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Range, not simply focusing on ukraine. if this could be a shell game, he could be focused on something else. he could do pieces of ukraine and not the whole thing. i think he's got the initiative, he's got the momentum and we're reacting in a purely defensive capability here. >> the issue of ukraine's potential possible membership in nato is at the center of this because russia has made it so. it's not on the table today. it is in ukraine's constitution, as you know, to keep that path open. you did have a somewhat embarrassing moment, you might say, this morning when a senior ukrainian diploma...

>> diplomats like to create what they call off ramps that allow their opponent to save face in a retreat. is there an off ramp here for vladimir putin? >> i believe there is if he is at all -- has any rationality left. at the end of the day, most wars end with some kind of a brokered solution. and we should continue to search for ways. look, the ukrainian government, the president of ukraine, despite showing incredible bravery and courage and fortitude, is also keeping the path open. i believe washington should do the same. we have to find some way to allow this to happen. is there a path for ...

Hostile population in ukraine. >> yeah. indeed. there -- there is is a huge opposition. everyone i speak to here in lviv, certainly. you -- you're a diplomat. how do you see the state of diplomacy right now? i mean, i -- i guess, you know, there is not a war right now. but it's, you no e -- so it's working in that regard. but how precarious of a diplomatic efforts? and also, has the u.s. been, you know, strident enough in -- in its warnings? >> well, um, i think one should always leave the path open for diplomacy. but i've seen little sign that moscow is interested in diplomacy. in fact, if yo...

Taking place, as the invasion was taking place, and basically told him that -- that all -- all the military activities had to cease immediately. he said, of course, obvious hi, that did not go anywhere. but he did explain why he made that phone call -- the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. >> translator: i think it is my responsibility, first of all, to take such initiatives when they are requested by ukraine. and then, while condemning, while sanctioning, while continuing to decide and act. to leave this path open, so that the day when the conditions can be met, we can obtain the seces...