elite, the oligarchs, who support president putin enjoys and wants, so thatis president putin enjoys and wants, so that is the deterrence side of the equation. the other side of course is diplomacy in a dialogue, and on that side, slightly less progress. there was a meeting of the un security council this afternoon and it was a rather testy affair, more of an exchange of accusations rather than any possible solutions. boris johnson was supposed to have a conversation with president putin this afternoon on the phone, and that didn t happen because of the sue gray update and statement to parliament, and that was a diplomatic opportunity missed. the government say that could happen as early as tomorrow when the prime minister is supposed to be coming here to put on a show of support for ukraine. he was supposed to be accompanied by liz truss, but she has covid and is not coming. so diplomacy is happening but it s not