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Back effectively enough. are those weapons going to get here in time? >> its a real concern. i spoke with a number of ukrainian leaders, i spoke with military leaders while i was there. if there was one message, its this. the war crimes arent going to end until the war ends. the human tear yann crisis is not going to end until the war ends. and the war is only going to end when the ukrainians win this war against the russians. and theyre only going to win it if we can get this lethal aid to them...

Targets, a lot of evidence of that of russian attacks. are the more likely legal targets here, the ones that will end up in the docket at some point, is it more likely for them to be field commanders? there are many russian commanders already in ukrainian custody, prisoners of war, rather than someone higher up the chain, vladimir putin himself? >> well, i think the international criminal court certainly seems intent on conducting an investigation here. and i applaud that. and i -- theyre taking...

Told them. its like "ground hog day." what should the u.s. be sending? not that we can be sending but should be sending? >> long range capabilities that can strike whats causing all the damage inside ukraine, which is russian artery, russian rockets and systems launching cruise missiles. thats why its such a beautiful thing to see moscow go to the bottom of the black sea because it carries so many -- its able to launch many missiles. we dont need another list. president zelenskyy is right. we kn...

From morale to symbolism to actual tactics? >> very important, and there are just layers of complexity here that suggest that this is a great turn for the ukrainians. number one, if these are coastal missiles that were used, the neptune missiles to strike the "moskva" ship it implies electronic warfare capability viable by drone or potentially other assets that may be shared nato alliances, because sinking that ship, but also targeting the capabilities to intercept, and if it was done it was wel...

Are now sending large amounts of weapons. we should continue to do so because our aim, as jake sullivan, the national security advisor said this weekend, is a free and independent ukraine. and we are not going to get a free and independent ukraine without ukraine actually being able to, not only stop the invasion but reverse it. and that requires major military capabilities. we should be aware that the russians have a vote in this. not only on the ground in ukraine but the possibility that they ...

Believe security required to be part of the alliance, we believe thats their right and we should do so. not only does that mean we will have an obligation to defend these two countries, but they will have an obligation to defend the rest of nato, including the baltic states, which remain expoegszed, no matter the outcome of the war when it comes to russian capabilities. i think european security will be enhanced and the security of finland and sweden will be enhanced and russian security will be...

Language is actually is raising some eyebrows here in washington. russia in the past since this invasion began, they have warned about the potential for use for nuclear weapons, to are tactical nukes. this kind of language does get people thinking, it gets people concerned. that being said, white house officials this morning are saying this just proves the fact that russia is lashing out with this diplomatic note, it proves they know the united states is providing this weaponry, they are shoring...

Kind of weapons that the pentagon says that the russians are amassing, like kirby just said. >> i want to share and un pretty interesting take from former u.s. ambassador mcfaul, he wrote this for the washington post. his threat of escalation, however, is cheap top. putin is bluffing. he is deliberately allowing the u.s. intelligence community to discover data about escalation in order to scare us away from helping ukrainians win. is he right? especially when you think about putin pledging to pu...

Ukraine did strike the ship. what does this tell you about their capabilities? >> well, its pretty huge. just as a reminder, snake island is right there. this is where that incident occurred. so it is a guided missile cruiser. heres a picture of it in dock at russian-occupied crimea. the other important thing about this, this is a guided missile cruiser that handles all the cruise missiles of the naval type that the russians have. it can fire those, range of about 400 or so miles into enemy terr...

Reasons, number one, exactly as you point out, the russians already have not only just been there since the invasion but in some cases like in the donbas area, theyve been there for years. they know the territory, they know the terrain, its not as heavily populated. theres not major population centers there. so its kind of easier for fighting, in some ways, from a russian perspective. so it is, has the potential to be frankly more advantages to the russians than what weve seen. in addition to th...