# 2818 Ukraine: From Cold War to Hot War? Russia?s brutal war to overrun Ukraine has fallen short?at least to this point-- neither a military victory nor negotiated settlement seem near. Millions have been displaced, thousands of deaths, growing global food insecurity, and here at home inflation and rising prices at the pump. While the scope of Putin?s military objective may have been a surprise, the heightened tension between Russia and the West was not. Going back to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, could the West have done more to bring Russia into the West or was Putin?s admitted humiliation of seeing the Soviet Empire dissolve too deep that what we are witnessing now was inevitable. Joining McCuistion Host Jim Falk, to discuss the situation in the Ukraine is Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, a dedicated U.S. diplomat whose three decades of service included a posting in Moscow, and two tours in Ukraine the last as U.S. Ambassador; until she was fired by President Trump. You?ll also hear part of her conversation with Amb. Mark L Asquino, the president of Global Santa Fe that took place on her recent visit to Santa Fe, New Mexico..