ground is very wet, and that s what ukrainian officials are saying that the conditions aren t there yet. nic robertson on the scene for us, stay safe. joining us now cnn military analyst to former nato supreme court allied commander jeffrey clark and ambassador william taylor. what s your reaction to the latest comments from president zelenskyy in the washington post ? did the biden administration misstep in not giving ukraine at least a heads up about these sensitive leaks? well, wolf, it sounds like secretary of state blinken did call his counterpart that is foreign minister kaleba right away and sounds like deputy secretary of state wendy sherman made a couple of phone calls as well. so the effort was there. whether it got to president zelenskyy is not clear, but he s
ukraine? this depends. i cannot read president putin s mind. can anyone? no. i don t think anyone can do that. we are literally in a situation where anything can happen. how does putin at this stage de-escalate without using face? we shouldn t really care how president putin will save his face. for one simple reason. because he himself, he put himself in this situation. if russia is willing to act in good faith, there is a possibility to walk out from the negotiating room and say we made a deal. but kaleba warns that they will not be pushed into concessions. we will not be in a position of a country that speaks out, here s the instruction of the big power. no. we paid a lot including 15,000
russia s brazen attacks. we were proud to stand with them. today i had the opportunity to meet with ukrainian foreign minister kaleba. and many of you were in the general assembly hall this morning when foreign minister kaleba received enthusiastic and overwhelming applause after his remarks. since he could not be here this evening i would like to conclude by echoing his words. this morning he warned us all that, quote, no one will be able to sit out this crisis if president putin decides that he can move forward with this aggression against ukraine. your governments and your people will face painful consequences together with our government and our people, unquote. he is right. history tells us that.