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And delivery of military assistance to a person under attack. they swiftly adopted the biggest sanctions package in history against russia. and the eu has granted immediate refuge to ukrainians and others who call ukraine home. the furs time it has evoked this. and germany is doubling its defense spending. poland has opened its arms to more than half a million ukrainian refugees. switzerland set aside its tradition of neutrality to adopt the european union sanctions on russia. the list goes on. ...

Potentially. >> cyber warfare is the ultimat in asymmetric warfare in that country with limited resources like north korea for example ca punch its weight and inflict so does russia have a significant cyber warfare capability? you bet it does. in russia it doesnt exist so much of the government level as it does in this gray area where its kind of sanctioned by the government but kind of isnt where the government knows they do it and only comes down on them under certain circumstances . its not j...

Missile that did that kind of damage? >> fred, thanks for having me. its very, very difficult to determine what were really looking at. until there is some form of ball ballistic investigation, until you start to determine what kind of markings on the metal, nobody knows. ukrainians have a lot of military capabilities that they purchased from the russians over the years, they have a mixed bag of stuff. the short answer is, no, we cant tell. of course youre going to have russians say, no, we didn...

>> im not surprised to hear the russians react that way. we have been nothing but transparent from before this invasion started that we would continue to look for ways to ukraine to defend itself. its not just the united states. its countries around the world that are looking for ukraine to help defend itself. that will continue as long as we can do it. they are very much in a fight for their country. so again, weve seen the russian rhetoric. weve made it clear were going to continue to do that....

This poison pill idea that john raised. well have to see how this unfolds. alex is right, if things start going badly on the battlefield, maybe it is an off ramp. at this point, i think it is more subterfuge. >> for now, for right now, the intelligence from the u.s., which has been good, right, the assessment of the situation there, is that kyiv could fall within days. do you agree with that assessment? >> so i think thats consistent with u.s. assessments all along the way of how the russians --...

Military package. it is a combination of grounds and airborne defense capabilities. obviously we have provided those in the past. i wont have more details to outline for you. >> you mentioned the next batch will be coming in a few days. why is it so long? >> the package that we already announced continues to be delivered. so we have expedited the plans for delivery of this new package. >> on the nuclear rhetoric that weve heard from putin, does this influence at all impact the policy review? >> ...

Tyrant. not a fuhrer. >> in new satellite images, you see them right there, demolished tanks and carriers. the resistance is quite stiff but in kyiv, air raid sirens and explosions and in the northern city, nine people were killed. lets start our coverage near kyiv where they were sent scrambling this morning. alex marquardt right there. whats the latest? >> well, john, we just heard from president volodymyr zelenskyy who made an impassioned plea for a no-fly zone. he says this is critical. ukra...

To cool the reactors. when that was cut off you had a nuclear catastrophe. so there is a guest on earlier, jim wahlstrom and it security program said to the know what they are doing? again even an accident by potenza military could still cause a nuclear disaster. >> writes. the offside power that comes to the powerpoint to cool off the reactors if you blow up those off-site capabilities, you go to a backup generator which is not very safe you can have a nuclear meltdown we saw the with what you ...

On nuclear energy and capabilities and building reactors. but the cia thinking, not the things that they do very well on a constant basis, the leaders. and this has been an exercise to assess putins plans, intentions, motivations, and mind-set. its been a difficult task in this case because he does seem to be a different animal than in the past even though hes been brutal, consistent and belief of rebuilding the former soviet union. and at this stage in the game all the chips are in on the table...

Would they dare to send a missile into a nato country? >> i think we have to be prepared, and increasing our defensive capabilities in case there are strikes against these convoys very close to the borders. you are absolutely right. in many ways, what russia is doing with these migration waves, very similar to what they did in syria in 2015. they are trying to destabilize europe. of course, you are seeing a completely different response by european countries in embracing these ukrainian refugees...