of demands that are characterized as nonstarters. not just by u.s. officials but by western officials, nato officials in general. and so it s pretty clear at this stage after this first day of negotiations at this time taking place in geneva that russia is not going to get that. but, you know, that doesn t necessarily mean that s a green light for conflict in ukraine. there are other things that russia could get. for instance, i think it was mentioned in that report there, there s the possibility of a compromise from the u.s. on reviving a treaty on deploying nuclear missiles inside the continent of europe. there s talks about the possibility of scaling back nato military exercises and more transparency when it comes to the nato military alliance and russia. more discussions about that. there s also that diplomatic issue. remember over the past couple of years, russia and the united states have really expelled each
will have the blood on his hands. let s go now to moscow, with nbc news producer matt wagner, so matt this speech from putin just a few hours ago. it has been described as chilling and he threatened everyone who might interfere, saying that you do not know what is going to come for you if you do i am paraphrasing he also just mentioned that russia has nuclear weapons. how is it playing over there? it is an interesting question, katy. i think moscow this morning is essentially waking up to the reality. we talked 12 hours ago, where we mention that only the past several days have russians here started to understand the gravity of the situation, come to terms with the fact that there president really was preparing the kind of operation that, for months now, russian western officials and intelligence and media have