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
strength, resolve, deterrence, these are the three elements that work with putin. reporter: on the other side of the border, yet another show of force from russia s military, with a skander missile systems on display. russia a check with russia says the exercises are to, quote, check russia s readiness. here few have any doubt that russia is ready to go to war. but the question remains whether that is its intention. so do you believe there will be a military escalation here in ukraine? this depends. i cannot read president putin s mind. reporter: can anyone? frankly, no. i don t think anyone can do that. we are literally in a situation where anything can happen. reporter: how does putin at this stage de-escalate without losing 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