diplomatic process? a lot of people are not so sure. is ukraine s leadership saying anything? so, it s interesting. there s been a variety of reaction so far. we did hear one ukrainian official telling cnn that potentially, dragging out this sort of diplomatic process could be a delay tactic that vladimir putin is using while he continues to make military preparations. but then, we also heard from the foreign ministry that they viewed the talks as a positive step. that the foreign minister had a conversation with secretary of state blinken after the talks. really, trying to underscore the idea that the u.s. and ukraine are in lockstep as they respond to this crisis. we also saw a tweet from ukrainian president vladimir zelensky where he said a huge thanks to the u.s. and president biden for being ukraine s steadfast ally. of course, that was really a marked shift in tone from 24 hours ago where essentially the ukrainian president had admonished president biden
is ukraine s leadership saying anything? so, it s interesting. there s been a variety of reaction so far. we did hear one ukrainian official telling cnn that potentially, dragging out this sort of diplomatic process could be a delay tactic that vladimir putin is using while he continues to make military preparations. but then, we also heard from the foreign ministry that they viewed the talks as a positive step. that the foreign minister had a conversation with secretary of state blinken after the talks. really, trying to underscore the idea that the u.s. and ukraine are in lockstep as they respond to this crisis. we also saw a tweet from ukrainian president vladimir zelensky where he said a huge thanks to the u.s. and president biden for being ukraine s steadfast ally. of course, that was really a marked shift in tone from 24 hours ago where essentially the ukrainian president had admonished president biden saying there is no such thing as minor incursions.