the decision-making circle is very small. he did not game out the war with his military advisers. nor did he cancel the adequate economic advisers for contingency plans for sanctions. this is typical of the isolation and hubris and paranoia, this kind of toxic mix that somebody like putin gets into after 22 years of power. you see the results that he does not want, or does not have, the correct intelligence to make informed decisions. here in lviv, do and in the conversation i just had, ukrainians did not seem to think that they can trust vladimir putin. that these negotiations can be fruitful. how does a country, leader, or delegation negotiate with somebody like putin was no history of negotiating in good faith and has broken treaties? as the parliamentarian said, you do not negotiate with somebody that has a gun to your head. when i heard the kremlin said they were going to scale back
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president say he was going to step on the gas and get the supply line to ukraine which they need so dearly to get it back in order and get it moving. i want to stick with you for one more question here, general breedlove. and that is, on friday there is reporting out, because someone in the russian defense ministry basically said, we re reorienting everything and we re only focused on eastern ukraine. that was on friday. and then yesterday live on television, live on this network, a missile strike on an oil depot in lviv, which is in the western part of ukraine, close to the polish border. what do you make of that? well, i think in large part this is putin trying to relabel the narrative. because he s failing in so many places, he s trying to relabel the narrative and declare sort of, quote, unquote on this
help feeding those who are yearning to be free. but helping these refugees is not something poland or any other nation should carry alone. all the world democracies have a responsibility to help. during his speech in poland saturday, president biden lauded chef jose andres and his world central kitchen team for their herculean operation serving more than 200,000 hot meals every single day across multiple european countries as millions of refugees flee the war in ukraine. the president got a firsthand look at the operation as he visited ukrainian refugees in warsaw. joining me now from lviv, ukraine, is chef jose andres, founder of the world central kitchen and owner of think food group. chef andres, great to see you again. thank you for coming back to the sunday show. you re known for being among the first on the ground after a natural disaster strikes. but this is a war, and you re in
refugees. i am not the exception. i had a person from chernihiv who left with her child further west. she is safe and secure. our main objective is that cities that all of their basic needs are supplied to. we do it using our own resources and also with international aid and organizations. you can see, even during the alarm, there is no panic, there is no one asking for something on the streets. it is also good that businesses are reopening. businesses are very welcoming and ready to help anytime. the deputy mayor said that he was glad that businesses were reopening. that is a reminder that in peacetime, his role in the city government of lviv, was to promote business. who knows when or if he will get back tuesday job, but here