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The chinese are watching very closely about the implications of the war for chinas future plan over thailand, especially about the us and western demonstration of commitment —— over taiwan, demonstration of commitment —— overtaiwan, because demonstration of commitment —— over taiwan, because china sees that both ukraine and taiwan are peripheral interests for the united states and therefore whether the united states demonstrates strong capability and resolve to defend ukraine, would ...

Blind american intelligence satellite and prevent us from collecting images of russian troops we may want to send to the ukrainians. the u.s. has not yet issued any warning of a cyber threat to american satellites. but today the biden administration admitted it has been preparing for a variety of cyberattacks since november. attacks that could target banks, power plants, water treatment facilities and communications. when asked if these private sectors are prepared. >> we have shared sensitive i...

Helicopters, attack helicopters. so the two things that really stand out to me in this announcement, lindsey, one is the f-35s. that is the u.s. militarys most advanced fighter aircraft. that sends a real signal to the russians that the u.s. is moving these in. they have a strong surveillance capability into addition to the fact that they are attack aircraft. they have the ability to conduct air strikes. by that, i was very struck by the 32 apaches. these are attack helicopters. they only carry ...

Very likely. and that is what were seeing here. we saw russian officials, for weeks on end, saying that the american warnings about the innovation -- the false information was coming from moscow. >> clint, i want to ask, you theres an area that you talked about that we have talked about tonight. and that is cyber warfare. we have seen those type of attacks on ukraine in the past. we are expecting that they are either on there were now. some of been reported. but russia has the capability to do a...

Personally take down the towers and i am quite surprised right now that we have. -- speaking of the united states and its allies, but they could do, could make a short stunning attack on the united states, that is something that is permanent, but to make sure that we understand that they have the capability to and that we would worry about that and our infrastructure while they are just dismantling this country of 42 million people. >> i could talk to you guys all night, thank you for sharing yo...

The sea of a solve, he has joint and combined capability to provide support were this to be a decision of invasion. he has the capability. >> this is another area where you can push in here. what can ukrainians do about this? >> the ukrainians obviously look at a map in detail, the ukrainians have forces that are in this area. this is the separation line. so theres been fighting across this line, but this is controlled by russian forces and separatists. the ukrainians are throughout this area. i...

Flying along the border with poland, for instance, poe lund is very concern if. as one u.s. official said to me, that your tank killers. they would be up in the air if there was a concern russia would spill into it suggests the u.s. intelligence that russia is focused on ukraine right now. but these two assets really send a signal. its not just about shoring up the defenses of these nato allies in the baltic region. more than that its about showing that the u.s. military is there and they have a...

Putin orders something that broad today or tomorrow or next week. but he does maintain the capability to do so and, as recently as last night, the u.s. was still observing preparations for broader military intervention. things like loading amphibious ships and loading aircraft for russian airborne forces. that may be part of the function, right? just to maintain that military leverage around the country as it is now exercising in the eastern part of the country. but ill tell you, does the threat...

The fast few mornings has been the impact on russia. one thing we havent talked about is the economic fall-out. the stock exchange here in russia had to be suspended in the early hours of the morning. as i mentioned the ruble is falling. what will it do to the russian economy. frankly the uncertainty and the uncertainty of how the war will play out. what will it do to the russian economy and to the views of ordinary russians? then, of course, will that leave president putin feeling more vulnerab...

And so i think that this is a good idea to protect kyiv. not only to stay in kyiv, but to protect kyiv, to increase the defensive capability of ukraine together -- as i said, we need the weapons to make our armed forces stronger. >> mr. poroshenko, you dont sound at all worried that you could die, that your life is in harms way. >> the president of the country -- easy answer, you