Condoleezza Rice: Putin ‘Seems Erratic, Descending into Something’ Never Personally Seen Before

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Russian President Vladimir Putin appears “erratic” and is “descending” into something she’s never personally seen before.
“He was always calculating and cold. But this is different. He seems erratic. There is an ever-deepening, delusional rendering of history, it was always a kind of victimology about what had happened to them, but now it goes back to blaming Lenin for the foundation of Kyiv … in Ukraine,” Rice said on “Fox News Sunday.“
Rice has met with Putin at least a half a dozen times across her career and said he is “descending into something I haven’t personally seen before.”
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Ukraine has agreed to talks with Russian officials “without preconditions.”
“We agreed that the Ukrainian delegation would meet with the Russian delegation without preconditions on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, near the Pripyat River,” Zelenskyy announced on his official Telegram channel.
Rice said that this meeting might signal “Russians bit off more than they can chew.”