how does he save face in in this situation? also, you met with president zelensky. what was your takeaway from that meeting, and is there any way at this point to resolve or des calculate the situation without military action or defense? well, i don t know if there is an offramp of face saving for vladimir putin which is why it looks so much like he s actually planning something. he not only has taken over crimea and not only the but he s moved russian regular troops in to the east, and he s bringing elite troops into belarus which is sort of a client state now of russia. they re very, very close not only to the ukrainian border, but also to the polish border. and poland is a member of nato, and we are it is absolutely in our nation s interest worldwide to make sure that nothing happens to our friends in poland.
that is ukraine. ukraine is a not a democracy. it has never been a democracy n in its history and it s not now it s a client state of the biden administration. it s a place in which opposition media and opposition political candidates are completelydiic shut down. but the government is not a democracy at all and it s insulting. otthey suggest otherwise. but people like that and many people in washington are pushing ukraine toward war .ar so we re sending them weapons and then making it very easy for them to use them. they told us now for months that any preemptive attack by ukraine actually isn t real. if you see ukraine using theses, weapons. no, says tony blinken, that s on aggression. a it s a false flag attack by russia. russia plans to manufacture a pretext for its attack. this could be a violent event that russia will blame on ukraine or an outrageous accusations that russia will
them. now, cyberattacks. you have russian tanks that have moved into sovereign ukrainian soil, which may be controlled by so-called russian separatists, that red portion of the mat producing the bottom right-hand corner. but he still recognizes ukraine through the question is, does he move into that orange portion, and how much further beyond that? you see those red dots. belarus controlled by client state of soviet union peer there are field hospitals being set up in the northeast part of ukraine. he can come three oh separatists controlled areas or up through crimea, the port of odessa which is in the bottom left-hand side of ukraine there is very valuable to the russians if they want to off-load to a larger invasion. all of the signs are there from the troops on the ground, to the positioning that they need, to the rhetoric of vladimir putin. frankly, to the failure of american leadership. what we said from the beginning was, our goal was deterrents. this is not what deterrence look
right now we want the bombing to stop i don t think that the russian opposition is going to be able to mount anything substantial enough until there are more casualties on their side and on the ukrainian side unfortunately to stop this thing. it needs to start somewhere. the opposition clearly is out there. jesse: is ukraine enough glory for vladimir putin? he has talked about in his speech earlier in the week he wants to reestablish basically the entire former soviet empire. i mean, ukraine is, what, twice the size of texas? that s the largest country in europe. i mean, that s a big chunk. is he going to be satisfied in european with just ukraine or is he going to go bigger? i think the biggest question about putin s aims whether he plans to with this blitz creed knock over the ukrainian government and replace it with something similar to what he has in belarus which is a client state in effect that will do his bidding and that promises obviously to never go into nato.
more. not to maintain the democracy that is ukraine. ukraine is not a democracy. it has never been a democracy and its history and it s not now. it s a client state of the biden administration. it s a place in which opposition media and opposition political candidates are completely shut down by the government. it s not a democracy at all. it s insulting they would suggest otherwise. people like that in many people in washington are pushing ukraine toward war. so we are sending them weapons and then making it very easy for them to use them. they told us never months that any preemptive attack by ukraine actually isn t real. if you see ukraine using these weapons, no. says antony blinken. that s not aggression. it s a false flag attack by russia. russia plans to manufacture a pretext for its attack. this could be a violent event that russia will and on ukraine or an outrageous accusation that russia will level against the