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Decapitate the ukrainian government and install some other type of force. so right now president zelenskyy is saying he is remaining in kyiv. the united states has discussed contingency plans within the past several weeks with him about what might happen. its not clear how much he has engaged on that. but all of this is certainly playing out here in washington as well. >> all right. kevin, appreciate the update. kevin liptak there in washington. all right now. joining me now from canberra in aus...

That they will show that they have a deterrent effect on being the. the united states just announced yesterday that they are sending some more capabilities in fact that region. a couple of them that really stood out to me and the announcement were f-35s. some of the united states most advanced fighter aircraft. apache helicopters. 32 of these attack helicopters. that was very telling to me, it sends a signal to russia that the u.s. is bringing in this capability to pull on and some of those neig...

Give us a accepts of what you are seeing and hearing right now. >> reporter: well, just before we came on air, there were very large explosions and very, very loud indeed just to my north. we dont know whether its incoming or outgoing. because one of the key issues is how is the ukrainian military performing? yes, they are being bombarded from the air, and coming under ballistic missile attacks, and yes, they are attack across the country. but they also have some of their own capability which th...

Against a very sophisticated enemy like the united states, or like russia. >> take my final 30 seconds and tell me if you share my concern. i didnt like it when president biden said there are 16 areas because he seemed to green light everything that wasnt on that list. what was your reaction? >> well, if you look at the 16 areas, its pretty much the entire economy. the 16 areas of the economy and critical infrastructure. i think the key for us right now is for american companies to go shields up...

Selfish position. the truth of it is, what putin has done is completely and utterly outrageous. he is an international pariah. the oligarchs living in london have publicly turned against him. we have seen one mutiny took place in the russian navy, report of russian soldiers beginning to give up arms and i think where this leads to in the end is big uprising in russia and probably the end of putin. here is the worry and i repeat this point. if putin lost rationale function and when you see him si...

Seeing an inventory on the way they are used, the cluster munitions that many countries have banned, those are weapons they still use and there are weapons they still use and there are worrying science and president putin that, in his words, he seems to indicate no limit —— and the worrying sign from president putin started, in his words. we need is an international community to remain the president that at nato we are 30 nations with huge capability, we are a nuclear alliance. it is very im...

That were seeing amongst russian troops. is there any precedent historically that back up when you dont have a mission it does not work? >> well, we saw it in vietnam after a long period of time when it turned out that, in fact, we didnt have a clear idea of exactly how we were going to accomplish this strategic mission. you saw debilitating lack of morale, defeatism and so on. you will see this individually in individual battles if people are not properly led. there is some evidence that leader...

Something that gives them hope and at least provides what has been the underpinning of the resolute response from the west. phil mattingly, cnn, the white house. >> and for more im joined now by malcolm davis from the australian strategic policy institute. he is a senior analyst at that think tank working on defense strategy and capability. and thanks for rejoining us to discuss. what struck me is you have predicted russian tactics and territorial moves with remarkable accuracy during all of thi...

The shelling is so intense that people are unable to escape the evacuation routes are blocked and the electricity is out. as you might imagine, desperate residents are scrambling for food and water. there are also reports of bodies littering the streets and all this comes amid growing fears that russia is preparing to launch a chemical attack against ukraine. they have a large biological and chemical weapons program. so its a pattern that they also have the capacity. well, im not going to get in...

A way that it does it. 5% of the oil we buy in this country we could replace that with our own domestic capability. canada dont -- virtually by no oil from russia. we are producing less then we did under donald trump. we can get back to that if they walked away from this crazy green new deal as they call it that has waged war on fossil fuels. there are fields ready to go in places like alaska and texas. we could easily replace the russian supplied with our domestic supply. of course, we would ha...