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Maintaining a presence in the air and also they have still capabilities to actually attack russian air assets. that means, like, helicopters and slow—flying tactical aircraft. ijust wanted to jump in there and say, as you point out, the ukrainians are mounting a very stiff resistance. was their ability or their capability underestimated in the first instance? absolutely. and i think what played a major role was the training received by the united kingdom and by united states. also what played ...

To lead your country, your government, how big of a problem is that for ukraine? in other words, how dependent have you become on the leadership, the symbolism of zelensky, leading the defiance of ukraine? i dont want to have even deliberations over this issue. but the americans have told you you need as a country to have a clear succession plan. antony blinken told your officials in your government that just the other day and surely it is incumbent upon you as a senior political voice in ukrain...

During apartheid. and essentially a pariah state it is being boycotted the way cuba is. so, there are consequences from international isolation. a lot of were talking about this, week as general mccaffrey, is the pressure will build on the west, to intervene, more and more, on behalf of ukrainians. presidents will build as they go through these tactics that mccaffrey referenced. pressure will build on the west, to support more indirect capabilities to take on the russians. thats where i think th...

Capabilities. thank you very much indeed. in _ capabilities. thank you very much indeed. in any - capabilities. thank you very much indeed. in any war, . capabilities. thank you very - much indeed. in any war, human suffering and is inevitable that the un half a million people have no great ukraine since the invasion began last week. many are travelling to poland which borders on to the west of the country. our correspondent reports from the ukrainian city close to the polish border and the grow...

Seem to be the most practiced, the most professional. basically theyre driving into ambushes. so the strategic problem, a tactical problem when it comes to the way the russians are advancing on this city. >> weve heard that from many of our military experts. please be careful, matthew, as you know. often theres unexploded ordnance that can be dangerous after the attack. fred pleitgen is in the belgorod region. mat tell us what kind of weapons systems youve seen going. >> exactly, what capabili...

That. its just something we should keep in mind in the future. we need other things, unmanned come combat aerial vehicles. the russians have superiority in terms of air power, these advanced aircraft helicopters and artillery, long-range artillery. those are not something that the javelins could easily go after. absolutely not, unless theyre operating behind enemy lines. you need these other systems to wear down these critical capabilities that are punishing the civilian -- ukrainian civilian po...

The second piece is really warning. since november, youve seen the department of homeland security, epa, treasury, all going to their sectors giving specific warnings, saying put your shields up. follow best security practices. know when there are geopolitical tensions and when an actor has sophisticated capabilities, we have to be on highest alert. and finally insure we make it harder for adversaries to conduct cyber operations. >> were you really on the frontlines of this and great to have thi...

We dont take out leaders of other countries. that instead, you need to sanction russia, you need to supply the ukrainians with ammunition and with defense capabilities and that is where the actual conversation is happening on capitol hill. its not about vladimir putin or putting troops into ukraine to fight russian soldiers. its important to note that that is not the policy of united states, to assassinate other world leaders. thats where it stands. well see what lindsey graham says when he come...

Brutal slaughter as it feels like everyone fears? >> well, ill tell you, we are doing a couple of things, nicole. one, were making sure they can continue to defend themselves, and theyve been defending themselves bravely and quite effectively, very creatively. theyre up against a military force that outnumbers them and has a lot of significant combined arms capabilities available to them but theyre fighting back bravely and thats because the united states has helped put together and lead a coali...

Bullets -- guns dont shoot without bullets. we need to be ensigned ising them stingers, javelins and aircraft right now because i think this invasions about to crumble. when they thought they were going to be welcomed as liberators and instead being shown that they are enemies, this -- the morale of these troops is going to fail very, very quickly. maria: how do you walk that balance, jake, in terms of not sparking world war iii and getting the nato countries involved? >> very delicately. they d...