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For that, we are joined by malcolm davis. he is a senior analyst for the defense strategy and capability at the australian strategic policy institute. he is speaking with us from canberra. and thanks for doing so. so, when you look at the battlefield and where forces are coming in from, what -- what do you see is the most likely strategy, militarily, to be employed by russia as these operations continue? >> well, look, i think what you are seeing is the initial air and missile bombardment. lots ...

>> you know, i think that what you are seeing is people who want to grab power at any cost. and whatever lies they can tell, whatever distortions they can do, they are going to try to do that. but i would honestly say to mitt romney, well, how do you feel about creating the next generation of renewable energy right here in america? are you going to be on the side of doing that? or are you going to be on the side of the capping vladimir putin so that he can never do that again. i think that if we...

Aggressive. >> yes, i agree completely agree, ali, i actually ask people about that. because, you know, most likely, when hes saying things like that. its a message of deterrence. its to say, look, im drawing this line, this is a capability that we have, and in case anyones forgotten, im gonna remind you about it. there have been some other recent deployments that are so been similar determined surges from vladimir putin. he has sent some bombers, there are reports that he has some attack fighte...

Belarusian border, that says well see how far they are able to go. well see if air superiority is accomplished and try to do a battle damage assessment using american as well as other country sources to help the ukrainians and support their effort to defend their country. >> trace: one thing that turned the tide against the russians back in afghanistan was the fact that the afghanistan the afghans held their ground. it wasnt about winning. i am wondering if your senses the same. do the ukrainian...

Error, i think, of our nation over some decades, not giving the kind of military defensive capability that ukraine needed to make the calculation that went through vladimir putins mind a more clear calculation that taking on ukraine was not an easy thing to do. by the way, given the energy and the passion and the leadership were seeing from ukraine, i wouldnt count them out in being able to reject russias aggression. >> you talked several times during this interview about the world seeing the di...

Trying to de-escalate. instead of matching putins rhetoric, hes saying this is part of putins wider pattern of really unprovoked escalation as well as manufactured threats. the white house press secretary, jen psaki, she summed up the administrations position on sunday morning. take a listen. >> this is a pattern we have seen from president putin through the course of the conflict and thats manufacturing threats that dont exist, and the global and the american people should lack at it through th...

If president putin really wants to conquer the entire country, has he tried to bite off more than he can chew? jonathan beale, bbc news. lets now speak to a senior fellow at the brookings institute specialising in defence and foreign policy. thank you forjoining us. what hope would you say if any does ukraine have in his current situation?— ukraine have in his current situation? ., , ., , , situation? your previous guest mentioned _ situation? your previous guest mentioned i — situation? you...

Ukraine. but why arent they going full out against ukraine? why arent they trying to knock off everything? why arent they trying to close off electric grids using their cyber offensive capability? i dont think its because they dont have a capability. i think its because theyve made a strategic decision they dont want to completely destroy a country because theyre counting on occupying it so they hope. and once they do that they dont want an economy in ruins, ukraine with the citizens enraged or ...

Think whats interesting is that the russians have developed a very considerably from their previous mode of operation in terms of capability. but theyve struggled to develop modern capability at scale, and in many ways, the russians revert to tactics. so, in many ways, russias capability is very much 20th—century army. russias capability is very much 20th-century army.— russias capability is very much 20th-century army. weve taken several minutes _ 20th-century army. weve taken several minut...

Game but its definitely the right thing to do, but i am afraid history has really changed today and we have to revisit all our assumptions and weve got to go back to looking at whether we have the right defence capability in europe because, for the first time really that i can remember — certainly the first time this century — we have a major power that is prepared to smash and grab smaller countries on its periphery, and that is a massive, massive change. what does that mean in practical te...