saw the destruction of a russian flagship in the black sea, we ve seen putin retreat from kyiv, we ve seen them take horrendous losses and yet vladimir putin, it says, talks negotiations are at a dead end. does this surprise you? no, this is, this is absolute standard vladimir putin playbook. he can be the biggest loser in the world, he can end up getting humiliated, and his natural reaction to all these things is just to escalate, escalate, escalate. there is no, there are no peace treaty, there is no compromise to be doing with him. if there ever was a peace treaty, it would be temporary in order to rearm or e stock. vladimir putin doesn t have a reverse gear. this is what he does. paul pall paul: well, so what