00:00I have to tell you that the picture is continuing to be very grim, and today, as I'm sure you've
00:08already picked up, a kindergarten was shelled in what we're taking to be a, what we know is a false
00:14flag operation designed to discredit the Ukrainians, designed to create a pretext, a spurious provocation for Russian action.
00:26We fear very much that that is the kind of thing we'll see more of over the next few days.
00:32We've got to end the dependence of the West, of Europeans in particular, on Russian hydrocarbons.
00:41We can't be blackmailed in this way by Vladimir Putin.
00:45There is still time for the Putin regime to step back.
00:49There's still time to avoid a catastrophe, a catastrophe for Russia, a catastrophe for Ukraine and for the world.
00:57If Russia were so mad as to invade, I don't think people should imagine that this will be a brief
01:03business.
01:05This will be a bloody and protracted conflict in which I'm afraid that there will be many casualties, including many
01:14Russian casualties.
01:15And I just hope that people in Russia can see that for what it is.
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