William Taylor: “What will really force him to stand down and to look for a way out is continued Ukrainian success on the battlefield.”

We`re going to support them -- we`re going to support the Ukrainians as they push the Russians out.

The key -- the key place is on the battlefield in Ukraine, where he is losing, and his troops are not doing well.

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.

What’s at stake here is the security of Europe. What’s at stake here is a democracy fighting an autocracy. What’s at stake here is freedom that we care about.