a step closer? well, certainly, it means a step closer? well, certainly, it means the a step closer? well, certainly, it means the liberation - a step closer? well, certainly, it means the liberation of - a step closer? well, certainly, | it means the liberation of more ukrainian land from russian occupation, so i can understand the celebrations. we will have to see was not the winter will change the conditions for fighting but i m not sure if the ukrainians see an opportunity, that they might not continue the counteroffensive. i mean, their goal is to liberate as much land as they can. ideally, they want to drive the russians out or at a want to drive the russians out orata minimum want to drive the russians out or at a minimum get to a point where there is a negotiated settlement on terms that kyiv can accept and right now, moscow s demands by negotiation, thus far, don t reflect the realities of the battlefield, which is that russia has been losing this war now for almost three
ukraine into ceding to russian demands putin. and in order to intimidate the west to cutting off supplies of weapons to ukraine but one, it s pretty clear that the ukrainians would continue fighting even if the russians used a nuclear weapon in ukraine and two, the west made it clear there would be serious consequences and three, i think the russians understand that if they were to use a nuclear weapon now, they would lose the global south, including india and china and just last week the chinese came out, president xi himself criticised irresponsible nuclear threats. so i think there are real reasons why the russians understand that it would be a huge mistake for them and for russian interests to use nuclear weapons at this point. to use nuclear weapons at this oint. , ., point. and in terms of the immediate point. and in terms of the immediate future, - point. and in terms of the immediate future, we - point. and in terms of the l immediate future, we have winter sort of getti
and it came just a few weeks after president putin had declared that kherson had become part of russia forever. so, yes, this is embarrassing, i think, for vladimir putin. it is a blow to the russian president, which is probably why the kremlin has been trying to distance him from the decision to retreat because it knows that the pull back will be seen as a setback by many people in russia. it doesn t want the president taking the flak that is why the russian generals had to go on television earlier this week. it was left to them to announce this withdrawal to the russian people. but, at the end of the day, who is the commander in chief in russia? it is vladimir putin. whose idea was it to invade ukraine? vladimir putin s. so, it s hard to imagine that at some point, vladimir putin won t be caught up in the consequences of and the fallout from this war, whatever they may be. we can now speak to steve pifer, who s a senior fellow
token, so ftx had created this token, so ftx had created this token called ftt, and a lot of its value was based on the value of ftt which is not backed by anything.- value of ftt which is not backed by anything. and it is extraordinary backed by anything. and it is extraordinary how backed by anything. and it is extraordinary how quick - backed by anything. and it is extraordinary how quick this | extraordinary how quick this all happened, isn t it, it shows you how vulnerable it is. it happened so fast, and nothing is ever as it seems in crypto, this happened seemingly overnight and sam bankman fried, the founder of ftx was held in very high regarding the crypto industry. he was seen as a figurehead for the entire secular, and so see his company fall from grace so quickly and to know that they have these underlying issues this whole time, and didn t reveal that to the public, is very troubling. so reveal that to the public, is very troubling. reveal that to the public, is very t
all the people have been in that same mode. i know the mentions last pigment. i know the truth, in private, and a public i have a different we point. but just how systemic is this to this day and the republican party. as you ve seen in places like georgia and elsewhere? one, this is the politics problem. both parties. these are leaders of congressional caucus. is that, if, he was listening to the president but didn t believe him he should have relayed that to the grieving family. you should ve been honest and authentic with him, if it of trying to spread something out to help donald trump continue his political career. i generally don t think anyone in america actually thinks donald trump didn t know what was going on. which is disingenuous. it is a positive problem, it is also a legal problem, or prosecution problem. if kevin mccarthy were to tell it straight he s a crucial witness. he s the only person, to the state, who has ever said donald trump said to me that he acknowledged