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00:00There's loads of things we can talk about, but I just want to pick up, first of all, on some comments made by President Putin on Sunday.
00:07He said he hopes that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine will not arise.
00:13And I just wondered, first of all, why you think he's saying that?
00:17I think he's trying to get additional leverage over the West.
00:20I think this is designed to frighten European publics, maybe to put them into a way to support President Trump's peace initiatives.
00:32I also think it's a bit of saber rattling to give him a little bit more leverage, because of late, President Trump has been more critical of Russia and their obstinance toward a ceasefire than he has of Ukraine.
00:46And I think this is a little bit of a way for Putin to get leverage back over his adversaries.