absolutely insulting and condescending if not sexist and misogynistic, believing that ukraine is not even a country, it is inferior, that he can walk into it and just annex an entire peninsula. it is in keeping with the way that he talks. this sort of boarish crass language. this was a comment he made in the press conference with president macron last night in russian. it took some time for people to really fully understand what he said. i doubt president mac rondo understood in the moment what was being said and there is some dispute over how it is being translated. but this comes from a folk saying in peasant culture when there are arranged marriages, when women did have to submit. there's no doubt that president putin is telling zelensky that he has to submit. the kremlin was asked whether there was any sexual intent here. they denied that.