the ability to uniify is possible. the contents are clear. it needs to be federalized. decentralized. state. in addition. we speak with hope that ukraine will emerge from this with stability and economic prosperity. if ukraine is to emerge that way. it needs to be a bridge between russia and the west, and not to tied to the west. and half the countries is tied ethnically and tied in language and other ways. there has been a tug of war, and vladimir putin is pulling back. >> it's deep history, last november. when the e.u. approached ukraine, never forget there were military components to the e.u. agreement. it triggered this crisis, not to ab solve russia, it didn't need to come to this. russia went to the other extreme and didn't want to leave ukraine. >> there's no question there's russian involvement. it's also the case that you have people in that region, who were patriots, not necessarily loyal to putin. he is under attack in his own country by some. he has a politics as we do, for not being tough enough and sending troops in. >> he's under attack from an ally. a fo