CNN New Day With John Berman and Brianna Keilar February 21, 2022 13:10:00
In this phase, putin increases the pressure, puts the torque on the west and the ukrainian government to make concessions. so he takes it step by step, and he drae draws out the diplomacy as long as he feels like he's getting some advantage. he's weighing the costs and benefits of military action versus what he can do diplomatically. this offer of resettlement, that's more to his liking. he can squeeze more. maybe france will come apart since they were the interlock tour. nato has said it will not concede under pressure. so maybe mr. putin thinks he's got a crack in nato here. maybe he's betti...