A former NATO ambassador gets inside Putins head
More than 100,000 Russian troops are mobilized along the Ukrainian border. What is Vladimir Putin\u2019s ultimate goal? Today, Playbook author Ryan Lizza talks to former US Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker \u2014 who led Trump\u2019s Ukraine negotiations \u2014 about how President Biden is responding to the Ukraine threat, and how he would counter Putin\u2019s strategy. Plus, journalist Uliana Pavlova joins us from Moscow to describe the sentiment on the ground.\nRyan Lizza is a Playbook co-author for POLITICO.Kurt Volker is the former U.S. Ambassador to NATO and special envoy to Ukraine.Uliana Pavlova is a freelance journalist in Moscow.Kara Tabor is a producer for POLITICO audio.Carlos Prieto is a producer for POLITICO audio.Jenny Ament is the senior producer for POLITICO audio.\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices