apparently was willing to go along with this, because they were part of those discussions. so how can we be more ukrainian than ukrainians would be an argument the u.s. would make to itself. secondly, i think the priority that the u.s. had going into this discussion is try to get the russians to commit to a path of deescalation. and if this begins that path to de-escalation, they're probably willing to go forward with it. i agree with monica. i think these are glaring omissions that we don't talk about crimea, we don't talk about russian forces on ukrainian territory today. we don't talk about russian agitators. we don't talk about russian support for them. we don't talk about the troops across the border. there's a whole lot that should be in there, requiring russia to back down, that is not in there. >> we'll see if actually these pro-russian militants who are still in eastern ukraine actually leave these government buildings. monica appinger, former ambassador kurt volcker, thank you for speaking with us. >> my pleasure. >> thank you. switching gears, a big part