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Should the united states do about it in your view? >> well, again, that would without question expand the war that is during in the ukraine if belarus decides to enter. i think putin is having problems with his military. theyre not only obviously bogged down, but theyre trying to get people to join the army. theyve lifted their conscription age. theyre trying to get 18-year-olds to join. they really dont have a very large army. it is only about a tenth of what it was during the soviet union days...

Bipartisan interest in doing, but also not doing anything that russia would perceive as escalatory or that would draw the u.s. into a conflict with russia and also logistical challenges. how do you get certain jets to ukraine. >> and when you see the list up there, the administration is in a tough spot. the president is in a tough spot in that he has done a ton, including organizing this coalition and keeping the nato allies together, which the world has not done after 25 years of bad acting by ...

Pentagon. what were the headlines? >> we have been watching this very slow stalled progress of the russians up in the north around kyiv. my big takeaway today and frankly in the last 24 hours of the military campaign in ukraine is that there actually has started to be a slow amount of progress of the russian military around kyiv. why that is significant, its not because they are so much closer they will be able to isolate the city quickly, and in fact a u.s. official said he thinks it will be on...

The russians are making that right now. >> alexander, i know you are in a very powerless situation and i wish you all the best. thank you so much. >> thank you, chris. >> and msnbc national security analyst and foreign policy eastern institute, tracking them -- military russian movement in the ukraine. clinton, where is the russian army so far? how much progress that theyre made in their aim to essentially run the country? >> chris, in week one we talked about russian struggles and id like to st...

Many folks, who were trapped behind, are the oldest, and frailest of the population. >> exactly right. these are the people who are just refusing to leave their homes. they spent their entire lives here. they are trying to survive the war an underground bunkers, hoping that international sanctions, or diplomatic efforts will, eventually, stop the conflict, and they can walk out their doors again. but, instead, what they are finding, a lot are finding, is that the war is coming to their doorstep....

That might be something that would prick up the ears of the average ukrainian but ultimately what they want is force to be applied. i agree with stephanie the sanctions take a long time to bed in. and the suggestion is that it some point, the gdp could fall, i saw anything from 12% with some estimates at 30%. 35%, absolutely. russian gdp because of the sanctions and that is crippling. that takes the country back to the 1990s. does putin care about that? yes, but he would rather have military suc...

That putins gone in there, does feel very much as though its something very close to russia. it would feel more like — it is a stupid analogy — but it would feel more like england going into scotland than it does going into afghanistan. and that means that the popular support is going to be very, very limited. theyre not going to be up for... kyiv — im trying to get through the scenarios, but kyiv is an incredibly important place in russian culture and civilisation, its one of the great cu...

Russian forces continue to be bogged down, and they are relying on longer-range artillery, which is having a devastating impact on you ukraine civilians. putin has now committed nearly 100% of his prestage combat power, firing 625 ballistic and cruise missiles since the start of the invasion. thats an additional 25 missiles in the past 24 hours. mostly short and medium range from mobile positions inside ukraine, according to the pentagon. u.s. officials say there is no consideration being given ...

>> thank you, chris. >> and msnbc national security analyst and foreign policy eastern institute, tracking them -- military russian movement in the ukraine. clinton, where is the russian army so far? how much progress that theyre made in their aim to essentially run the country? >> chris, in week one we talked about russian struggles and id like to start there. in week two, weve seen the make progress here. this is kyiv. this is where richard engel was reporting from. this is that urban area whe...

The state of texas -- 34 million. hes moving from counter force operations, that is to say targeting the ukrainian military, to what are called counter-value operations where you clintly target civilians and civilian infrastructure to do two things. the first is undermine economic foundations for military resistance to his invasion and the second is undermine moral and political foundations in such a way that breaks the will or at least tries to break the will of the people hes trying to occupy....