that s a path to negotiation, and he said, if we can negotiate, then i feel president biden, these are his words, that there can be progress. but in essence, by saying that, what president biden is saying, by russia building up its troops on the border with ukraine, creating these tensions, as seen in the west, russia, of course, says that these are just normal military winter training exercises on their own territory, sovereign territory, so they re free to do what they want. but what president biden is essentially saying here, it appears, is that russia s troop buildup, if that de-escalates, then russia can get some of what it wants at the negotiating table. but what russia is asking for, these legally binding guarantees, that ukraine will not become a member of nato and that nato will roll back its presence in europeaastern europ these are things that if president biden moves forward on, potentially create tensions within nato, and create fissures