do they bring him information that he doesnt want to hear? that seems unlikely. its why despotism or authoritarianism is all powerful and brittle at the same time. it creates the circumstance of its own undermining. the information gets worse, the sycophants get greater in number. the corrective mechanisms become fewer and mistakes become much more consequential. do you believe t...

Russia, where theyre forced to sign papers that they would work for free for two to three years. thats like a gulag or a russian concentration camp. additionally, after that news came through, we learned from another source from donetsk, the russians have taken children, and we dont know where they are. from orphanages, or from people who couldnt help them. and theyve just taken the children. we dont know where those ukrainian children are in russia right now. >> and the ukrainian president zele...

So you could say, well, you know, what is the point of these conversations? what else went on in those 75 minutes? i mean, emmanuel macron has held about ten of these calls already since russia invaded ukraine. hes been criticised by some at home and abroad as being naive or arrogant or being played by moscow, and i actually put that to him a couple of days ago and he said, you know, these calls are not a whim of his — they are coordinated with all of the western allies. so, i mean, he and fra...