are you now prepared to deal with ukrainian president lancey? and what exactly does he need to agree to to stop the fighting? are you looking to take control of the whole of ukraine? a thoughtful, made any kind of progress, and that does not mean the full destruction of the ukrainian only. no, that does not mean what you have emotionally, being a little saying now. you know, i tried to explain things and to the questions i receive eyes. if no one listens and we are ready for talks, and when president lansky asked for talks, president putin immediately agreed. and santa delegation, lorenzo lensky, change him was changed his mind. probably the americans told him not to be in a hurry. afterwards they set okay, well would lord come but later they postponed by one day and an outing, waited them back and the talks took place and us all negotiations position is known to the cranium colleagues and they promised to come up with their position for this round of talks, we are ready to negotiate, but we will continue the operation because we cannot allow to

i don't think they're going to come up though with the key things that president lancey has asked for and will be asking. i'm sure, again, for here, he would like to see a no fly zone. that is something no way any of the nato allies will support at this time. he'd also like to see much tougher sanctions, particularly on the energy sector. and that's where nato, and particularly the you have a split with some countries in europe. notably, germany, very, very concerned about that. in fact, the german chancellor earlier on said that, yes, you could do that one day, but you can't do it in one day because otherwise, germany and other countries in europe would face a recession. and you can't have a sanction that harms you, nations more than it does the leadership of russia or a rushing resolution, calling for aid access and civilian protection, ukraine. but not mentioning moscow's role in the crisis as failed at un security council rush, as you and envoy is accused the u. s. and the u. k. of blocking humanitarian efforts. though, the sure, let me you said you were in russia. if you were hor

are you now prepared to deal with ukrainian president lancey? and what exactly does he need to agree to to stop the fighting? are you looking to take control of the whole of ukraine? the thoughtful made any kind of progress, and that does not mean the full destruction of the ukrainian only. no, that does not mean what you have emotionally, being a little saying now. you know, i tried to explain things and to the questions i receive eyes. if no one listens and we are ready for talks, and when president lansky asked for talks, president putin immediately agreed. and santa delegation, lorenzo lensky, change him was changed his mind, probably, as americans told him not to be in a hurry. afterwards they sat, okay, well would you, lord, come, but later they postponed by one day and an outing waiting there and the talks took place and all negotiations position is known to the cranium call legs and they promised to come up with their position for this round of talks, we are ready to negotiate, but we will continue the operation as we cannot allow to see

are we explain date on numerous occasions and mister putin awe in his public statements and in his lancey talks whether the westland leaders explained later in detail and at lancer, very clearly and unambiguously. and when the west is so talking to us in a bilateral format, it seems that the west understands what we mean. but when the, the western countries come together, it seems that something happens. it seems that the united states, sir, is giving rules. it is giving orders and it's deplorable. or we are open of for a conversation. and this conversation will start anyway. but to what ne, 2 tried to do with ukraine when everyone knows how it could, it all happened. and that was, they could it are who had not been provoked by any saying because it happened a day after an agreement to between the president on the opposition about early elections was signed and the opposition would win though the elections and the president asked why a you needed that q data the agreement would be applied would be complied with. and crimea could have were still being ukrainian if not for they could data.

i don't think they're going to come up though with the key things that president lancey has asked for and will be asking, i'm sure again or for here, he would like to see a no fly zone. that is something no way any of the nato allies will support at this time. he'd also like to see much tougher sanctions, particularly on the energy sector. and that's where nato, and particularly the e. you have a split with some countries in europe. notably, germany, very, very concerned about that. in fact, the german chancellor earlier on said that, yes, you could do that one day, but you can't do it in one day because otherwise, germany and other countries in europe would face a recession. and you can't have a sanction that harms e. you, nation's more than it does the leadership of russia. james, thank you very much. james space is an dr. maddock editor live for in brussels. b u . s. present joe biden is on his way back to europe to meet natal e n g 7 leaders. alan fisher has more nat from washington. the intention is that he will put a front on for the russians. could he have carried out this meet