All right, Alexander, let's talk about Putin's statement yesterday on the 30-day ceasefire plan.

What were your thoughts on what Putin said?

How did you see the whole event?

What's your opinion on how we got to the point where Putin was asked the question by the reporter about the 30-day ceasefire,

the trip to Kursk the day before, the fact that Whitkoff was coming in on the same day.

The fact that Lukashenko was sitting next to him, not many people are reporting this.

Actually, I don't think anyone is mentioning this, but I don't think it was a coincidence that he had a meeting with Lukashenko.

He called up Lukashenko. Let's have a bilateral meeting right before a press conference,

perhaps to present the signal, to send out the signal. Here's Lukashenko. Here's Belarus. Here's Minsk. Mink, Mink

agreements. He's sitting next to me. There is going to be no Minsk. I was incursed the other day.

I've seen things from the front line. I know what the situation is like. So he talked about that

as well. What was your impression about the entire picture of the

event and of the diplomacy that happened yesterday? Absolutely. Can I just say, by the way,

that we've now got reports that he met Wakeoff late last night. Now, that can't have been a long

conversation, despite what one must assume,

because, I mean, Putin has had pack days, a pack day, and he was obviously in Cusk the day before.

So, I mean, there wouldn't have been the time for a lengthy discussion with Wittkov.

And I'm assuming that he basically said to Witkoff much the same things

that he said over the course of that news conference. Now, the thing about that news conference,

the big takeaway I get from this is that Putin is not at all keen on this whole ceasefire idea.

In fact, to say that he's not keen would be an understatement.

He doesn't believe in it. I mean, he sees that the Russian army is advancing. They've just

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