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Pushing pyongyang to come back to the diplomatic path. but at this point, over recent months, pyongyang has shown no indication whatsoever that is it is interested in any kind of talks. kim jong-un really pushing ahead with testing the weapons that he has told us he wants to have the capabilities for. a very significant time not just for the testing, its also we just passed a key date for the north korean counter, the 110th anniversary of the birth of the founder, kim olson. kristen? >> we know ...

Not think he will achieve that by the victory day on the 9th of may and he wants to present a victory to the russian population through his propaganda channels but it is key it might clear mariupol is the main point no through donbas.- might clear mariupol is the main point no through donbas. there is talk of world _ point no through donbas. there is talk of world war _ point no through donbas. there is talk of world war iii _ point no through donbas. there is talk of world war iii and - point n...

Ben wedeman, thank you so much. >> cia chief of russia operations, steve hall. always great to have you on. as this war enters the second phase now, we are learning that the u.s. is expanding the intelligence that it has sharing with the ukrainians now to encompass the donbas region and crimea. how significant is that? >> bianna, i think its really important that the ukrainians receive all the intelligence they possibly can, not just from the united states but the european allies. we have good i...

Poroshenko. thank you for joining us. >> mr. president, what do you need? >> wow. we need putin away from ukrainian soil, and for that ukraine demonstrates unique capabilities to fight. and we need three things, weapons, weapons and weapons. weapons, number one, this is the tanks, anti-aircraft missile and -- weapon number two, this is the sanction and embargo. a total energy product of russia. you know if ukraine less than $2 billion military assistance, russia this year obtained almost $50 bil...

>> dana: north korea boosted its nuclear capabilities. the nation successfully test fired a missile yesterday. i move that shows the interest in long range nuclear weapons. the 13th weapon loss this year. he is throwing cold water on it saying the missiles are only capable of traveling short range at least for now. >> bill: on your money inflation, high cost of living, call it what you want. it is the most important issue facing the country today according to a new survey. cost of living up 28%....

Support? >> ana, this is probably one of the most critical questions facing the administration as we all expect this war to sort of enter the next phase. and that next phase is expected to include a lot of heavy fighting, particularly in that eastern donbas region. and the concern right now is that ukraine could sort of start running out of ammunition and important weapons to fight back. by some estimates, tens of thousands of artillery rounds could be used up in a matter of days. this is a kind...

Dvornikov, overall of the forces in ukraine. they didnt have a single overall operational commander before. we believe part of that is because they want to improve command and control and to try to get more efficient in their logistics and sustainment capabilities. >> you think they still havent gotten there? >> our assessment is they still have significant challenges when it comes to command and control and logistics and sustainment. >> there are just devastated areas with long-range artillery....

Artillery. they understand how to use artillery. we dont believe it was take very long or require much detailed training to get them up to speed on american howitzers and artillery pieces. ive been told unnot unlike other artillery pieces. the basic outlines are the same. well have to get them up to speed on the particulars of our howitzers. these are 155 howitzer. its a different caliber. doesnt mean its overly laborious to get them up to speed on this. i think we will get the first round of tr...

And it wont, we dont believe, will take very long or require much detailed training to get them up to speed on american howitzers. the artillery piece is not unlike other artillery pieces. we just have to get them up to speed on the particulars of our howitzers. these are 155 and they typically use 152. but again, well be able to get this training done at least the first round of it in the next several days. >> if i could follow up. obviously the battlefield is very fluid with mariupol and whats...

Would be a stretch very far for the ukrainians to do because they really dont have the assets to do air drops, to resupply forces in very tight area within mariupol itself. >> let me ask you about the black sea and you talked about the russians kind of cutting off the sea access there. theres a senior u.s. defense official who says the russian vs t have the capabilities to launch an amphibious assault on ma mariupol. could they take out those ships. it was about here near snake island.