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and my 1st guest tonight is kurt volker he was u.s. special representative for ukraine between 20172019 under former u.s. president trump he took part in negotiations involving russia to secure a cease fire in the breakaway regions of eastern ukraine ambassador it's good to see you again it's good to have you on the program again how would you answer those people who are what is vladimir putin's in the game with ukraine. well i think it's a it's a don't mean to attack the question but it's a misunderstanding to think that putin thinks in terms of end games putin thinks in terms of position how does he amass power and influence and how does the apply that over time opportunistically without any end in sight and i think what he's done with the accumulation of military force here is to demonstrate that he has substantial military capability and the political will to act if he wants to and he's trying to demonstrate on the opposite side that the west is not willing to use force and is not why didn't match that and therefore ukraine had bet

and my 1st guest tonight is kurt volker he was u.s. special representative for ukraine between 20172019 under former u.s. president trump he took part in the. russia to secure a cease fire in the breakaway regions of eastern ukraine ambassador it's good to see you again it's good to have you on the program again how would you answer those people for what is vladimir putin's in the game with ukraine. well i think it's a it's a don't mean to attack the question but it's a misunderstanding to think that curtain thinks in terms of endgames putin thinks in terms of position how does he amass power and influence and how to see a private over time offer to mystically without any end in sight and i think what he's done with the accumulation of military force here is to demonstrate that he has substantial military capability and the political will to act if he wants to and he's trying to demonstrate on the opposite side that the west is not willing to use force and is not willing to match that and therefore ukraine a better watch out so what do

and my 1st guest tonight is kurt volker he was u.s. special representative for ukraine between 20172019 under former u.s. president trump he took part in negotiations involving russia to secure a cease fire in the breakaway regions of eastern ukraine ambassador it's good to see you again it's good to have you on the program again how would you answer those people who are what is vladimir putin's in the game with ukraine. well i think it's a it's a don't mean to attack the question but it's a misunderstanding to think that curtain thinks in terms of end games putin thinks in terms of position how does he amass power and influence and how does your private over time offer to mystically without any end in sight and i think what he's done with the accumulation of military force here is to demonstrate that he has substantial military capability and the political will to act if he wants to and he's trying to demonstrate on the opposite side that the west is not willing to use force and is not well i didn't match that and therefore ukraine ha

and my 1st guest tonight is kurt volker he was u.s. special representative for ukraine between 20172019 under former u.s. president trump he took part in negotiations involving russia to secure a cease fire in the breakaway regions of eastern ukraine ambassador it's good to see you again it's good to have you on the program again how would you answer those people who are what is vladimir putin's in the game with ukraine. well i think it's a it's a don't mean to attack the question but it's a misunderstanding to think that curtain thinks in terms of end games putin thinks in terms of position how does he amass power and influence and how does your private over time the opportunities to quickly without any end in sight and i think what he's done with the accumulation of military force here is to demonstrate that he has substantial military capability and the political will to act if he wants to and he's trying to demonstrate on the opposite side that the west is not willing to use force and is not why didn't match that and therefore ukra