Over the past two months, the United States has been talking with both Ukraine and Russia – separately – to try to fulfill one of President Donald Trump’s main campaign promises: ending the war in Ukraine.

Moscow is pushing for tough concessions as it drives ahead on the battlefield in Ukraine—and talks are only going to get more difficult from here.

Guy Taylor and Ben Wolfgang sit down with retired CIA officer Daniel N. Hoffman for an in-depth conversation on Mr. Putin’s mindset and what the CIA should be doing within the context of President Trump’s high-stakes push for a negotiated settlement to the war.