What gets him to sit down at the negotiating table? And I think the answer is when he understands, when he realizes, when he’s made to understand that he’s losing on the battlefield, that he’s not winning, that his troops are not doing well, that his troops are being pushed back.
Discussing how Putin may be compelled to negotiate if he realizes he is losing the war.
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I think it had a big effect right from the beginning. The President Putin again divorced from reality probably thought that the Ukrainians would not fight hard, he probably thought that Ukrainian -- well we know he thinks that the…
What will really force him to stand down and to look for a way out is continued Ukrainian success on the battlefield.
We need to maintain support. And other things pull at that attention, just exactly as you have described. It is no less important now than it was two months ago for the Ukrainians to win.
You are -- the Ukrainians are showing what it means to defend themselves, defend their sovereignty, defend their freedom.
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