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>> thanks to both you and kelly. thanks so very much. as we see, secretary of state tony blinken is speaking with the european leader. well see what happens when they start taking questions. joining me now is a former nato commander and john brennan, with the obama administration. john brennan, weve heard a lot about the intelligence assessments especially over the weekend, the intelligence assessment that hes got 70% of the troops he would need, hes ready to go if he makes that final decision. ...

>> yes. >> not to be used. >> yes. >> they are saying look at all our weapons, look at all our weapons. >> and note where it was taken. belarus. well talk about that in a moment. . >> well talk about belarus. what do you see here? >> what you see is a lot of forces, military forces. these are the -- where the photos are coming from. it shows a lot of movements. it is threatening kyiv. this could be a feint. it is to keep kyiv on their toes. interestingly, putin keeps doing this whereas president...

That, you know, when it comes to bad actors in the world today, russia certainly tops the list in many categories, and i think we can definitely have a strategy that allows us to go in that direction and minimizes the kinds of things were seeing now with ukraine. >> colonel, let me stay with you. whats the significance, considering 130,000-plus russian troops on the border of ukraine, of relocating some of them? do you see that as any indication of de-escalation, or is this what would be expecte...

Like who are these people coming into our country and talking about how theres going to be this war because you didnt have the sense up until this point that they felt it or that they believed it. and i cant tell you how many people i talked to, you know, and sitting in cafes and saying it just doesnt make sense, why on earth would president putin actually launch an all out invasion of ukraine. no one could seem to understand the logic of it. and whether thats because the ukrainian leadership wa...

Official from the army who said, look, we gave up our nuclear weapons in the early 1990s and we got assurances back then that we would be protected as a sovereign country and those assurances havent given us anything today. so theyre pretty skeptical about the language around that. then i think theres some skepticism about whether putin is just using this moment of negotiations as a feint, as a time to resupply his troops, to regroup in ukraine, all the while spinning out the talking but actuall...

Is just strategic, these talks. i wonder whether, admiral stavridis, are you see anything from the russian side -- and we have over the course of the weekend seen a little more positive language from the russians and the ukrainians about the prospect for some kind of potential for negotiation. do you think it is sincere on russias part or is it just a feint and moscow is trying to win time in order to carry on its campaign in ukrainian cities? >> im going to go with ambassador bill burns, a real...

Face-to-face in the middle of this war. and i dont know, you know, know the first-hand details, but i do understand what putin told bennett really aligned with what the russian foreign minister told his ukrainian counterpart in turkey. we just want the donbas and crimea. we want a neutral ukraine, and we are not out for zelenskyys head. so thats two different, you know, angles thats coming from. i have to believe theres something to that that is not just a feint. i have to believe somehow, somew...

Take it to the admiral, but as russia gets closer and closer to the line on every level, whether it be chemical weapons or going after civilians or creeping closer to nato territory, bombing a military base thats 15 miles from poland, when you hear world leaders, u.s. president biden saying, "we will protect every inch of nato territory," they appear to be pushing the line on every level that they can, even potentially going to china for support. there are so many issues happening at the same ti...

Largest city. but theres a lot of damage in kharkiv. and it is one of those areas where there is going to be a lot of continued fighting. and again, that areas also subject to artillery fire and to airstrikes as well. >> colonel, you know, you and i talked a loot t about that 40-m convoy headed to kyiv. it was fearsome. they were going to resupply troops, help to take kyiv before they were stalled out. that was in the early days of this war. now the pentagon is saying they never accomplished the...

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