mystery. >> at the beginning when putin met with xi jinping at beijing and the olympics there much more in lockstep. they are not today. then put a lot of pressure privately on the russians we seen some of the publicly saying we do not want the end of the agreement we recognize ukrainian territorial integrity. we expect negotiations. i think one of the reasons why putin shifted from we won't talk to the ukrainians laissez completely disarm to just this morning saying no preconditions we will talk because they really annoyed china. in china is russia's most important friend on the global stage they have to go through the motions on real negotiations dana. with friends write those? right en and a friend of our shows thank you so much, benjamin. >> vladimir putin is frustrated at how slowly his invasion of ukraine is going.