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What we're trying to do, the united states, is take away from vladimir putin the pretext that somehow russia is the victim, that ukraine is initiating the crisis. so the administration has stayed one step ahead. most recently it's been the charge that war could be imminent, which is a way of saying we've got lots of warning indicators that russia is at a point that if they were -- if they wanted to launch a war they could, and i think this has been an attempt to wrong-foot vladimir putin. at the end of the day, again, though, he will have to decide what price he's willing to pay, but in the me...

Crisis. so the administration has stayed one step ahead. most recently it's been the charge that war could be imminent, which is a way of saying we've got lots of warning indicators that russia is at a point that if they were -- if they wanted to launch a war they could, and i think this has been an attempt to wrong foot vladimir putin. at the end of the day, again, though, he will have to decide what price he's willing to pay, but in the meantime i think it's a very creative use of what seems to be extraordinarily good intrusive intelligence. >> you've got 30 or 40 seconds, richard. at the en...

Thank youad both. brian, let me start you with. the pentagon saysst this invasi is not going the way vladimir putin planned and i think that is clear even though we're not military experts. what is going through vladimir putin's head tonight? i know it is a 64 million ruble question, but it is the question, what is putin thinking? >> i think putin miscalculated very badly because he's a victim of his own propaganda machine and his own megalo-mania and the way despots work, they create these fake realities and force people around them to parrot lies as loyalty tests, this is why the russian for...

0 campaign like that. you've got to planted. you've got to execute it. that's reason number one. that might come back, by the way. they might be stunned at the moment, but that might come back. moment, but that might com back we're much better prepared, and there's a lot more >> peter pommerantsey, who has written several books on this topic, learned a lot from him, thank you very much for your time tonight. i really appreciate it. good evening. i'm it is now midnight on the east coast as we continue to follow breaking news out of ukraine. russia is accelerating its offensive and more civili...

Washington and western european capitals, i think it is prepared to compromise and extremely belligerent. he says talking to you and the u.s. it is you that u.s. give us guarantees and give them immediately, now. they understand that the proposal they put forward that nato should not expand to the east, and not have any military ties, cannot be agreed upon by the west and by washington, by president biden. i think the million dollar question, or the million ruble question, is the kremlin trying to put president biden into a corner where he gets into negotiations and then they are