lives of our citizens to secure the right to decide our own future. our own destiny. and we will not allow anyone to impose any concessions on us. reporter: with all sides dug in, the prospects for a diplomatic solution are dim. but ukraine s leadership says the cost of failure would extend far beyond these front lines. if the united states leadership fails here, it will be a clear message to the contesters of the united states, that america is a different country now. and they can push. and in the end, if they push, i m afraid that it will be the people of america who will feel the repercussions of that push. reporter: he went on to say if someone does come here demanding concessions from the ukraine, and they feel, by the way, that ukraine has already
contesters of the united states that america is a different country now and they can push. and in the end, if they push, i m afraid that it will be the people of america who will feel the repercussions of that push. reporter: the minister went on the say that if anyone did come to kyiv and demand that ukraine make concessions, he would simply in his own words call the protocol officer and have them accompanied back to the airport. really not pulling any punches here, wolf. clarissa, we re also reporting, as you well know that some ukrainian officials obviously strongly disagree with the white house assessment that a russian invasion is imminent. so explain what you re hearing over there. why aren t they on the same page with washington? so wolf, just to be clear, this is not the foreign minister. this is coming from another