a military move on ukraine. earlier, i asked dr alina polyakova of the center for european policy analysis in washington and i asked if she saw any sign of a peaceful way out. unfortunately, i think we re in a bit of a paralysis mode where the russian side has made quite egregious and unrealistic demands, the united states and european allies have laid out our concerns about those demands, but still, there doesn t seem to be a compromise across the horizon here. certainly, it s a positive sign that the russians did respond in written form and not public form to the us response to their demands, but unfortunately, it s not yet clear whether the russian side is actually serious about diplomacy. yeah, there s also still an oddity, isn t there, that the us ambassador sorry, the russian ambassador says the us is fomenting hysteria, and actually, the ukrainian president
on ukraine. earlier, iasked dr alina polyakova of the center for european policy analysis in wahsington if she saw any sign of a peaceful way out. unfortunately, i think we re in a bit of a paralysis mode where the russian side has made quite egregious and unrealistic demands, the united states and european allies have laid out our concerns about those demands, but still, there doesn t seem to be a compromise across the horizon here. certainly, it s a positive sign that the russians did respond in written form and not public form to the us response to their demands, but unfortunately, it s not yet clear whether the russian side is actually serious about diplomacy. yeah, there s also still an oddity, isn t there, that the us ambassador sorry, the russian ambassador says the us is fomenting hysteria, and actually, the ukrainian president zelensky isn t far off saying that as well, and one wonders, you know, where the balance should lie in this. well, i think for president
sanctions if russia makes a military move on ukraine. let s get more on this from washington. i m joined by dr alina polyakova, president of the center for european policy analysis. thank you very much indeed for joining us. can you see, particularly after rather less diplomatic dialogue and more diplomatic dialogue and more diplomatic diatribes, really, can you see any sign of a peaceful way out? unfortunately, i think we are in a bit of a paralysis mode where the russian side has be quite egregious and unrealistic demands, the united states and european allies have laid out our concerns about those demands, but still, there doesn t seem to be a compromised across the horizon here. certainly, it is a positive sign that the russians did respond in written form and not public form to the us