we don't see the u.n rules the u.n we don't see the u.n rules the u.n we don't see the u.n rules changing and so we are focused on changing and so we are focused on changing and so we are focused on continuing to take actions to isolate continuing to take actions to isolate continuing to take actions to isolate russia as a victor in world war ii it russia as a victor in world war ii it russia as a victor in world war ii it was the soviet union that gained its was the soviet union that gained its was the soviet union that gained its seat on the security council the ussr seat on the security council the ussr seat on the security council the ussr north russia since then much water has north russia since then much water has north russia since then much water has flown onto the bridge but one thing has flown onto the bridge but one thing has flown onto the bridge but one thing has changed is that we no longer live on a changed is that we no longer live on a changed is that we no longer live on a post-war planet those days ended on post-war planet those days ended on post-war planet those days

iran's u.n.egation accused the united states of bullying it out of the commission on the status of women or csw. >> the baseless and fabricated allegations made against the islamic public of iran are justification for its plan to deprive it of c 7 membership. >> the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. derchfended the expulsion. >> iran's membership directly undermines the commission's work. its membership was a stain on our credibility. >> iran has been hit with unrest since september. it was sparked by the death of mahsa amini, the 22-year-old woman died in police custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing her head scar ch improperly. that was met with widespread outrage against iran's morality police and its treatment of women. iranian authorities have cracked down on the protests. human rights activists say hundreds have been killed. >>> now, there's a push for change at another u.n. organ, the security council. the latest calls from participants of the group's meeting, and even the head of th

security exclude russia from the u.n security exclude russia from the u.n security council first of all i would like to ask council first of all i would like to ask council first of all i would like to ask you why did you do that you why did you do that you why did you do that russia's violated just about every russia's violated just about every russia's violated just about every reason and uh precept of the united reason and uh precept of the united reason and uh precept of the united nations the united nations is about nations the united nations is about nations the united nations is about united nations nations coming together united nations nations coming together united nations nations coming together and trying to have a a rules-based and trying to have a a rules-based and trying to have a a rules-based organization and organization and organization and respect respecting the rule of law and respect respecting the rule of law and respect respecting the rule of law and respecting national borders and respecting national borders and respecting national borders and boundaries bou

but the u.n.to sponsor referendum in 1999 for east timo r the people, voted overwhelmingly for their freedom . now it is an independent nation. why has the course of western sahara been so different and is this bribery five european officials a part of that? >> the role of some states, the united states, france, and spain in particular, in protecting the regime in morocco and in supporting the regime in its illegal occupation of western sahara. i as a diplomat worked a lot of east timor liberation case. when i enter the rpm parliament in 2004, i was absolutely flabbergasted to see in the european union, people were seeing sahara as if it did not exist, as if it were part of morocco. the international law, the right to self-determination would not exist. started protesting. i was often -- this was cleared and the agreement on agriculture and fishery that with the support o some members in the european parliament, putting myself, were brought to the court -- european court of justice, as was mention

senator menendez: i'm pleased to see the u.n. extended the u.n. peacekeeping force in cyprus to january of 2023. i don't know if you've visited cyprus or not if you haven't when you go you'll see the green line, the dividing line wean the occupied part of cyprus to the republic of cyprus, to rather impressive -- not in the positive sense, consequential sense. and turkey's continued occupation and unauthorized activities in what were called the buffer zone, the zone ear between the areas where the green line is is a threat to peace in the area. i hope we -- i've spoken to our u.n. ambassador and linda thomas greenfield, appreciate that she got this extended to 2023. these are short-term extensions. they don't solve the ultimate problem. but will you commit to pushing for an extension of the u.n. peacekeeping force as long as we have this division at the green line? >> mr. chairman, this piece keeping force is absolutely playing an essential role, stabilizing role, so yes, sir, you have my commitment. senator menendez: thank you. since azerbaijan's

. >>> the u.n. security council is demanding an immediate end to the violence that has gripped myanmar for nearly two years. this first ever resolution on myanmar was adopted out of concern about the military's coup and the deadly crackdown that followed. the resolution also calls on the junta to release all of its political prisoners, including ousted de facto leader. it was drafted by britain and supported by eleven other council members, russia, china and india abstained. >> today we've sent a firm message to the military that they should be in no doubt, we expect this resolution to be implemented in full. >> myanmar's u.n. ambassador was appointed by the administration overthrown last february. he insists the pro democracy unity government myanmar's only legitimate government. he says it welcomes the resolution as a first step. >> the unity government calls on the usc building on this reside lu resolution to take further action to end the military junta and its crimes. >> russia, china and india

>> the u.n. convention just wrapped up the cop15 and this was a significant gathering where laura -- wld leaders are coming together to make a global agreemt for the protection about diversity yet indigenous pele continued to be sidelid in these negotiations yet we are responsible for 80% of the world's remaining biodiversity. amy: more than 190 nations have agreed to protect at least 30% of the planet's land and oceans by 2030, but will the deal at the recent u.n. summit on biodiversity in montrÉal do enough to protect the earth? we look also at the latest on title 42, the trump-era pandemic border policy. the biden administration has asked the supremcourt to allow it to halt the policy but not until after christmas. we will also look at why tens of thousands of venezuelans have been trapped in mexico while trying to reach the u.s. at a time when the biden administration is moving to ease some sanctions on venezuela that have devastated the country. plus, we go to atlanta, georgia, where five ac

the u.n.ecretary-general, antonio guterres, who played a central role in getting a deal between russia and ukraine for the export of grain from ukrainian ports and russian ports in the black sea, helping the entire world with respect to lowering food prices and expanding access to foodstuffs at a critical moment. second, it was a u.n. mediator working with our u.s. envoy, the saudis, emiratis, and yemenis, helping to produce a cease fire in the war in yemen, which had been the worst humanitarian catastrophe in the world. it has been going on for the longest time in that piece, and the u.n. played a key role in that. it is not without difficulties, complications. it is a big bureaucracy in need of constant reform. the u.n. is still there on key issues, diplomacy, delivering global health, global food security, and all that will be on display in new york in two weeks. david: recently, the president made a speech on democracy. pres. biden: the threat to american democracy is real. i want to say a

and those the u.n security council kind of unravels these embargoes so the admit the arms embargoes expired the missile embargo expires next year and and we already know that iran is violating the missile embargo by providing drones to ukraine. it's fully intends to provide um some precision missiles. >> i want to i want to talk to you about drones but but but can we just for a moment i want to hold on okay on this um on the question of the jcpoa because i want to just make clear for the listeners here that you you've said what the the capacity that the iranians have right now when they're when they're in open violation of the of the of the jcpoa. i want to i want to nail down exactly what that is. my understanding please correct me if i'm wrong is that they have enough enough uranium enriched to 60 percent um such that if they decided to to enrich to weapons grade they could they could do it within about three weeks and they have enough uranium to have to to enrich enough material to weapons grade for five bombs is that is that about right. >> the 60 enrich uranium can be used dire

. >>> the u.n.eneral assembly has adopted a resolution urging north korea to return all foreign nationals it's abducted for the 18th straight year. more than 60 countries co-sponsored the resolution including japan and south korea, china and russia didn't voice their spot the resolution said the u.n. condemns north s systematic. north korean ambassador to the u.n. said his country rejects and condemns the resolution. >> a product of a hostile policy of the united states, has nothing to do with promotion and protection of human rights. >> kim left the general assembly in the middle of the session. >>> now north korea's state media has reported the development of a new type of strategic weapons system and testing of a high-thrust solid fuel engine. the north's repeated testing of intercontinental ballistic missiles has caused great concern among neighboring countries. the korean central news agency said the test was conducted thursday at a satellite launch site in the country's northwest. the aim was

i hope, i spoken to our u.n. ambassador, and, linda thomas-greenfield, appreciate that you got this extend to 2023. these are short-term extensions. they don't put us ultimate problem, but when you commit to pushing for an extension of the u.n. peacekeeping force as long as we have this division at the green line? >> mr. chairman, this piece giving force is absolute playing a central role come stabilizing role. so yes, sir, you have my commitment. >> thank you. ms. kvien, since azerbaijan attack on armenia in september with the reports of azerbaijani forces shooting unarmed armenians, executing armenian soldiers, mutilating female armenian soldier. this report, these reports reflect a long history of alleged azerbaijani war crimes including during the 2020 war. would you commit if you are conferring to leading embassy efforts to support the documentation of alleged atrocities committed against armenians during this recent aggression? >> thank you, senator. yes i've seen some of the horrific videos coming out rece

i announced in the united nations general assembly, the united states supports the u.n. security council to include permanent representation of africa and join the g-20 as a permanent member of the g-20. whether -- it has been a long time in coming but it's going to come. and whether we are upholding or defending the foundations of global peace and security enshrined in the u.n. charter and similar documents or meeting the challenges that impact every nation, the people of africa are indispensible partners to delivering the progress that benefits everyone not just africa and the united states but the whole world. the covid-19 pandemic followed by russia's unprovoked war against ukraine has royaled the global economy, erasing many of the development gains that we worked so hard to achieve over the past two decades. if that doesn't share our shared goals and commitment to see them through, it will be more urgent to take it together. over the next three years working in close cooperation with the united states congress, we plan to commit $55 billion in africa to advance the

these limits are established in u.n. security council resolution 2231, and that the u.n. security council kind of unravels these embargoes, the arms embargoes expired. the missile embargo expires next year. and we are rid no iran is violating the missile embargo by providing drones to ukraine. it is fully intends to provide some precision missiles. >> i want to talk to about a drones like and we just for a moment i want to hold on this, on the question of the jcpoa it because i want to just make clear for the listeners here that you said with the capacity that the iranians have right now when they're in open violation of the jcpoa, i want to nail down exactly what that is. my understanding, please wrong, is that they have -- correct me if i'm correce if i'm wrong, enough uranium enriched to 60% such that if they decided to enrich, to weapons grade, they could do it within about three weeks and have enough uranium to enrich enough material to weapons grade for five bombs. it is not about whether they are? >> the the 60% enriched uranin be used directly in nuclear explosion

the u.n. charter is based on this. that is the point here.ution to that should go through the united nations and any negotiations should go through the united nations and respect deep principles of the u.n. charter. now, i have not seen the biden administration really active on trying to get that, which would also involve a cooperation with china. the biden administration has been extremely aggressive, hostile to china, continuing the hostile policies that were started by biden and trump, in particular. this has been quite counterproductive for the prospect for peace. because china, rc, holds key issue and that only important ally that russia may look at and therefore china's position would weigh a lot on whatever position russia takes. amy: we want to thank you so much for being what does, gilbert achcar, professor of international relations at the school of oriental and african studies, or soas, at the university of london. speaking to us from france. he has been active in the socialist and antiwar movement for decades. author of a number o

. >>> a senior u.n. development official is calling for more help for millions of people displaced in their own countries. she says the numbers are sky rocketing. . >> translator: the situation will only get worse. the burden on them will increase even more. we don't have enough humanitarian aid to keep up. that's already happening. >> the u.n. refugee agency says conflicts and disasters caused a record 59 million people to flee their homes in 2021. an estimated 6 million ukrainians have been displaced because of the russian invasion. the world bank also warns that climate change could displace over 200 million people by 2050. the official from the u.n. development program says the world needs to look at longer term measures, including employment and educational opportunities. she says humanitarian assistance is now falling short of meeting people's needs. >>> russian president vladimir putin is confirming one of the specific targets in his country's invasion of ukraine. >> translator: there has been a l

i know you're here in new york meeting with the u.n. with u.n. ambassadors. you alongside other activists -- we're showing an image of you here, is for iran to be removed from the u.n. commission on the status of women. what would that removal mean? i believe the vote is happening december 14th. >> that's right. well, you know, we're asking the u.n. to remove iran, like you said, from this commission. and this would be a precedent setter which with the u.n., member states are red cent or concerned about creating a precedent. they should be far more concerned about the islamic republic being on this commission and actually determining what women's rights are globally. keep in mind this is an open vote. this won't be done by secret ballot. so we should all be paying attention to the countries that are voting. and if any of the states vote no or even abstain, that is a vote for the gender apartheid islamic republic and it would be shameful. you know, the csw is a place where complaints about the violations against women's rights, everything from arbitrary, you k

maryam the u.n.ing for a record $51.3 billion the next year to address mass hunger and deprivation brought on by war, climate change, and the covid pandemic. he said the world's needs are shockingly high. >> the needs are going up because we have been smitten by the war in ukraine, covid, climate. i fear that 2023 is going to be an acceleration of all those trends. that iwhy we say in this report, and generally, we hope 2023 will be an era of solidarity as 2022 has been a year of suffering. maryam: they are appealing for a record 51.3 billion dollars to fund its work over the coming 12 months. this represents a 25% increase in the amount of aid money from last year. the you -- the u.n. says the money would help support people worldwide. there is an estimated 45 million people at risk of starvation. this is only -- this year's appeal is only 47% funded, that is a sharp drop from the city 5% -- 65% normally funded. in pakistan filed -- floods have been hitting the country since june this year. in augus

this is according to u.n. declaration. so next, let's go to we will own everything and we will be happy. that's actually a more accurate slogan there. so sri lanka, follow these aggreko cultural path that they're doing. that was a schlock and prime minister a few years. we will make my country rich by 2025. of course the country claps, palace was overrun, people ran it swam in the swimming pool. a true insurrection and the world economic forum removed that article for some reason so next farmers are being bankrupted by top down edicts. russell brand he's he believes this was the intention you'll see what's happening they're bankrupting all these practices and that the result is it bankrupts farmers allowing centralized agricultural to acquire land cheaply next next stolen in miles seize land climate communism. another new phrase you might want to remember climate communism or climate marxism next world economic rum encouraging people drink reclaimed sewage eating weeds. bill gates has a pture of him drinking wer made from

the u.n. presents a problem with russia in particular because there position on the security council and how china can join them in that respect. the u.n. is important and so many facets. they are dealing with issues regarding the nuclear plant in ukraine. it's important to have their voice their and to have people on the ground and at a later stage come as we move toward a solution, the you and will have a greater role. >> as we wrap up in the final few moments, i would love to get your bots on where you believe the united states and europe can fortified democracies around the world. congressman keating: it's important what we do at home. the world is watching, the video of january 6 went worldwide and continues to be worldwide. when democracy by the very nature, free speech and free press, there is not a level playing field with authoritarian countries that try to censor this but that's our strength in the long run. we have to look at ourselves first and make sure in terms of human rights th

ambassador to the u.n.linda thomas-greenfield went out of her way to talk to -- down to those states that abstained, to chastise them, to say they don't understand the seriousness of what has unfolded. we can see the kind of similar patronizing language in the text of the bill of this countering malign russian activities act in this since he was presents itself as wanting to put "shield" african states from the "malign" activities of russia. at no point in the bill today define what constitutes malign but the u.s. envisions itself as morally superior and does well-placed to, you know, lecture african states in the relationship with other powers. we have also seen african leaders push back. a number of them have called out precisely this bill for the degree to which it is an insult to african sovereignty. i think we can expect in the coming days that even as many african leaders play along with the rhetoric of shared goals and the rhetoric of equal partnership, behind-the-scenes they are deeply aware of the

he has served as adviser to three u.n. secretaries-general.is latest piece is headlined "a mediator's guide to peace in ukraine." he is joining us from vienna, austria. professor sachs, why don't you layout your thesis, your proposal for how this mediation can happen. we see there is a serious shift here. macron, with biden at the white house, the first state visit to the white house under the biden administration of any world leader, and clearly this was a major subject of their talks, both macron being a back channel to putin but also president biden himself saying he would speak with putin. what do you think needs to happen? >> i think both sides need to see there is no military way out. i'm speaking of nato and ukraine on one side and russia on the others. this war is politics by other means or with other means, meaning that there are political issues at stake here and those are what need to be negotiated. what the president macron said is absolutely correct, that president putin wants political outcomes that in my view absolutely can be m

charter to remove a permanent member of the u.n.el that means russia can veto any action against it, wolf? >> will ripley, thank you very much. joining us, the former u.s. deputy assistant deputy secretary of defense. ev evelyn. thanks for joining us. russia is blaming ukrainian drones for the second attack on the key russian air base in a month. what does this tell you about ukraine's strategy at this critical stage of the war? >> well, wolf, it tells me that the ukrainians are going to go after legitimate russian military targets inside of russia, which they should do. and they're not going to be essentially detoured, self-detoured or detoured by russia's bombastic language or references to nuclear forces. and i think that is exactly what they have to do given the dire circumstances the russians have put them in. >> putin on sunday as you know said he's ready to negotiate with ukraine but in new comments, the russian foreign minister said ukraine has to fulfill russia's demands or and i'm quoting now, the russian army will take ma

we don't see the u.n. rules changing. we are focused on continuing to take action to isolate russia, including in international organization and hold russia accountable, including through sanctions and enforcement actions we announced today. >> on patriots of ukraine, since there was no announcement on the sick, i would like to ask that the president is even considering ukraine? what is the response to the possible consequences if the u.s. spends -- sends for ships to spain? >> the only provocative moves are being made by russia. we should never forget that. we should never forget who actually started this war. it was russia. that is point one. .2, the united states is not now, nor has it been at war with russia. responding to what we heard from russia, this has 24 hours. we have been to get exactly what president biden told him we would do one year ago. if russia tax ukraine, providing security systems to help ukraine help --to spend itself. this is what you are seeing from this white house. lloyd don't have any new secu

tribunal and of a separate u.n-backed tribunal and of a separate u.n-backed tribunal and not the initiation of a legal process not the initiation of a legal process not the initiation of a legal process within the framework of the within the framework of the within the framework of the international criminal court this would international criminal court this would international criminal court this would resolve the issue of immunity for resolve the issue of immunity for resolve the issue of immunity for russian high-ranking officials including russian high-ranking officials including russian high-ranking officials including the head of state and could allow for the head of state and could allow for the head of state and could allow for vladimir putin sergei sergey lavrov and vladimir putin sergei sergey lavrov and vladimir putin sergei sergey lavrov and others to be brought to justice moscow others to be brought to justice moscow others to be brought to justice moscow is of course outraged about this is of course outraged about this is of course outraged about this we are outraged by the st

they should be handled by the u.n.y should only happen with russia's inclusion if russia agrees to war crimes tribunals. this is something that ukraine's prime minister -- ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskyy, has said before when he relayed a 10-point plan of ukraine's and restoring the territorial areas and we're left with a non-starter on both sides but this is playing to the gallery. putin also wants to start building on any potential opposition within europe to this ongoing war because right now europeans are paying high prices for gas, et cetera, so from his point of view, this is the thin end of the wedge so that anyone who might favor him are saying, look. look at his comments. he's willing to talk peace. what's wrong with the ukrainians. >> do you think this peace summit -- excuse me, ukraine has been talking about. ukraine has said they want a peace summit in february. do you think that is going to happen? >> well, the u.n. office hasn't responded to this idea yet. it is fraught with political landmines b

i was proud to do battle on behalf of israel as u.n. ambassador, every day fighting for human rights, fighting for principle, fighting for israel's security and sanctity. and it wasn't that long ago, it was 10 years ago, when i left the u.n.. i didn't think at that time that we would have to be talking about this incredible rising tide of hate and anti-semitism here in our own country. and so we have to do battle here with equal vigor and passion against it. i was raised in the tradition of goodman, swarmer and cheney, where we all have to be together against what's wrong. and that's what this moment calls for. so i am deeply proud of what we have begun to do in this administration, from the very start. last june we laid out a comprehensive strategy to combat domestic terrorism. the president appointed ambassador lipstadt as the first ambassador level special envoy to monitor and combat anti-semitism. and you're doing a phenomenal job. the president also worked with congress can, as you know, to secure the largest increase in funding fo

we hear this coming from the u.n.nd yet russia continues to say it is not hitting civilian targets. how do we make sense of that? nick: obviously they are still claiming that this is about basically depriving ukraine's military of the power and logistics to make successes on the battlefield happen. obviously that does not cut a lot of ice when you are on the ground and see the targets being hit. but there is a level in which they have given up trying to create a coherent narrative. people here in ukraine basically know that audience is lost to them, so this is just for people back home in russia who maybe want to believe what they are told, or people in third countries who don't have the ability to factor those claims. there is also the conviction in moscow that they are so big and important because of their nuclear status, the people have to talk to them whatever they do, whatever war crimes are committed by their troops. at the end of the day, outside powers will come and speak to them, so there is not much of a per

u.n. ambassador nikki haley making it clear. i will shut up rather, i will respectfully speak some hard truths. nikki haley delivered absolute fire and brimstone. she dropped it right on the head of the russian ambassador, ambassador nikki haley, who is really going after the russians. she should gives leave a lot to haley shows us what american foreign policy looks like with a spine. i wear heels. it's not for practicing. it's because if i do something wrong, we're going to kick them every single time we have to put forth real solutions to our country's problems. and we have to restore the people's belief that america is worth fighting for. america is the great force for good in human history, and we should never be ashamed to say that the. biggest reason socialism is gaining ground is because defenders are too afraid to speak up. we can't keep quiet. the truth. and it's time to tell america china is too nice. too nice. stop being nice to these thugs and these tyrants that want to kill us. we're not going to throw cotton balls

and right now, the u.n.eting on the maintenance of peace and security of ukraine. joining us now from kyiv is allison barber. president zelenskyy warning that a new wave of attacks on ukraine's critical infrastructure are eminent. >> reporter: yeah, unfortunately, for ukrainian citizens, that warning is not new. they have been dealing with these missile strikes since early october. there's kind of this cloud that hangs over everyone. cities like kyiv because you just don't know what the next strike might happen. yesterday russian forces fired 70 missiles. they intercepted 60 of those. but here in kyiv within hours of that missile strike, about 40% of this region was without power we know the energy infrastructure was hit in three different regions. the other thing we're watching, you mentioned the strikes that took place inside rusia. we have heard reports of three different strikes. two of them taking place on russian airfields the morning of december 5. another on an oil field near an airport in russia thi

. >> the u.n. biodiversity conference will focus on how to protect land and sea. target is needed to prevent the colpse of ecosystems and human prosperity in the future. >> the biggest threat is human beings. unless our relationship with nature changes, the situation will continue to deteriorate. i am saying so because 97% of the global biodiversity is degraded if there is lack of human action. >> we need to take urgent measures to protect ourselves from ourselves, experts argue, but who will cover the costs? some emerging and developing countries tend to be particularly rich in biodiversity. but these countries argued that they lack the resources to expand their conservation efforts. th are demanding financial support from richer nations. >> we don't want to see a target which has absolutely no hope of implementation. >> scientists say there is no time to lose. however, even an ambitious target can only be the beginning. none of the biodiversity objectives agreed at the 2010 meeting have been fully implemented by the global community. >> with that, you are up-to-

in september at united nations general assembly that the united states fully supports reforming the u.n. security council to include permanent representation for africa. today i am also calling for the african union to join the g20 as a permanent member of the g20. [applause] it has been a long time coming but it is going to come. whether we are upholding or defending the foundation principles of global peace and security enshrined in the u.n. charter and in the a.u.'s documents, we are meeting the challenges that impact every nation. the people of africa are indispensable partners, delivering the progress that benefits everyone, not just in africa in the united states but the whole world. the covid-19 pandemic followed by russia's unprovoked war against ukraine has roiled the global economy, erasing many of the development gains we work so hard together to achieve over the past two is co-decades. that does not change our shared goals. it only makes it more urgent for us to take decisive action. that is why over the next three years, working in cooperation with congress, we plan to comm

even while he was on sanctions, a sanctions, u.n.tions, eu sanctions, he still managed to evade those sanctions. it was during the war in iraq when he pulled the wool over the eyes of the department of defense, the pentagon, and he was used for approximately 140 flights of bringing in logistical supplies for the u.s. while he used that cover in order to supply weapons to the enemy that we were fighting at the time. so we are talking about a very maniacal and a very sophisticated arms dealer. and he is one that being on the loose again should cause us all -- should cause a lot of concern. from a national security perspective. but from a human rights perspective as well. amy: and the u.s. government paying him? he is very clear about this. he said, if they are going to put me in prison, you should understand how many millions of dollars i have been paid by them. >> well, he was, as i mentioned, on the employee and he was an arms trafficker, a profiteer working for many, many different sites of conflict wherever he could make money. but

ukraine's foreign minister what the u.n.igate and he is not hidg the fact he is frustrated. all of this is taking too long term -- long. >> three secretary-general and the u.n. have not taken steps, but drones continuedo destroy the critical infrastructure of our country, creating bad conditions for civilians in blender. ros: this director of the atlantic council has been giving his reactions. >> they show how much he has failed in his war of imperial conquest in ukraine. pputin thought this would be a three date war but we are now on day 300. it illustrates that. things are 100 times worse for russia than i think putin imagines. he met with members of the annexed terries of ukraine, the leaders, which are essentially glorified russian warlords. the irony is that these government representatives do not actually control all the territory they claim to govern. putin's reality is his leaking to cover up for russia's failures in ukraine. ros: you talk about signicant failures and a reality that peyton would not wish for, but he