that people want here. but it won t be the public that decides this. it ll be the president. so what happens next? well, that may depend on whether president putin is willing to compromise over ukraine and european security even if he doesn t get everything he wants, like an end to nato enlargement eastwards. whether he s willing to reach a deal or determined to continue with coercive diplomacy. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. melinda haring, from the atlantic council in washingtonjoins me now. as you join is, we rejust hearing the us state department that it hearing the us state department thatitis hearing the us state department that it is now urging american citizens in belarus to leave immediately, due to the build up of russian troops along the border there with ukraine. can i ask you that question, what do you think putin was my ultimate aim is here? is it invasion or is this all part of a carefully constructed coercive diplomacy to get the west to back off? putin wants more