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In particular, because it seems the russians are using open communications and cell phones and those growlers can really do a lot of jobs on them. >> do you see -- you see it as a plan b if russia escalates, not as a plan a, lets get up in the skies and help ukraine now? >> thats correct. in fact, i think john kirby said that from the pentagon as well. i think this is just one of the capabilities they are looking for a deterrence and a defensive operation inside nato territory. not to help the f...

Demonstrations and protests in russia and if theres a bloody confrontation between security forces and russian citizens on the streets i think that combination of pressures does raise questions about the continued viability of the putin regime but i do think the humiliation and the destruction of a large part of russian military and demonstrated that it didnt have that battlefield experience. for better or worse, the u.s. has been able to integrate the capabilities. the russians never faced such...

What they have done has been able to i think demoralize and degrade their capabilities so that most of their maneuver units are no longer combat effective. think about the battle fatigue these people are dealing with. they have been in the field for about two months straight. they havent had a shower, they havent had warm food, they havent had much sleep and in combat for over a month. so the ability for them to sustain operations in this area, i believe is going down every day, i dont see any w...

Are providing situation stance including allies that have had longstanding policies not to do so. weve seen a major change in europe with many allies coming forward. wed have to go ahead and count up whats been provided to date, whats in train and what allies are thinking about to really determine whether or not that fits that particular calculation. but i think honestly whats important here is that nato allies are coming forward and offering the capabilities that ukraine is seeking and theyre m...

What their plans vis-a-vis a cyber attack on the u.s. would look like on businesses, on infrastructure, on government? >> well, lets break this into two categories, first of all, we do know the russian cyber capabilities are top notch. weve been the victim when we see the russian cyber criminals like the colonial pipeline and many other russian cyber attacks. the russians have not launched that i can a team cyber attacks against ukraine. its remarkable to me that the internet is still operating ...

Put it in trains? if, down those migs be moved on the ground? i mean, again -- im just trying to fidget up solutions. >> possibly. we usually -- the way the transport of an airplane, fly it. >> sure. >> generally -- hard to put an airplane on a helicopter -- a helicopter on a moving vehicle, how do you put a plane on it? literally cranes and put -- its possible you can do that, but, again. dont overestimate importance of these migs. i think as you rightly said, there are limited runway space. uk...

Doesnt know if his general officer corps, if he can trust them or trust that his front line troops can stop this kind of attack. so i actually think the attack coming right now makes a lot of sense and ukrainian military special ops have a lot of capabilities. we have seen them do quite a number of things, and they have probably infiltrated across those lines into russia just as the russians have spies running around inside of ukraine, john. >> sandra: and steve, all of this is happening as the ...

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The numbers are relatively small, compared to international numbers, numbering injust a few thousand in terms of confirmed cases, but by chinas standards, that is significant. what were seeing here is yet again the use of this most harshest of measures to try to contain the virus and try to maintain covid and chinas zero—covid strategy. the next big question is how long will this lockdown last? other cities have had similar measures, but its been longer than the nine days planned here. lets ta...

Tanker has been hijacked in the gulf of oman and it was ordered by armed men as it approached the strait of hormuz. it is the second time it has been attacked in the region. it is deel attacked in the region. it is deeply concerning - attacked in the region. it 3 deeply concerning and we are fully engaged as the situation is developing. i would say as it relates to whether we can work with our view, as i mentioned yesterday, every single challenge and threat we face from iran has been made more ...