This is CBS. I am the world. I'm John Batsy with John Bolton, former National Security

Advisor, former Ambassador to the United Nations, writing off the Chinese peace plan.

He's supposed Chinese peace plan, which we're told is coming within hours, weighing

he the top diplomat who is of depth at insulting NATO and button-holing Moscow. Theoretically

was in Moscow for negotiations. However, we can believe that Moscow got a taste of what

the peace plan is going to look like. I went right to in your essay in Washington Examiner

John. What is moral equivalence? How will China use that?

Well, this is how the Chinese will present a peace plan that they will say is fair and

balanced, but which will undoubtedly be tilted heavily toward Russia. And you're quite

right. The visit by Wang Yi to Moscow after the Munich conference was to talk about what

that plan is going to say. The Russians are at a minimum going to clear the contents of

it, and probably have been participating and drafting it. But we can predict, I think,

I'll make a prediction what this plan will include and try and explain why, although

it appears to be even handed and fair, it really will not be. So point one would be cease

fire in place. Both sides stop fighting. They just sit where they are. That sounds even

handed. But it's a huge benefit for Russia, whose troops have been performing badly, enormous

casualties, great expenditure of resources. This gives Putin time to regroup, restock, get

ready to take the offensive again. Second point will be immediate bilateral negotiations

between Russia and Ukraine to try and resolve a conflict. Again, a benefit for Russia,

because this is where moral equivalence comes in particularly. Two sides, you know, with

differences, see if they can work out something that suits both of them. It puts Russia on

a plane with Ukraine, not as the country that committed an act of unprovoked aggression

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