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Things. for example, markets. they are very important for the local social life, in some way, the markets have been working. some basic shops. a very small cafes started to open. not restaurants, but you can take a cup of coffee sitting outside, walking with your dog. some salons for women also started to open, hairdressers. so at least there are basic things that allow you to feel a little bit of normality. allow you to feel a little bit of normality-— allow you to feel a little bit of normali . �* . . , normality. and looking at what is ha - enin: normality. and looking at what is happen...

Of thing. i think what would it take for us to believe it? i'd go back to my answer to carla. it would be to see them take all of their forces out of ukraine, move them out, get them back to home station and negotiate in good faith. it's just too soon to know based on what they said today who their real intent is here. we believe, put another way, that this is really more of a piece of repositioning. again, we're basing some of that on the clear indications that they are reprioritizing in the donbas. >> i'm going to take another run at the acute threat, russia being an acute threat. does that ...

Kyiv. it's an astonishing failure by vladimir putin. you know he'sed infuriated by it, embarrassed by it. he announced a new phase a couple days ago. now they're saying in order to bring about peace negotiations, they're repositioning troops and pulling away from kyiv. it's a recognition that it didn't work. donbas was important to them. the south and the land bridge is important. maybe they will focus there. they may try to go into a quiet phase. they were shocked trying to go to the capitol with the 40-mile convoy. they may count on us tuning our focus somewhere else. as the world turns its ...

About the future of the donbas region, both sides feel they have more to gain on the battlefield so russia will try a bigger offensive in the south, especially if they can gain control control of mariupol, but russia will look to free up forces and bring more from the north—east and put all of their forces behind minefields and defences. this is how they are holding onto ground, west of kyiv, that is where they will shift, east of kyiv, that allows them to keep the pressure on quite cheaply, at huge risk to ukrainian to ukrainian civilians, and use that as pressure on zelensky and the govern...

Zelensky likely to make any difference? ~ , ., ., difference? well, first of all, the timin: , difference? well, first of all, the timing. there — difference? well, first of all, the timing, there will— difference? well, first of all, the timing, there will be _ difference? well, first of all, the timing, there will be no - difference? well, first of all, the timing, there will be no real- timing, there will be no real progress at the table until president putin makes more progress with the territory, in other words until he achieves at least what for now the defence ministry says it is ma...