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Vladimir Putin says he backs the proposal for a ceasefire,
but warns he has many questions about the deal put forward by the US And Ukraine.
His caution at this stage could well be because the as has been observed by many,
he's facing a zugzwang.
Zugswang is a situation in chess where one player is forced to make a move that leaves them
in a worse position.
Option one for Putin right now is accept the ceasefire deal,
having not definitively achieved his initial aims for the war.
Option two, reject the ceasefire deal,
be seen as the obstacle to peace, and incur the wrath of Trump.
So what will he choose?
Or is there another play, a way that somehow he could still wriggle out of the zugzwang?
Joining us today is Dr.
Stephen hall, an assistant professor in Russian and post Soviet politics at the University of Bath.
Steven Putin says he can only agree
to a deal that would address what he calls the root causes of the conflict.