This is CBS Eye on the World with John Bacheler.

Here's John Bacheler.

Ukraine crisis, Israeli crisis, Russian crisis.

The crises come together with remarks made by Vladimir Putin in these last hours.

Russian President Vladimir Putin writes Reuters,

accused the United States of inflaming the Middle East by sending an aircraft carrier group to the region.

The quote that is pertinent here, Mr. Putin said at a meeting of energy sources in Moscow.

I don't understand why the U.S. is dragging aircraft carrier groups into the Mediterranean Sea.

I don't really understand the point. Are they going to bomb Lebanon or what?

Or have they decided to try to scare someone?

There are people there who are no longer afraid of anything.

This is not the way to solve the problem. Compromise solutions need to be looked for.

Of course, such actions are inflaming the situation.

I welcome Anatol Leven of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

Anatol is reported extensively on Russia, on Ukraine, on the Middle East.

And therefore, what we're looking is a way to interpret Mr. Putin's remarks

all wars eventually come together.

There are at least one, possibly two aircraft carrier groups, strike groups,

either in the Mediterranean or headed there.

At the same time, there is the moment before what we're told will be a ground invasion of Gaza.

There are threats from the North of Israel, and then there is the war in Ukraine to deal with

as we come to the end of the spring offensive, summer offensive, and weather changing.

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