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In washington, d.c. and london. this is going to take place in kyiv if any discussion of off ramp is going to have legitimacy. from davids point, from the outset, president biden has been talking accurately about what was about to take place in ukraine, an invasion, even the ukrainians were saying, we doubt theres going to be an invasion. there was an invasion. im told by someone who was at last nights event, at a member of murdoch familys apartment, here in new york, which is interesting in and...

Official before the war. and they were in a different reality. theyve been in a different reality, even now with all of this happening in ukraine, with the russian army collapsing, there doesnt seem to be any pragmatic thought about how do we get out of this, save face, and reset. >> no, none whatsoever, i mean, i think for putin, this is existential. i dont think he can politically afford to be seen, to be losing this war. so if there is any realistic way an off ramp could be created by the wes...

One of the most notable things president biden said is im trying to figure out what the off ramp is for president putin. we know he has a history of escalating when hes under pressure. we are in a very dangerous position, and it does call for cool heads and no hyper ball because, again, there are voices in russia calling on president putin to double down, to escalate, and that is the choice that president putin has at this stage, i think. >> you know, keir, its fascinating, obviously it is hard ...

Dan dresner writing that it is critical that we make sure that russia understands that while were against this invasion, like we were against the invasion of kuwait, this is not an existential crisis for russia itself. it doesnt sound like thats a message thats being received in russia. it doesnt sound like anybody in russia based on what youre saying is looking for a way out of this. an off ramp. >> yeah, joe, i dont think we know what the off ramp would be. you know, it goes back to that age-o...

Because his military is, you might say, significantly, underperforming. russia has faced huge setbacks on the battlefield as ukrainian forces continued to take back land illegally occupied by moscow. there has been widespread concern that putin could use a weapon of mass destruction to regain some footing in the war. but in the words of president biden, "i dont think theres any such thing as the ability to easily use a tactical nuclear weapon and not end up with armageddon." president biden also...

>> how do we do that, ed? what are some of the solutions? i know you dont want to set yourself up to be completely slammed on twitter, well just generalize it here. because i talked about john kennedy removing -- quietly removing missiles from turkey in exchange for the russians taking missiles out of cuba. what would be those turkish missiles in this case. >> in this case, theres a whole other added factor, which is the trillion dollars or so rebuilding of ukraine after this war. we shouldnt be...

Performing. russia has faced huge setbacks on the battlefield, as ukrainian forces continue to take back land illegally occupied by moscow. there has been widespread concern that putin could use a weapon of mass destruction to regain some footing in the war. but in the words of president biden, quote, i dont think theres any such thing as the ability to easily use a tactical nuclear weapon and not end up with armageddon and mike barnicle, again, reading all the updates on this, what i dont hear ...

Bill. i mean, i cannot think of what the face saving formula is that for putin to put out that would be consistent with the imperative of ukraine not just winning this war but demonstrating forever that russia should not do this again, that the cost to russia is so high that this is no longer conceivable because that would be the end of putin. and wed all like to see the end of putin, but that would be the end of putin. im very pessimistic theres any realistic off ramp at the moment. >> and u.s....

Just curious what do you think, everybody is talking about this off ramp, this off ramp. there are -- it doesnt seem that anybody in russia is interested in a negotiated settlement. we do not have missiles in turkey to put on the negotiating table. and so im just curious what youre thinking as joe biden the president of the united states says this is the most dangerous time since the cuban missile crisis, what is your take, and how do we -- how do we allow putin to back out of the corner when th...

And from mr putin, no sign at all that he is looking for an off—ramp or a negotiated settlement, everything we have seen from him in recent weeks suggests he is determined to escalate this. he seems to think that he can win against ukraine and against the west. the prime minister is attending the first meeting of a new political club of european nations. more than 40 countries are attending the summit, in prague, of the european political community, a grouping first mooted by the french presid...