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Some young russian fire control officer tapping the keys to put the cordinates to a missile strike to lviv. and it lands with the four deployed u.s. troops. the commander of u.s. european command thinks hes under attack. back and forth, ladder of escalation. you could get in a very dark scenario. so, putten is, i think, signaling aid. he has capability. b, hes saying to us be careful and i think we ought to be mindful of that up to the point of acquiescing in his obviously inappropriate bad and ...

Of what alliances they are. so, i understand i am hoping this will not come to it. >> admiral, how seriously do you take that threat from vladimir putin? hes been issuing threats against the alliance and the west, the world since he invaded ukraine. >> i take it seriously. he does have nuclear capability. my assessment is hes highly unlikely to use nuclear weapon for a wide variety of obvious reasons. when you end up in a conventional conflict, the nato alliance out spends russia, 15-1. we have ...

>> thats what it looks like president trump was right to get out of it, the joint plan of action or iran nuclear deal is its also known for several flaws with it. one is that it has provisions, certain restrictions timelines that prevent iran from moving forward and have a certain time, it would end in 2025 is the agreement started in 2015. iran has not sworn off enriching iranian use for bombs in perpetuity. they can go back to that the other thing with the agreement, i didnt capture irans dete...

Us all to see. matthew chance, cnn, kyiv. and for more, i am joined now by malcolm davis from the australian strategic policy institute. he is a senior analyst at the thinktank working on defense strategy and capability. so, a great voice to have on this. when you look at this 40-mile, 65-kilometer long russian convoy outside kyiv, what does it tell you that -- that perhaps were looking at an escalation about to happen by the russians? >> thanks, michael. look, i think we are. i think the russ...

Capability. joining us is retired lieutenant general, former commanding general of u.s. army from 2014 to 2017. hes the chair of strategic studies. thanks so much for being here. by all accounts, the ukrainian fight has been more than russia anticipated. is the thinking that this means that putin will now use more lethal force in more populated areas, next? >> well, i think youre right. clearly the kremlin and the general staff will become frustrated because they are doing so poorly. they are be...

Put out that it could invade. now, that language might be slight but it also might be significant and softer too. is it? >> will look we have been saying for weeks now, bill, mr. putin continues to add to his capability is and give himself options we said it could happen any day now weve been about that. when you look at what we are seeing, bill, some of this is in plain sight you can sit there commercial satellite imagery he continues to as the secretary said yesterday, uncoil his forces and ma...

Back with more coverage of the full-scale russian invasion of ukraine now under way. inside russia tonight, president vladimir putin remaining defiant even as he faces growing protests keir simmons is in moscow >> reporter: protests tonight across russia. in more than 50 cities, according to an ngo vladimir putin unbound, confidently declaring russia remains part of the global economy, reassuring russian business leaders his comments made before president bidens latest sanctions announcement his...

But by the same token, two things on nuclear policy rests on two things. capability and credibility does the united states have that capability? absolutely, yes. if push were to come to shove and our nation can is threatened with nuclear weapons, do we have the credibility to use those weapons? we have to have that because thats what the deterrence rests upon. this is why nuclear weapons policy is so important. >> jesse: it sure is. thank you so much, commander. meanwhile, european countries are...

That are done. from an intelligence perspective and a military support perspective there are things to bolster ukrainian forces and allow the paramilitary and civilian forces to see more of to allow them to have greater capability against the russian war machine. i think theres more to do to bolster the capabilities and the effectiveness of the resistance forces. >> madame ambassador, the ukrainian resistance is -- i think the piece that seems to have surprised everyone and vladimir putin and th...

>> looking with an armed engagement between the united states and any nato country and russia is world war iii. and frankly, the ukrainians are not asking for american troops. theyre asking that we continue to supply and equip them. and im not saying that this fight is over. i think the will to fight, which is one of the hardest things to measure, is extraordinary on the ukrainian side. there are real and growing questions about the morale and the technical capability of the russian forces. that...