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So i dont want to draw any conclusions from the week of invasion in terms of what this tells us about russia or its capabilities. i think well have time to fully assess that. what we do know, what it does tell us is how extraordinary the ukrainian people are, their will, their determination, their absolute commitment to defend their country, defend their freedom, defend their future. thats the story of the past week and its an incredibly powerful one. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thats ...

Invasion of ukraine. u.s. officials describe this as essentially anti-armor, anti-aircraft system, small arms as well. ukraine says it discussed more assistance with georgia, the united kingdom. poland said it delivered ammunition and german officials say they are still working to secure more help. >> im working with the pentagon on an hourly and daily basis. we still need more capabilities. i can seizure you what we received already were used in the proper way must in two targets. >> ukraine sa...

On bnc news and director under president obama. i would normally do ladies first but i want to ask you this, tom. ive been dying to ask you-all day. when you have an army like the russian army exposed as far less tactically prepared for conflict as this one has been and when theyve exposed themselves in this direct way while president of russia is still demanding to be treated as a top tier power, i wonder if that in a way makes putin more dangerous because all of his adversaries now know what h...

Between russia and the ukraine. >> and ukraine as a country and ukrainian individuals are pretty sophisticated about this? >> oh, yeah. and general petraeus highlighted this. when we think of insurgency, we often tend to think of kinetic use of weapons and explosives. i would argue you are likely to see not only that element in ukraine but the cyber capabilities that the ukrainians have i think it will be a really interesting cyber element to a potential insurgency that will grow as the russians...

It can flex. they dont have a lot. they have energy, military, nuclear. it is part of his sort of snp, the rhetoric part anyway vinegars into military adventures and i do worry a little bit, we have had some very experienced people who dealt with before recently say things like hes gone off the rails and so do worry about his decision—making and whether hes getting the right information and whether it is a rational process underneath him, dont think it is. those are some ways but i dont think ...

Leader here in russia just a week ago. and his defense minister was put in place just about ten years ago. something of a yes man. so, who are the people who are giving president putin aadvice and what advice are they giving him? >> kier simmons, thank you so much. lets bring in our panel of experts. jeremy bash, former chief of staff to pentagon and cia. retired four-star general mccaffrey. and former ambassador to russia whos been studying putin since 1991. jason crow, a member of the armed se...

Continue to build up forces which is circling back to your comments. if you have 9 months to build up capabilities and put in plans. the fact that they are executing so poorly says mountains. >> lieutenant colonel, thank you for your insight. we appreciate it. alicia: putin puts nuclear forces on high alert as america prepares for possible cyber attacks.

Shoulder-fired systems. and according to a u.s. senior official, some 3700 anti-aircraft missiles, including the stinger shoulder-fired missile. the vast majority since the start of the invasion. these missiles have had an immediate impact on the battlefield. this is a shoulder-fired missile shooting down a russia attack helicopter. >> its a race between our ability and natos ability to push forward supplies such as the 17,000 missiles that have been recently approved, to get those into the hand...

Increased capabilities at high risk. we believe theres alternative options much better suited to support the ukrainian military in their fight against russia. we will continue to pursue the options. we thank poland for their support and cooperation. poland is a valued ally and a very good friend. we look forward to exploring ways to deepen that partnership in this critical moment. we also know the ukrainian armed forces as well as average yun k ukrainian citizens are defending their country with...

Chased out of the country and brought on as president zelensky, im wondering where you see ukraine if russia were to succeed as a country? putin had said earlier today, im proud to be part of a multinational people of russia. saying ukrainians and russians are one people. they deserve to be one people. so how would he play that out if he got what he wanted? >> thats going to be a challenge for him. its one thing to take control of some of the cities and they do ultimately have superior capabilit...