there. i, of course, had been calling for some assistance and some help. i was very happy actually for the press to arrive because that made me feel a bit safer. then after two hours also in front of the this cafe, a number of protesters appeared. by the way, these protesters were nowhere to be seen when this started. and the situation became tense again. and then a person very much advised me to leave and he guaranteed my safety and i would be brought to the airport. well, that happened. i arrived at the airport. now a little standoff between people, again unidentified uniformed people at the airport, i had to wait for 20 minutes in the car, but then also, thanks to the help of some parliamentarians from the crimean parliament, i managed to get into the airport and two
threatened by what has happened in kiev. there is a lot of distrust. that can only be overcome if we find a mechanism now for all these people to start talking. the secretary of state of the united nations, he s been talking to the russian foreign minister in paris, sergey lavrov today. they are going to continue their talk, i take it, later this week in rome. that s a good start, but at the same time the u.n. and other organizations, international organizations want to send monitors or observers to crimea, to ukraine, but given your experience, that could be pretty dangerous, right? well, you know, i feel that certainly would also be one way of trying to cool down the situation, if you can send international observers. and this is also what the osee mission, which is still on the ground, is discussing with parties there. they are meeting with.
the russians are good at mounting a speck cackle especially when there is no serious opposition. you would see attacks on multiple axes. basically multiple arrows going at eastern. supporting attack. hell assault on bridges and key intersections. just to rub it in and show off. he might even drop in airborne forces and basically you think of it like this. his military would wrap their arms around eastern ukraine. and we would and could do nothing about it. putin has our measure. he certainly has obama s measure. and weakness, weakness encourages aggression. i don t know why people can t figure this out. now. i don t think there is going to be any real meaningful resistance from ukraine. i mean, they can t stand up to the russian blitz if they come across the border. the ukrainian army can t do that. so i don t even know if there is going to be any fighting. it might be another crimea situation. there will be some fighting. now, ukrainians are terribly