Cables From The Diplomatic Frontlines

Putin’s “Zircon” speech - his most credible threat to date, that surprisingly offers a mutually face-saving way out of war.

• Aiming to add urgency and gravitas to Russia’s outrageous demands released on Friday, the Kremlin’s Vienna based security negotiator and diplomat Konstantin Gavrilov, warned (in no uncertain terms) that Russia would escalate with a…