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obviously that backfired, made with a great heavy dose

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of sarcasm, but he sort of does have a

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point right? The US the West to keep kind

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of putting this timeframe on an expected invasion. We're

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now hearing from Moscow there kind of giving more of

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a nod to continue diplomatic efforts. Yeah, so

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the latest is that uh President Putin was talking with

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his foreign minister, Lavrov and significantly, President Putin

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said alright. Um when President, when the Foreign

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minister talked about a proposal that Russia continued talks with

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the U. S. And the NATO allies on

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the security guarantees that Russia has demanded. It's significant

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that those security guarantees. Um the West has dismissed

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as nonstarters. But um what Lavrov said the Foreign

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Minister is that this has opened the door to talks

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on other things like missile restrictions and other issues that

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Moscow has long sought so significantly. This could provide

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them with A good reason to continue the negotiations.

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The other important thing that came out of Russia was

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the defense minister saying that some of the military exercises

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have already concluded um and that others will end later

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. The significant date that we now need to look

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to is February 20 because that's the date that the

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exercises in Belarus are scheduled to end the question then

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will be, will the troops go back to the

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barracks um at that date or afterwards or will they

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stay Bruce, what do you make of the Lansky's

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comments and perhaps more so about the global reaction to

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it. Well, um yeah as um as we

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know, these are these are times when people are

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rather nervous, um, and so any indication that

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things will go one way or another could really move

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markets, Zemlinskis office very quickly try to reassure everyone

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that the president was not speaking in earnest, that

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he was being sarcastic, um, and that,

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um, the the Ukrainians do not expect an imminent

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Russian invasion. Um, of course, it's important

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to note that Russia has said repeatedly that they have

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no plans to invade. Um, so, uh

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, most likely will see that President Zelensky, who

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, um, to be, you know, it's

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worth noting, um, was a comedian in his

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uh, prior career. Most likely he'll be speaking

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more carefully in the days ahead.