we’ll talk about the state of affairs with our regular interlocutor, chaz freeman, he is one of the mostced and knowledgeable veterans of american diplomacy. vis-a-vis misleading, is this generally a typical practice? this is a common phenomenon for someone who does not strive for this, but wants to gain time to introduce a so-called peace process in the middle east, when there is no real peace process, but it is publicly stated that work is being carried out in this direction, in fact, in order to somehow justify the zero the result, i think... the ukrainian side is really looking for a way to resolve the situation through negotiations, perhaps in order to freeze the conflict and prevent it from worsening. the world is tired of russian-ukrainian confrontation, and the ukrainians themselves first of all. i don’t know what the mood is in russia, but i believe that the russians would also be happy to put an end to this once and for all. fatigue with ukraine is felt in the west, i believe that the desire to begin the negotiation process is growing, but no one has it. however, i think we all