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There is a diplomatic effort under way and it is around the minsk agreement. there is pressure on ukraine from the kremlin to agree to talk to the separatist leaders in the donbas area in the east of ukraine, the pro-russian separatist leaders. so where are we on that? i think take half a step back. yesterday we saw president volodymyr zelensky in munich saying that he is open to talking directly with president putin. he's been saying that for some time and president putin hasn't been taking him up on that offer. president putin on friday said that there would be no military deescalation aroun...

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Population does not want a russian occupation? >> yes, i was defense minister and i was also war correspondent and it does look like all the pieces are in place for a massive invasion, a completely unjustified act of aggression against a democratic member of the u.n. in good standing. >> and does it look to you like -- you know, people thought there would be -- the strategy would be go into the donbas, quote, unquote, liberate those places, recognize them as independent republics like georgia, or do you think the strategy is actually go to kyiv and occupy the capital or replace zelensky with s...

Politically in ukraine. in particular, you've written about the donbas. you've also written a memoir of living through 2014 and putin's decision to annex crimea and move forces into eastern ukraine. you've looked very carefully at this relationship between ukraine and russia in recent years. i just wonder whether you personally were taken by surprise when he launched the full invasion. well, i wasn't completely surprised because at the time when, two weeks ago, 60% of ukrainians didn't believe the war is possible, i thought that the war is really possible because vladimir putin is getting olde...

Publisher was... ..told that my books cannot cross the russian border because he was trying to sell my books to russia after they stopped publishing them. so, i assume there is some kind of danger, but i don't concentrate on this. i mean, i have a lot of other things to do. now, some in our audience will not be familiar with your work. death and the penguin is very well—known around the world. some of your other novels have focused in particular on what has happened politically in ukraine. in particular, you've written about the donbas. you've also written a memoir of living through 2014 and...