a situation like we had in georgia in 2008 when we had some weeks of fighting in the region of south ossetia and then the georgia decided we will try to liberate as they say the president saakashvili said that region and russia of course was nearby was ready in a standby motos and then the invasion was legitimized so to say yes and this is this is what russia maybe would like to see in ukraine as well russia would like to see ukraine make a mistake and maybe let itself be provoked by by the fighting of the recent weeks and this is this is probably the biggest danger and the biggest challenge for the ukrainian government but i don't see any proof or any any evidence that ukraine might do that because if you if you take a c.n.n. camera team with you you're just trying to show to the world you're trying to use the media ukrainian president is a media medium and he's a media and he used to be a comedian he used to be a television star so that's what he does and what he can what he cannot do is a militia to do anything militarily is in a let me ask you this the fact is the conflict in eastern ukr

not maybe that would deter russia respond but i think since 2008 for instance over georgia and south ossetia the idea of back russia who would be passive in a conflict at any cost to be a mistake and so even if you take those of the most. nations of. you have to also ask what is the kremlin's base of interest that is to be russia's. and to. make clear that it isn't. and then. as a protector once you have a conflict the risk of escalation is the simple reality is that for russia it's like the issue absence of the cross government but it's not who are death issue west nor pans. so what where does that leave us it leaves us in situation we might find ourselves revoking a major conflict and i want to back out of that is not always easy to do once you start upright you can't you can't relate on the ground rules that's right that's why we call it the fog of war marcus i mean looking at it at secretaries they plane can and sullivan here are they ideologues in your mind are they opportunists do they think in geopolitical terms because you know we you know sullivan said he wanted to have a foreign po

a situation like we had in georgia in 2008 when we had some weeks of fighting in the region of south ossetia and then the georgia decided we will try to liberate as they say the president saakashvili said that region and russia of course was nearby was ready in a standby motos and then the invasion was legitimized so to say yes and this is this is what russia maybe would like to see in ukraine as well russia would like to see ukraine make a mistake and maybe let itself be provoked by by the fighting of the recent weeks and this is this is probably the biggest danger and the biggest challenge for the ukrainian government but i don't see any proof or any any evidence that ukraine might do that because if you if you take a c.n.n. camera team with you you're just trying to show to the world you're trying to use the media ukrainian president is a media medium and he's a media and he used to be a comedian he used to be a television star so that's what he does and what you can what you cannot do is a mill is to do anything militarily because you know let me ask you this the fact is the conflict in

create a situation like we had in georgia in 2008 when we had some weeks of fighting in a region of south ossetia and then the georgia decided we will try to liberate the president saakashvili said that region and russia of course was nearby was ready in a standby motos and then the invasion was legitimized so to say yes and this is this is what russia maybe would like to see in ukraine as well russia would like to see ukraine make a mistake and maybe let itself be provoked by by the fighting of the recent weeks and this is this is probably the biggest danger and the biggest challenge for the ukrainian government but i don't see any proof or any any evidence that ukraine might do that because if you if you take a c.n.n. camera team with you you're just trying to show to the world you're trying to use the media ukrainian president is a media medium and he's a media and he used to be a comedian he used to be a television star so that's what he does and what he can what he cannot do is a mill is to do anything terribly is you know let me ask you this the fact is the conflict in eastern ukraine is ma

create a situation like we had in georgia in 2008 when we had some weeks of fighting in a region of south ossetia and then the georgia decided we will try to liberate as they say the president saakashvili said that region and russia of course was nearby was ready in a standby motos and then the invasion was legitimized so to say yes and this is this is what russia maybe would like to see in ukraine as well russia would like to see ukraine make a mistake and maybe let itself be provoked by by the fighting of the recent weeks and this is this is probably the biggest danger and the biggest challenge for the ukrainian government but i don't see any proof or any any evidence that ukraine might do that because if you if you take a c.n.n. camera team with you you're just trying to show to the world you're trying to use the media ukrainian president is a media medium and he's a media and he used to be a comedian he used to be a television star so that's what he does and what he can what he cannot do is a mill is to do anything militarily because you know let me ask you this the fact is the conflict in ea

gathered outside but they took exception to previous comments he's made about the 2 republics and south ossetia which have been long engaged in a long running dispute with georgia clashes with police ensued when protesters trying to enter the hotel they claimed the russian house wasn't welcome as he didn't respect georgia's territorial integrity posner says there was no political motivation behind his birthday trip just a little more background for you on. our 2 breakaway regions that declared themselves independent over 20 years ago most of the world still views them as part of georgia but russia is one of the few countries that do recognize the territory is sovereign states. still have vaccine passports and mask mandates are the latest bones of contention between democrats and republicans in the u.s. that story in poll after the break. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being led. by the way. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in

create a situation like we had in georgia in 2008 when we had some weeks of fighting in a region of south ossetia and then the georgia decided we will try to liberate as they say the president saakashvili said that region and russia of course was nearby was ready in a standby motos and then the invasion was legitimized so to say yes and this is this is what russia maybe would like to see in ukraine as well russia would like to see ukraine make a mistake and maybe let itself be provoked by by the fighting of the recent weeks and this is this is probably the biggest danger and the biggest challenge for the ukrainian government but i don't see any proof or any any evidence that ukraine might do that because if you if you take a c.n.n. camera team with you you're just trying to show to the world you're trying to use the media ukrainian president is a media medium and he's a media and he used to be a comedian he used to be a television star so that's what he does and what he can what he cannot do is a military style do anything charlie is you know let me ask you this the fact is the conflict in easter

in 2008 was to knock both those obstacles out at the same time by re incorporating up gaza and south ossetia even getting the russian peacekeepers and then making himself nato ready i would argue that selenski is preparing to do precisely the same thing as a matter of fact he's quoted in the ukrainian news today as is is pushing the membership action plan you know the final step before for nato membership as a matter of fact i should mention the ukrainian press today also quotes the ukrainian ambassador to germany saying it's either nato or nuclear weapons i'm not paraphrasing i'm quoting he says either nato gives us membership action program we enter the alliance or we may be forced to remove the nuclear option that's a quote from the ukrainian ambassador to germany so i mean this is i understand rhetoric it's not playing out but it's clearly i think a situation in analogy exactly the one you've established peter which is ukraine sees it's the necessity of resolving those 2 issues i mentioned as preconditions for joining nato and they seem to be hell bent on joining nato and nato is no less

poser's hotel they took exception to previous comments he'd made about the 2 a publix of a posse and south ossetia which have been engaged in a long running dispute with georgia clashes with police ensued when protesters tried entering the hotel they claim the russian host wasn't welcome as he didn't respect georgia's territorial integrity posner says there was no political motivation behind his birthday trip just a little more background for you on the south the study are 2 breakaway regions that declared themselves independent over 20 years ago most of the world still views them as part of georgia but russia is one of the few countries that do recognize the territories a sovereign states. those who think politics and sports shouldn't mix have been taken aback by the us to limp and paralympic committee's latest decision it's ok to certain racial and social justice demonstrations at trials. a racial and social justice demonstration is specifically aimed at promoting the human dignity of individuals who groups that have historically been underrepresented minorities still marginalized in their respe

a situation like we had in georgia in 2008 when we had some weeks of fighting in the region of south ossetia and then the georgia decided we will try to liberate as they say the president saakashvili said that region and russia of course was nearby was ready in a standby motos and then the invasion was legitimized so to say yes and this is this is what russia maybe would like to see in ukraine as well russia would like to see ukraine make a mistake and maybe let itself be provoked by by the fighting of the recent weeks and this is this is probably the biggest danger and the biggest challenge.