yesterday, what the kremlin says he said yesterday. the rupture would be if the united states and the west apply sanctions in response to an invasion. that would be the rupture of the relationship. no, it s the invasion that would be the rupture of the relationship. the invasion of a sovereign, neighboring country which by the way is already under active russian combat for the last seven years anyway, they seized crimea and are sponsoring the separatist uprising in the east. the idea that the sanctions would be the rupture is rather remarkable, that s classic putin-speak. the real question is the saber-rattling on the road to getting to a negotiated outcome. because there are going to be talks on january 10th in geneva by state department and foreign ministry officials. is putin trying to extract the best deal or is there genuinely real risk of a military incursion here that would upend europe security across the board. it s not just the united states but western europe. ali, what is