top u.s. and other nato and g7 leaders. they have been very, very careful not to say anything substantive about this, presumably not to give puts in y excuse to say, oh, this is the western hand coming to do their nefarious business. how are you interpreting or what sources are telling you about how they re analyzing this situation now? i think there s a high state of readiness for a possibility of a potential leadership change or a potential sudden shift of gears and shift of direction in russia. i think they have to be ready for that. we ve heard from the european foreign affairs chief activating the european union response crisis unit, which is a situation room for european leaders or security chiefs to at least have ongoing conversations. i think that s mirrored in these
like the godfather movie, it s as if the barcini crime family negotiated a deal between veto corleoni and the family. these are mafia figures, and sometimes in mafia gangland shootouts, what s known in s russian, you may have peace, maybe not durable peace, but sometimes they agree to move on. interesting indeed. guys, thank you very, very much. just ahead, the white house reaction to this breaking news in russia. president biden back channeling with key allies right now. so what sources are telling us right now about how u.s. officials are working to assess what s really happening in moscow. stay with us. lots going on. you re in the situation room.
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he s at the summit in hiroshima. great to have you with us. it is fair to say all eyes have very much been on president zelensky. how important do you think it is he was able to attend in person because there is a lot of speculation about that. essentially, do you think he gets more from allies and other leaders when he is able to look them in the face and say we need more support and we need more weapons? need more weapons? absolutely. there is really need more weapons? absolutely. there is really no need more weapons? absolutely. there is really no substitute - there is really no substitute for being able to be in the room, be it with allies or those who are not aligned at all. certainly, it seems very, very likely that one of the conditions for him coming was that it would be able to walk away from hiroshima with redoubled from g7 allies but what is really important for president zelensky is not meeting with those already on
side but being here he is able to particularly meet for the first time since rush s invasion with the indian prime minister narendra modi and if thatis minister narendra modi and if that is a critical meeting for zelensky to be able to have. do ou zelensky to be able to have. do you think you can effect meaningful change with india and we can expect to see any actions coming from india in the future in support of ukraine in this war? changing the indian ukraine in this war? changing the indian prime ukraine in this war? changing the indian prime minister - ukraine in this war? changing the indian prime minister s l the indian prime minister s position is something that is very, very difficult to do, i think. he is very unlikely to change his position in the near future but president zelensky, his g7 allies, they had to try and at this as an opportunity to try under a japanese leadership with french policy, american diplomacy as well, they have given it a shot and it is important