BBCNEWS Dateline London February 13, 2022 02:40:00
It wouldn't exactly be what he wants in terms of complete banishment of ukraine and other countries from everjoining nato, but as i said, the minute there are boots on the ground in ukraine, all of that goes off the table and any of those advantages or gains he would hope to have made would completely evaporate and get blown up, so i think he does realise that he needs to have pressure in order to get people to the table and he is willing to keep turning the screws until such time as that at least gets to some point of satisfaction for him. it doesn't mean that there won't be an invasion, but ...