zelenskyy had no political experience when he became president, zero, other than playing a president on television like the character he played, the real life zelenskyy won the presidency by targeting corruption but he would get dragged into the impeachment scandal of putin worshipper donald trump while held military aid pushing zelenskyy to dig up dirt on biden. zelenskyy wouldn t play ball and was a problem for trump but a bigger threat to the kremlin that accusing him that ukraine is run by nazis. joining me say member of the ukrainian parliament and joins us from kyiv. thank you so much for being here and i guess the first most obvious question is are you confident that president zelenskyy is safe? well, he said that he s in
close to vladimir putin that want to be isolated. i think that is a very important thing to remember. the more exposed to our abroad, and therefore exposed to sanctions, the less influence you have with vladimir putin back home. so it is the right thing to do, but i do not have any illusions that it is going to change putin s calculus. and jackie, senator lindsey graham tweeted this after biden sanctions announcements, i am quoting. president biden is not seizing the moment, the sanctions outlined are woefully inadequate. we also know congress struggled to come out with any even before the invasion of ukraine. one of the chances they will be able to come together on a response that not only penalizes russia, offers assistance to the ukrainian government? what are you hearing on the ground? lawmakers are at home this week. as you noted, despite some of the criticism that biden has received today, they ultimately failed to pass any sort of sanctions package. that being said, lawmak
biden hold back on the sanctions today. he did not rule out the most aggressive and punishing sanctions that the u.s. could impose on russia. he has said if russia continues to advance continues to accelerate, this movement into ukraine, this invasion as he put it, the sanctions will continue from the u.s., and of course from western allies as well. but biden is leaving open the hope, the glimmer of some sort of diplomacy here in the hours ahead. so admiral, what do you see in terms of that continuing advanced? what are you looking for? what should we watch for in terms of any military action in the coming days? i would watch for cyber and cyberattacks, particularly those directed at the overall ukrainian grid, as well as ukrainian command and control. putin will want to degrade the ability of kyiv to control those forces that are in the field. number two, i would watch for
some bipartisan support that house emerge today, if not muted applause for biden s sanctions announced. although even democrats say that they believe that the administration should impose more severe economic penalty going forward, as it has been clear that months of these economic threats has not deterred putin from ultimately invading ukraine. that is true. ambassador mcfaul, if both you and the admiral seem to indicate that they are not likely to service it iterant to vladimir putin, do a little more deep dive will you about putin s real fears. i know that you have written that it is not nato, but democracy on his doorstep. how you see that playing out in this crisis. well the people last night really long rambling kind of strange speech. i listen to most of it in russian. he did not get a nato until the end of the speech. he went on and on about
i am not convinced that it will change the calculus. i don t think that putin is thinking about the stock market next, week or next month, or in your from now. i think that he is thinking about his place in russian history books 30 years from now. and remember, when we are sanctioning russian individuals and companies, it is a certain segment of the economy that we are sanctioning. there is another segment of the economy, the military, industrial complex, those that pump out oil and glass that are close to vladimir putin that want to be isolated. i think that is a very important thing to remember. the more exposed to our abroad, and therefore exposed to sanctions, the less influence you have with vladimir putin back home. so it is the right thing to do, but i do not have any illusions that it is going to change putin s calculus. and jackie, senator lindsey graham tweeted this after biden sanctions announcements, i am quoting. president biden is not seizing the moment, the sanctions o