breakthrough? does president biden need to be speaking to president putin for progress really to be made here? and a second question, if i may. in berlin you outlined the stakes of this crisis, including the sanction hit of boarders an right the governing sanction busy of peace and security. president biden several weeks ago said that the u.s. thof u.s american military force is off the table in the swituation. while i m sure that makes instituitive sense for americani wonder if you could explicitly lay out the reasoning why that has been taken off the table and do you believe the president s statement would still apply if russia were to invade ukraine? thank you. first, on the second part of the question. we have made clear and done a number of things in support and in defense of ukraine that will