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Matter of Opinion

Opinion Roundtable: The 'Dirty Compromise' That Could Stop Putin

Matter of Opinion

New York Times Opinion

Society & Culture, Ross Douthat, News, New York Times, Journalism

4.27.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

It’s been a week since Russia invaded Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled Ukraine and Russia continues to target major Ukrainian cities with powerful weapons. And amidst the chaos of war – President Biden held his first State of the Union address. Yara Bayoumy, the world and national security editor for Times Opinion, and the columnists Thomas Friedman and Ross Douthat joined Lulu Garcia-Navarro, a Times Opinion podcast host, to discuss what could happen next. Listen to Jane's interview this week with retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman in our previous episode.

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0:00.0

I'm Jane Kostin and this is a special bonus episode of the argument.

0:13.0

It's been a week since Russia invaded Ukraine.

0:15.0

Hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled Ukraine.

0:18.4

Russia continues to target major Ukrainian cities with powerful weapons.

0:22.8

And amidst the chaos of war, Biden's first state of the Union address.

0:26.4

It's all out to process.

0:28.5

Yesterday, my colleague Lulugar Sian Navarro brought together three times opinion

0:33.2

thinkers to discuss what more the US can and should do for Ukraine.

0:38.1

I'll be back next week with a new episode.

0:40.7

Here's Lulugar.

0:47.2

From New York Times' opinion, I'm Lulugar Sian Navarro.

0:50.7

Russian forces have escalated their assault on Ukraine's second largest city of Harkiv,

0:56.0

while Moscow's grand forces have snarled because of logistical failures.

0:59.8

It has turned to aerial bombardment, hitting civilian targets across Ukraine.

1:04.5

Refugee agencies estimate over 600,000 people have fled the fighting

1:09.5

into nearby European countries.

1:11.8

In his state of the Union, President Biden promised that Russia would face more pain for its actions,

1:17.1

but has the West reached the limits of what it can do with economic measures alone.

1:23.1

Tonight, I say to the Russian oligarchs and the cropleters who built billions of dollars

1:28.6

off this violent regime, no more.

1:31.1

The United States.

1:36.0

Joining me now to discuss what comes next is Yara Bayumi, World and National Security

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