ukraine was a strategic setback for mr. putin and what he did was essentially compensated. he grabbed crimea, a part of ukraine that's close which gives him great geographic advantage where they have access to a port and the majority of people are russian and russian speaking. it was a strategic defense to a strategic loss in the bulk of the country. martha: aren't the first two examples you gave what led to the cold war? >> russia is not a super power. it's a country of 140 million people with a limited economic reach and it's quite vulnerable. i think we need to keep the pressure on economically. we need to strengthen the neighboring countries to send a message and we ought to keep