On the recordSeptember 20, 2022
The key -- the key place is on the battlefield in Ukraine, where he is losing, and his troops are not doing well.
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msnbc.comThe key -- the key place is on the battlefield in Ukraine, where he is losing, and his troops are not doing well.
William Taylor emphasizes the importance of the battlefield in Ukraine in forcing Putin to back down.
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We're going to be there. We're going to - the United States is going to be there, for as long as it takes.
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…
That is -- that’s history. And that’s Ukrainian history. It is not Russian history.
What will really force him to stand down and to look for a way out is continued Ukrainian success on the battlefield.