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🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Two issues dominate the news this week. While Putin is recalling some troops back to their barracks, the situation in Ukraine is far from over. Meanwhile at home, we are in a cost of living crisis that could continue for years to come. What will the government do to resolve this crisis?

All to be discussed with Katy Balls and James Forsyth on today's Coffee House Shots.

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0:27.8	Hello and welcome to Coffee House shotsots, a spectator's daily politics podcast. I'm Katie Balls, and I'm joined by James Forsyfe.
0:35.6	And once again, there's lots of talk today about imminent incursion to Ukraine from Russia. But James,
0:38.7	Wednesday was always the day before thought this could happen if you're looking at US intelligence reports. We are now on Tuesday. But there does seem to be
0:44.7	at least a ray of hope being found in some of the phrasing coming from Russia. Yes, the Russians this
0:50.8	morning are emphasising that some of the units that have been on the Ukrainian border are returning to barracks.
0:58.5	Now, that is a kind of classic trust but verified situation.
1:02.8	And Boris Johnson and Joe Biden are talking about a diplomatic window.
1:06.6	Set against that is that the Duma has just passed a motion asking Putin to recognize the two
1:13.8	breakaway pro-Russian, essentially, republics in Ukraine. Now, the significance of that is twofold.
1:21.4	One, obviously, recognizing them would be something that Putin could do and then do Russian forces
1:26.6	go in to protect those places?
1:28.5	And secondly, remember these breakaway republics claim far more territory than they actually
1:33.5	control. And that leads you to another possible scenario where the Russians not only go in to
1:39.4	protect the areas that are currently under the control of these breakaway republics, but they also move to claim
1:45.8	the other territory, but these two breakaway republics claim. Now, that would obviously lead to
1:51.8	a major war between Russian and Ukrainian forces. So I think we're still on a stage where we do not yet
1:59.7	know what Vladimir Putin is planning.
2:02.3	I think for the reasons that we've discussed in this podcast before,
2:05.5	Vladimir Putin is unlikely to opt for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine
2:09.2	because he knows that that would draw the most unified Western response.
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