it s also difficult to know what president putin is planning. it s difficult to speculate because his decision circle is so small. if i were a betting person i d say it s most likely the president putin is doubling down his special military operation in ukraine. peter, putin tried to defend the war today, but why do you think he chose to refrain from making any major declarations about what is next for ukraine? well, i think first of all, the reality on the ground is such that it makes any kind of pronouncement along those lines pretty hard to, cell. even in a country where the kremlin controls the media, where the information is under state auspices, there is a lot of reality still there in russia. they see the body bags coming home, they hear the stories from their loved ones on the front line, they know it s really going, on at least a lot of them do. i think it will be hard for them to sell a story a victory at a time when there is clearly nothing like that. secondly, i don t
U.s. ambassador to russia, take a listen. it s also difficult to know what president putin is planning. it s difficult to speculate because his decision circle is so small. if i were a betting person i d say it s most likely the president putin is doubling down his special military operation in ukraine. peter, putin tried to defend the war today, but why do you think he chose to refrain from making any major declarations about what is next for ukraine? well, i think first of all, the reality on the ground is such that it makes any kind of pronouncement along those lines pretty hard to, cell. even in a country where the kremlin controls the media, where the information is under state auspices, there is a lot