On ukraine. she says in the short-term at least, she and others do not see a able negotiating path forward assessing that even if putin wins in the donbasrussiad. the uncertain nature of the battle, which is developing into a war of attrition, combined with the reality that putin faces a mismatch between his ambitions and russia s current conventional military capabilities likely means the next few months could see us moving along a more unpredictable and potentially escalatory trajectory. joining me now to discuss the chief of staff and national security fellow at the institute for the study of war. jennifer, good to have you. thank you. this has been a concern and haynes is not alone in expressing this, we heard si cia director on the weekend and others we ve spoken to on this broadcast. as putin loses or doesn t advance, it s a corner kind of scenario, he cannot lose and therefore pushes back harder. i wonder if you share that view. look, i think it s important to note tha