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Western cancel culture are possibly not best made by those currently slaughtering civilians or jailing and poisoning their critics. #istandwithukraine. >> aside from the ridiculousness of this, what does that kind of comment tell you about where he is? >> youre hearing a deranged mind under pressure. it should not be understated how damaging u.s. global sanctions have been on the russian economy. the ruble has cratered in large measure because of the central bank sanctions put together by the un...

I mean, i would think that putin would say he is clearly achieved the most important point he was after, which was to make sure that ukraine would not be part of nato. but, you know, it is hard to tell how this plays out. but i would hope that this could be the beginning of maybe some serious negotiations that might result in a negotiated settlement of that terrible war in ukraine. >> well see tomorrow if it is a possible off-ramp. it sounds like, as you say, something that, i dont know, could e...

Skeptical? >> it is a bit of a balance, jim, between the skepticism and the possibility that perhaps were at a point sort of past the first chapter of this war where now perhaps the russians are reevaluating, because of course, as we all know, it hasnt gone quite as vladimir putin expected. its been a lot harder and his troops have taken a lot more losses. and so perhaps, that is causing him to say, okay, i went in saying were going to do, go after kyiv and decapitate the government. he didnt sa...

Everybody, as we need it on day one. >> following to idays talks, a adviser to president zelenskyy said there is now likelihood that the two presidents potentially could believe. do you believe this meeting between putin and zelenskyy could actually happen? will it happen? if not, do you see any pathway to an off ramp at this point? >>. >> so first of all, i dont see a reason for talking to putin. i understand the motives. but i dont know what it would change. i dont believe it will change anyth...

Tough or negative for russia? any other off-ramps for how putin might get out of this without doing a full continued siege of the whole country? >> i dont see it. his forces demonstrated they are incapable of taking down all of ukraine, which is this vast country the size of texas as we all point out constantly. its also got a lot of the texas sensibilities, sense of independence, highly armed population, a nation of hunters. a bad choice on the part of the russians to go after it, in my view. a...

We should note that j.k. rowling responded saying critiques of western cancel culture are not best made by those currently slaughtering resilience or joil and poison their critics. #istandwithukraine. >> aside from the ridiculousness of this, what does that kind of comment tell you about where he is? >> youre hearing a deranged mind under pressure. it should not be understated how damaging u.s. global sanctions have been on the russian economy. the ruble has cratered in large measure because of ...

Belarus, russia or even from georgia. they will consolidate what they have in donbas and crimea and eventually will probably still attempt to take kyiv and encircle kyiv in the future? beth sanner, do you agree with general clapper about what the russians are trying to signal, potentially trying to signal about limiting themselves to the donbas region on the east, meaning do you think hes looking for an off-ramp or is this a misdirection? >> it could be eventually an off-ramp, a path to some sor...

"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 able to claim a victory in ukraine and there is no way its happening. thats why there is no way out and i think that the sooner the west would recognise that this regime needs to be overthrown and put...

-- president putin would now focus on donbas, that its a bit of an off-ramp potentially. give me your interpretations of that as potentially the next move by the russian military, and also im happy to hear your thoughts about president bidens speech. >> sure. regarding president bidens speech, my thoughts were ukraine is going to get a lot out of this. its a good takeaway for ukrainians. they will appreciate the fact that you directly went after vladimir putin and addressed the russian people di...

Him. but there is no other off-ramp. he needs to just withdraw. if he does that, he will be politically vulnerable. because even if he does a face saving maneuver, all of the elites would know that this was 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 i...