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Significant step. it speaks well to the biden administrations diplomacy that they were able to get a unified front from nato. and we had good relationships with -- and the russians. so on the diplomatic front, it will put some pressure on. but putin has clearly discounted that. and he knew it was gonna happen when he could launch his attack. it depends on what happens with the fighting on the ground. whether they are able to succeed. or whether they get caught in the stalemate. >> colonel, i got...

Ukrainians have hit part of this convoy. this is essential for the logjam to be broken for the russian military going into kyiv. this is also not a displinled military force. this isnt the vaunted russian army divisions we were told about leading up to the invasion. theyre sloppy, theyre bogged down, and theyre going to struggle in terms of their advance. now, with that, one thing to think about is when you look at the broerd map in terms of kyiv, what they have been able to do is start to advan...

Of reality, setting in on the ground here. we crossed that horrible milestone of 1 million refugees. but that first city to fall, i think really is hitting hard here on the ground, where people are coming to this realization that while we have heard so much reporting how the russians are getting bogged down, how that convoy outside kyiv is stalled, that really there is still an advancement, and theres been this shift in tactics, joy, that everybody feared would happen. the russians are now indis...

He was staying on, he said. he built not molotov cocktails ready for them, had his hunting rifle ready to fight them and he was prepared to die. particularly moving, that discussion because he broke down when he mentioned how his grandson had been under bombing for a week in kharkiv. now kharkiv is majority russian speaking city, 1.5 million people. second largest city in the country and arguably the one with perhaps northern kyiv, thats been the most heavily hammered by the switch in strategy f...

Witnesses two russias in transition. he just came out with a new book called "one damn thing after another," bill barr. welcome back. first off. on the meeting friday how important is it to having a good outcome with russia and ukraine? >> i dont think we are" to get a good outcome with russia and ukraine. hes bogged down, he will be increasingly humiliated. its hard to see a way out that doesnt involve his humiliation and put his rule at risk. brian: if china wanted to save the day, they could....

Ground troops being bogged down, he can still inflict catastrophic damage with artillery fire and missiles, just like he did in syria with indiscriminant bombing. >> martha raddatz. martha, well be watching sunday morning. president biden tonight cutting after all normal trade relations with russia. the president was pressed, will there be a u.s. response if russia uses chemical or biological weapons? lets bring in mary bruce tonight. mary, how did the president respond? >> reporter: david, the ...

Here. there would be no sea resupply, no way to get logistics in and it allows the russians to use things like landing crafts to bring in more forces more quickly in the south. bringing it back to the bigger picture, i think thats where were at this morning. we have been talking a lot about the convoy, that it has been stuck there up in the north, but i think theres some bigger things to think about. they tried this initial move right here, trying to get into kyiv. you might remember a failed ai...

Listen, the russian militarys very disorganized, the people -- theres a lot of, you know, disillusion. and then other guests have said, no, no, theyre very strong, this is plan b, theyre moving forward. when you talk to ukraine koreans, what -- ukrainians, what do they think? do they think the russians are strong, or do they think that theyre disorganized and not doing well? >> reporter: they know that the ukrainian -- that the russian army is the powerhouse here. they know that, you know, they ...

Find? i found that the influx of. refugees from ukraine continues, find? i found that the influx of - refugees from ukraine continues, and we expect that this will not only go on, but even bigger wave may come, in view of what is going on in ukraine, and as we can see, apparently, the russian invading forces have been bogged down, they have now been increasingly resorting to indiscriminate shelling of urban centres. that of course, increases the pressure on people to move away to safety, so they...

Our expectation, i think also weve been surprised by how incompetent much of the russian military seems to be. their basic logistical problems, their failure to coordinate. so, these have been surprises that innure to the benefit of ukraine. but theres always been i think this estimate ha russia as overwhelming military superiority and if they are willing to press it long and hard enough, they will overtake ukrainian defenses but that doesnt mean they win. it just means they get further bogged d...