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Of the country. they want to be part of the family of sort of western nations, or at least a sigma majority of the country wants that. and so to step back from that at the end of a barrel of a gun, as it were, quite literally in fact right now, would be a huge step back, a huge concession by the ukrainians. at the same time, i think it is fair to say that joining nato membership, joining nato, rather, nato membership, was not a realistic it was not on the horizon anyway for ukraine. and certainly since russia started building up its military forces, and sort of stamping its feet about that even being a possibility, you know, it is already become a situation in which when you talk about ukraine joining nato, it is just a dream. it is not going to be something that is even a medium term possibility of happening. ukrainian officials privately will confide in you that they ....
Forces that they have amassed at the border and just leave a fairson almost indefinitely to keep their guns and missiles pointed at kyiv, as a threat of psychological warfare and likely a scenario in the short term and as you pointed out and as i have been reporting, ukrainian officials have almost unanimous in thinking this whole thing was a bluff. they believe they understand russian president vladimir putin s psychology a lot better than we do. they think this is just his way of conducting brinkmanship. at the end of a bayonet or a barrel of a gun to gain concessions from kyiv in terms of reincorporating occupied territories in the east, to influence a russian direction for the company and remit gated 1989 and 1991, and the western security posture and so on. there are very few bright ....
Grows out of the barrel of a gun. i agree 100% and remember what putin s goals are for ukraine, three fold. first, cause massive economic harm, so the threat of war means that there s a lot of capital flight and investors are wary of putting money in ukraine. his first goal. the second to destabilize ukraine politically. look at president zelensky s poll numbers, they are not that good right now, and that s a factor for russia in advance of the 23 parlimentary elections in ukraine, and the presidential election in 24. and the third point for vladimir putin, veto power over the policy. a measure to vladimir putin to recognize those two break-away republics in ukraine, as independent nation. ....
New mucinex instasoothe. works in seconds, lasts for hours. you heard of negotiating at the barrel of a gun, well, ukrainian officials will be entering into negotiations with the russians as vladimir putin flexes his nukes. ukrainian president zelenskyy announce as delegation will be meeting with russian counterparts monday. ....
Repeating tonight that the bestr ukraine to drop its aims to join nato and international recognition that crimea is part of russia. ukrianians agree that the russian invasion is already under way. with the russian parliament giving putin the green light to use military force outside the country, the fighting in the east could trigger a full-scale invasion. the mood in the capital is more subdued than normal tonight. all the people around me, they re worried. they are, like, oh, my god. we re going to die, or something. but i m okay. reporter: tonight, ukrianians are staring down the barrel of a gun and the only hope they have is that new sanctions will stop vladimir putin from pulling the trigger, a strategy that has not worked so far. norah. o donnell: charlie d agata, well said. thank you. well, we go now to the front lines in eastern ukraine, where ....