Jonathan gyer: This is a last ditchd desperate effort from vladimir potton to cling on to any sort of power he has to exercise in this region. He says the Obama administration, they kind of blinked and didn't really go after him. Gyer: Diplomats have to figure out a way to sympathize with his desires and give him an off ramp so that the outcome of this isn't a hundred thousand people invading a country.
Vox’s Jonathan Guyer explains how a Russian invasion of Ukraine could affect me and you and everyone we know.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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