Journalist: Putin has the upper hand

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00:00You know, Leanne, I think the sentiment towards this Russia-Ukraine war is changing, right?

00:07There was a headline in Bloomberg today. It's really interesting.

00:09It reads, Putin heads into Trump call confident that Russia has the upper hand, citing European officials.

00:17It's interesting that Putin and Russia haven't said much about this call.

00:20You know, they said it was very good. It's very Russian, first of all, very Russian attitude.

00:24But also it's because Putin doesn't have to say much because right now it does seem that he has the upper hand.

00:31You know, Trump has promised to end this war.

00:33And so it is in his own benefit to, you know, to get these ceasefire talks moving.