prepaetsching for all scenarios. >> as you have heard french president and german chancellor held talks with vladimir putin and then with volodymyr zelenskyy. do you think they will yield anything? can they represent the boast interests of the ukrainian people? >> i think the answer to both questions is no. first of all we know that russia doesn't respect them. we heard those words from the spokesperson for putin that it's the u.s. who called the shots so there's no point in talking to the europeans. that's what they actually think. they respected merkle when she was chancellor and don't see a worthy leader so they're planning on talking only