when putin s spokesperson peskov was pushed on this issue and when one of the separatist leaders was pressed on thus issue they obfuscated the issue and said we can t answer that. that s a complex issue. and that ambiguity is precisely what feeds in to this profound sense of anxiety. that sense of not knowing exactly what s coming next but knowing very clearly that putin has laid the groundwork for many different possible permutations. what people are waiting to see and what ukraine s leaders are waiting to see now is what president biden is going to announce in this speech because there s a sense of real urgency that the u.s. stand in unity with nato allies and take a strong stance with ukraine. and by all naccounts, that s wht we can expect the u.s. to do. but definitely a marked shift on