finalize the war. there is a diplomatic way, and there is the military way. so any healthy and sane person always chooses diplomatic way because he or she knows even if it s hard, it may stop the losses of thousands, of tens of thousands. and with such neighbors, hundreds of thousands and maybe millions of victims. victims, losses of people, we don t want that. and any leader, whether he wants that or not, he doesn t have the right to deny it subjectively because it will be a subjective decision to deny the diplomatic way. and it s also important for our partners, i may say, because we are constantly speaking about that and made certain step for the diplomatic solution of the military conflict and the war with russian federation, our partners, both european and the partners from beyond the oceans, the united states, canada, everybody sees that what russia says and was saying during all these times, that ukraine itself doesn t want to everybody could see it was the kind of p
started my trip from washington, d.c. no massing required. most people here are still wearing masks, like verna swan, who was boarding our train to philadelphia. i just feel like i need to take more precautions than anyone else. reporter: you re just being careful. i m being careful. reporter: after monday s sudden end of the federal transportation mask mandate, amtrak was among the first to announce that masks are now optional. thank you, sir. thank you. reporter: conductor anthony tisdale told me he is going maskless after months of wearing one on the job. i was, like, yes! took it right off. reporter: my train took me to philadelphia s center city amtrak hub. philly was one of the few major cities to have an indoor mask mandate, but it was just rescinded. it changes a lot. it has been confusing. i just feel like i should wear a mask regardless. reporter: my trip continued with a ride on public transit.
going to union station, no mask required. most people here are still wearing masks like verna swan who was boarding our train to philadelphia. i just feel like i need to take more precautions than anyone else so reporter: you re just being careful. i am being careful. reporter: after monday s sudden end of the federal transportation mask mandate amtrak was among the first to announce that masks are now optional. thank you, sir. thank you. reporter: conductor anthony tisdale tells me he is going maskless of months of wearing one on the job. i m like, yay, took it right off. reporter: philly was one of the few major cities to have an indoor mask mandate, but it was just rescinded. it changes a lot so it has been confusing. i just feel like i should wear a mask. reporter: my trip continued