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They also provide ground support for troops, but their main job is to tank out tops. and the aircraft going in. the f-35s. usually when we see aircraft, its the f-15, but this time, we sent the top of the line. i believe they just arrived last week or so. so those are going to be sent to the front as well. i couldnt tell if it was going to be the baltic or the black sea. maybe romania, but regardless, thats a major sign. thats an aircraft that carries a lot of capability and is something that th...

The u.n. and every member state in the chamber tonight. >> americas u.n. ambassador there condemning russias invasion of ukraine. explosions have been reported in cities from near kyiv, the capital, to kharkiv and many others in between. ukrainian officials say attacks from russian troops have come from russia, belarus to the north, and crimea to the south. youre looking there at video of military vehicles entering ukraine from a border crossing with crimea. we also have exclusive video of troop...

Those who have the resources and the money to get out of the city and even get out of the country are deciding to stay in fights. martha. >> a très, quick question for you. it is dark as we can see in kyiv right now and at times we have seen the lights on in the city behind you. what are you learning over the past few nights about the capability of the russian military at night? are you seeing a lot of night attacks? >> early on there a lot of conversations about how the russians would not figh...

They are taking cover in the city of lviv. lucas tomlinson joins us. >> hundreds of thousands of people passing through this city. its obvious in day four of russias invasion of this country that they underestimated the ukraine people and vastly overrated their own capability. there are reports of supply line issues, fuel shortages. there are images of russian tanks just being abandoned. and those not abandoned were blown up by javelin missiles supplied by the united states and their allies. thi...

Should be. >> thats right. russia has launched their hybrid war in ukraine. we have fighting in donbas. its been going on the past eight years. russia also launched a very damaging cyber attack on the ukraine where they hit the minister of defense and the banks there. theres a couple of ramifications here for us. sometimes attacks in ukraine have implications not just for that country but for europe and here in the homeland as well. just like we saw with the attack in 2017. this administration h...

For years russia has jammed ukrainian gps receivers. >> the russian has enormous capabilities in satellite weapon rates at a local level it has significant and probably some of the best in the world whats known as electronic warfare or ew capabilities, essentially jamming signals so preventing the ukrainians from talking to satellites, from receiving signals from the satellites. >> is u.s. has not yet issued any warning of cyber threat to american satellites an cyber experts doubt that russia wo...

And that doesnt account for inflation. so the defense budget is actually a decrease. thats not going to be able to get us the kind of capability to deal with putins implied threat to nato, iran expanding with a nuclear weapon and getting money from sanction relief likely in a couple of weeks as a result of the deal i think that will be announced. and fueling their ambitions in the middle east again with hundreds of billions of dollars to do it. and certainly can you imagine china is looking at t...

Think thats where it gets truly dangerous when russia, president putin is signaling this nuclear capability. as you mentioned, we dont actually really know what it means because russias nuclear capability is always kept at a high state of readiness. that is the nature of it. in general, russias policy is not to use nuclear weapons unless there is an existential threat to russia, but it just illustrates the extraordinary changes and dynamics that we are seeing fast-moving with this crisis. this i...

Capability. and secondary to that, you say the world shouldnt just, you know, stand by and let this happen. what are they going to do about it? >> well, first of all, i think the ukrainians have an excellent defense capacity. theyve got a large army, the largest army in europe outside of turkey. theyre trained. their officers are pretty good. what they havent done they havent had the opportunity to practice command and control as we would say, maneuvering forces over large areas. this will be ch...

>> good afternoon there, i guess. >> it is afternoon in kyiv. this morning, there is updated constantly with a bleak picture here. the administration believes the military, the government moving closer, theyre not there yet perhaps but closer to a decision, certainly capability to invade. i know you were briefed on intelligence as well. much of it is classified but are you convinced as well that an invasion is coming? >> i started getting briefed on this several months ago, and the intelligence ...