Professor: Putin sees no need to negotiate

Dr. Elie Al Hindy says Putin hasn’t reached a point where negotiation feels necessary and still sees other options.

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00:00We did see Donald Trump speaking in the Oval Office earlier, and he said there is a lot of pressure on Russia.

00:06That's why they're talking. It's just not something that's been made public.

00:10Why do you think it's been made so public when it comes to Zelensky?

00:14Well, I think because Ukraine is the weaker link in that sense, and they rely completely on the US support.

00:21And then Trump has been taking advantage of that.

00:24On the other hand, we see Putin does not feel the need to negotiate yet.

00:30And in basic negotiation approaches, we know that unless you feel the need to actually negotiate,

00:36as long as you think you can achieve what you want by other means, you will continue doing that and rejecting negotiations.

00:43And just Putin is not there yet on that feeling of that he needs to sit down and get to a deal.

00:49He's not there yet.