european ally that is have been dividing the question. what starts to adopt towards russia and the question of how hard to go on sanctions. we've been hearing from the president of the european commission saying all options are on the table. so the white house's strategy has, christine, managed to bring european, nato allies together on this but there is the risk of intelligence assessments being different and the differences being able to emerge. here in ukraine there are fears within official circles that that ongoing rhetoric, the ongoing tensions around the country are not doing it any economic good. hence that desire to stamp down the rhetoric and bring things down a notch. again, it is all about bringing opinion together in order to face vladimir putin in a forceful way. that's been what's been behind the american strategy. for now we await his response to nato's proposals as well and what needs to happen next.