a wider field would indicate that it imploded earlier into its dive. a much smallerfield would imply that it made it nearly to the bottom before some sort of catastrophe took place. well, in the last hour, i spoke with parks stephenson, the executive director at uss kidd veterans museum. he s an explorer and expert in deep sea exploration. parks, thank you so much for joining us on the programme. i want to get your thoughts, your reaction to this tragedy. of course, i am overwhelmed by the human loss here in this tragedy. ph nargeolet was a colleague of mine, i ve been on expeditions with him and his loss is very keenly felt, so that s the overriding emotion is the human loss in this tragedy. we are very sorry to hear about the loss of somebody who was one of your colleagues.
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war, given the human loss and the rest. i just don t see where there s anywhere for it to go. politically, it seems to me, putin is in pretty safe position. there could be a tipping effect one day, that when it changes, it changes. if i were advising our side, i would simply say, do not assume there s going to be any break on the russian side. assume putin is in control, has the narrative going his way. most russians buy into it, that it is russia against nato. lots of russians are sympathetic to the claims in crimea and so fort. i just wouldn t depend on any real weakening in russian resolve. would love to be wrong there, but i d be really surprised. richard, let s talk about the gesturing that keeps going on in china toward the united states now. they re saying they don t want to meet with secretary of defense austin. xi was going to meet with blinken before the spy balloon was shot down. the gesturing, it seems, just
aware that they are in the midst of a significant moment in the country s history. but the road to any kind of rehabilitation or recovery for people is made all the more difficult with this war still carrying on, a war that requires fighting and human loss. james, it is a fascinating piece, thank you for that bit of reporting. while you are with us, talk to us about the importance of president zelensky speaking at the arab league summit getting under way injeddah. we know he has arrived there. interesting that syria s president bashar al assad is there and syria is the only member of that group that has supported russia s invasion. , , , invasion. yes, it is interesting because president invasion. yes, it is interesting because president zelensky . invasion. yes, it is interesting . because president zelensky since before this invasion has undertaken a huge diplomatic push, a treadmill, it has been relentless. he has hosted countless world leaders and he has more recently left ukrain
about notjust the events themselves but life afterwards, lives forever changed, and i think doctors here and psychologists are increasingly aware that they are in the midst of aware that they are in the midst of a significant moment in the history of the country, but the road to any kind of rehabilitation and recovery for people is made all the more difficult with this war still carrying on, a war that requires fighting and human loss. james, fascinating fighting and human loss. james, fascinating report. fighting and human loss. james, fascinating report. and - fighting and human loss. james, fascinating report. and while - fighting and human loss. james, | fascinating report. and while you are with us, talk to us about the importance of president zelensky speaking at the arab league summit. we know he has arrived. interesting that the syrian president, president assad is also there, and syria are the only member of that has supported the russian invasion. yes. supported the russi