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Possibility of negotiating the possibility of talking to putin, but if these attempts fail, that would mean that this is a third world war. >> you know the russian demands, they want you to recognize that crimea is part of russia, that the two republics in the donbas are independent republics. they want a guarantee, perhaps in the ukrainian constitution, that ukraine will never be a member of nato. are you willing to make those compromises? >> translator: there are compromises for which we canno...

Really what we already know, hala, what his position is, what his terms are to end this war, whether the neutral -- a neutral ukraine, disarming the country, the so-called de-nazification. and these are issues that according to turkish officials that are being worked through between the two countries in their ongoing negotiation. there might be some progress being made there. but the most difficult issues according to president putin and what he told president erdogan and what turkish officials ...

For instance, the russians have said what they want to see from the ukrainians is a commitment to neutrality. so, they want the ukrainians to back away from their calls to join nato, the western military alliance. they also want an acceptance that crimea, which they an exed from ukraine in 2014, will be recognized by the ukrainians as fully part of russia. and that the two republics, break away republics in the east of ukraine, are recognized as being independent states. russia has already recog...

Two separate republics as independent. is that something you can ever imagine your leaders doing? >> it is unbelievable and the president of ukraine cannot get this thing because they want to have mariupol to be a part of, and crimea to be ukraine. we cannot take this proposition from them, and use brutally unhuman methods, and if our american partners and european

Advice from their legal team. i guess they made the decision that russian soldiers, military targets, i do find it problematic in the extreme. were not talking about ukrainians here, we are talking about anybody anywhere being able to call for violence. i understand the sentiments behind it and the anger at what russia is doing as someone who spent a lot of time in ukraine and seen a lot of this first—hand, i dont think its particularly helpful, to be honest, not least because it gives the rus...

Continues to be focused on the population centers. throughout this, for satellite images continue to tell a chilling story. fires burning, apartment buildings destroyed. this is zelenskyy vote street in mariupol, before the shelling and after. whatever the debate about the effectiveness of the russian assault, the destruction of sites like this hospital is evident. in the city of multiple, where the mayor was detained by russian forces on friday, a new mayor has been reportedly installed. the ci...

Efforts were not responded to well by the russians, and theyre not responding now. were still hopeful that the ukrainian effort will end this brutal war. >> i know some in the west are concerned president sernz under understandable duress with his people being slaughtered, might give away too much. some of the items include zelenskyy and ukraine ruling out entirely joining nato and staying neutral. kbleet dememilitarization of ukraine. seeding the donbas as independent republics. is that too muc...

Soldiers are still present, russian soldiers in the russian backed republics. and theyre going to be in the neighborhood. maybe not in your country but right on the border. how do you feel about that? >> my best understanding is that vladimir putin is the only decision maker in the country on this subject. he was 100% confident that he would take over the country by military force by now. i think he was not prepared for the scenario where his forces will suffer catastrophic casualties as they ar...

Rebel republics in the east of the country, that theyre acknowledged to be not part of ukraine, which is substantial, you know, moving away from the demilitarization and the denazification as they call it. they thoufbed away from the idea of calling for a new leadership in ukraine, which is i suppose something in the right direction from the russians. and i suppose now that its going to be, you know, up to the ukrainians whether thats the sort of deal that they can work with in order to, you kno...

Demanding that ukraine| recognise that, and also that they recognise - the independence of these so—called republics. and also today, on state tv, i heard them openly say - that this was really _ about making sure that ukraine is forever neutral- and neverjoins nato. so i think even they are - realising that this nazi idea is not sticking. they are adding to that. the so—called bioweapons supposedly developed in the labs in ukraine. theyre adding to that - the allegation that ukraine was abo...