william connie is a former us ambassador to georgia. he says the prospects of a ceasefire. ashlyn, russia, for example, is word that there is not a perception of sufficient russian bargaining strength. you know, the international media portray ukrainian forces as holding off russian forces. some say that russia has actually begun to lose the war. so russia seems to be now wanting to concentrate his forces in eastern cray, where it has a greater relative advantage, probably in order to try to get a victory somewhere. but a victory there to shaken has had an ocean. we see no sign on the battlefield. that russia was beginning to pull out troops, which might signify, that it would be willing to negotiate an agreement. for example, on this issue, where russia still is trying to pursue victory, all of your friends hasn't given up. seeing susan, create kevin that has really been it's main name up to now president liskey of ukraine has spoken of a willingness to accept neutrality status. but only if all russian forces are withdrawn from ukraine

william faulkner that history isn't dead. it's not even passed. i think you can appreciate it from hearing comments. >> connie in the front row. >> would you think apologies are important from nations to others nations? for instance the japanese to the chinese. the japanese have not apologized. there was a chinese mayor visiting and they asked him and he said it didn't happen. this is very much about remembering war. i'd like to hear your comment. >> there's no doubt in my mind, the lingering, burning issues between china and just about everybody elsewhere in asia and japan is the lack of what the people regard as any sincere apology. officials have made statement like an apology but almost unbelievable coincidence some other japanese person or institution then does something that seem to show that purported apology was insincere and designed to aid commercial trade now or something like that. when you really deal with this and this ties into the issue of humanity. when i think about where i'm going with this whole thing, i always say that two really fundamental principles i try to follow is count all the dea