it looks like it will be easier for us to come to an agreement than with this gang of drug addicts and neo-nazis that has settled in kyiv and taken hostage the entire ukrainian people. >> now, a breaking development in the battle for ukraine's capital. a senior ukrainian presidential adviser says the situation in the suburbs and surrounding area of kyiv is under control. he said the russian forces tried to bring, quote, maximum amount of equipment into the city of kyiv, but then he insisted, quote, currently the situation in the suburbs and surrounding area is under control, adding that inside the city, there are separate russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups. he says police and self-defense groups are actively working against them. all right. the director of the eurasian democracy initiative joins me. peter, i'm going to start with