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Provoking ukraine and secretary blinken offering russia a diplomatic off-ramp and severe consequences the russia invaded. >> i suggested to mr. lavrov as we have repeatedly that if russia wants to begin to convince the world that it has no aggressive intent toward ukraine a very good place to start would be by de-escalating. by bringing back and removing its forces from ukraines borders as well as engaging in diplomacy and dialogue. >> what is becoming clear as the administration continues to ta...

Eastern enclave. theres a potential piece of a swe sweetener of something to get putin on the off ramp if he feels he can get what he wants on the region. that isnt an off ramp but an entree to an off ramp. thats a separate thing because the u.s. is not at the table in those negotiations. thats france and germany who are not seen as strong as other european allies in pushing back against putin. >> really interesting developments. thank you all. back here, right wing conspiracy theoryist alex j...

At the weekend said we have kind of lived with the situation for eight years, so it doesnt feel now specifically ordained, but the —— specifically ordained, but the —— specifically more dangerous, but the world thinks it is more dangerous? he is right to remind us this conflict has begun there were going on for eight years and is not something on for eight years and is not somethin— on for eight years and is not somethin: . ., , .., ., , something that has come in the last few weeks- �...

Biden having another face-to-face meeting. but he caveated that, and i think thats where you get into the difficulty over the interpretation of when ukraine could join, because russia says no way, and the united states says no way can you say that to us about ukraine joining nato, that russia is looking for a written response, right. its said the foreign minister, sergey lavrov, has said that. weve heard it from other russian ministers yesterday. the deputy foreign minister has said it as well. ...

How much of a deterrent is all of this for president putin? what diplomatic options remain, offering possible off-ramps here? >> reporter: the offv-ramp is a discussion about possible troop deployments by russia and nato. reciprocity is what nato is talking about. thats a minimalist version of what president putin actually has said he needs to have. so, its hard to see how thats a viable off-ramp for president putin at the moment. you know, what -- to sort of shape and get him onto that off-ramp...

Putins decision. and he is the uber decision maker in russia. he gets a lot of advice. i think that he has a lot that is driving him. there is this cold war baggage, the breakup of the soviet union exactly 30 years ago. and a lot of -- the whole ukraine/russia history. but this -- he has taken them to the edge, his leadership is with him. im not completely convinced that the russian people fully understand what is going on when they get in the details. i listen sometimes to the russian media. th...

Power-strong position. the nord stream 2 pipeline is almost done. the germans need russian gas. europe is having a huge energy crisis. gas prices are up 400%. this is all part of a very strategic move by putin. he may -- i think hes willing to go to war. but that is not his first choice. his first choice is to get this rewriting of the sort of security landscape that he wants. the biden administration is trying to do a combination of deterrence and diplomacy. on the one hand, theyve rallied the ...

The choice is vladimir putins. the paths are clear. diplomacy, dialogue, seeing if we can build collective security in a way that is good for everyone is clearly the preferable path. were prepared either way. >> you mentioned diplomatic talks. you just met with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. russia is awaiting your written answers to several key questions. what are the specific concrete answers there? what is the specific off-ramp here for risch yeah? is the u.s. willing to say, for exa...

Crimea, but hes basically try to use subterfuge to try to get the ukrainian government to reorient itself towards moscow. he doesnt want to have to invade if he doesnt have to. so, his first play here is to put all these troops on the border, create enough panic inside kyiv, so that the government falls apart and ukrainians decide to rush in a government that will make a deal with a crime. i dont think thats gonna happen. but thats why you see this effort in kyiv, understandably by the ukrainian...

Here in the united states and around the world. im lynda kincade, and this is "cnn newsroom." the top russian and american diplomats have agreed to keep working to reduce tension over ukraine. no big breakthroughs came out of their 90-minute meeting on friday, but theres still hope the key players can find a diplomatic off ramp. the u.s. has agreed to provide a written response to the concerns which the kremlin had been pushing for. and now the u.s. secretary of state is asking russia to offer s...