"We have no other options" and him shrugging honestly made me laugh. What a bizarre situation. He has Putin breathe down his neck.
You can really feel the "well, fuck" mood in his attitude
You can see that in his mind it's lost already but he can't say it without going bye bye
That's how I read it, too. Putin won't allow the military to withdraw, even if everyone on the ground knows that that would be the only sensible option. For everyone. (Except Putin, maybe, although even he could give it a positive spin if he wanted to.)
He looks to the right a lot, especially on the last question. Looking right is indicative of using the creative part of the mind, rather than factual or logical.
Shoigu did not in fact 'whip out his equipment'.
This can't be real...
