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>> well, i want to bring in malcolm davis from the australian strategic policy institute. he is a senior analyst at the think tank working on defense strategy and capability. thanks for being with us. so you heard dmitry peskov there refusing to say essentially that russia could use the ultimate weapon, the most destructive possible weapon, which is a nuclear bomb, saying that, you know, if it feels under some sort of existential threat, implying it could be justified or could be used, what do y...

That missile, whether it was used and how effective and important that development is. >> well, i think what were saying the russian army is not succeeding as putin intended it to. its losing momentum. its still an army with real capability and still able to inflict terrible casualties on the ukrainian people. as far as the missile is concerned, im sure the pentagon is right. its one missile in the armorment, its dangerous and it highlights the extend to which you have a kgb operators in the kre...

School, _ to the basics of letting girls go to school, i— to the basics of letting girls go to school, i dont trust them for a second when it comes to standing in front of— second when it comes to standing in front of isis — second when it comes to standing in front of isis or al-qaeda or other international terrorist groups that clearly _ international terrorist groups that clearly intended to attack the west again— clearly intended to attack the west again and — clearly intended to a...

Aleppo/grosny style. if we see that come to be and sadly it looks to be the direction its going, the stingers and the javelins dont appear to stop that, right? so does that put other options back on the table at that point? >> well, i think we just have to ask the question, right, what more can we do? stingers are a short range air defense weapon. what the russians are, theyre not really interested in precision fire power, right, theyre just interested in inflicting as many deaths as they can on...

Reckless, tucker, because a no-fly zone against a country like russia that has a developed surface to air capability and air force, that is an act of war. within minutes, we would be in a shooting contest with russia and that would trigger essentially world war iii, its extreme the reckless. there were some calls earlier from so-called national security experts for a limited no-fly zone. there is no such thing as a limited no-fly zone, thats like halfway being at war. this is combined with the p...

Nuclear. >> reporter: only nine countries have nuclear weapons. the theory is they are preventive, hopefully never to be needed in battle. according to the arms control association, russia has the largest number of warheads. just over 6,000. while the u.s. isnt far behind no, other country, not even israel or north korea, has anywhere near this time of capability. most of russias warheads are not on missile bases. just over 1,400 of them are deployable at the moment. these find. they on weapons ...

>> reporter: sympathy for families but also one more way to try to undermine the russian war effort as ukraine fights for its very existence. alex marquardt, cnn, kyiv. >> it really is worth noting how little information is getting from inside ukraine to people inside russia. and i think you have to ask, why doesnt vladimir putin want people to know whats going on there? it has to be because he thinks it wont help his efforts. the truth, he thinks, will hurt him. >> i think theres a number of qu...

Air base in germany, the ramstein air base in germany. and its that, involving the americans and not sending them directly to ukraine, that seems to have caused all the problems. the uk says its considering donating anti—aircraft missiles to ukraine. britains already provided anti—tank missiles and supplies of rations and medical equipment. defence minister ben wallace stressed that all military aid was classified as defensive weaponry. here he is speaking in parliament. to protect the anti�...

On putins war and these atrocities on and in ukraine? >> i think that will have an impact over time. thats why we are seeing increased censorship and repression of russian citizens from vladimir putin. but president zelenskyy is measuring ukraines independence may be in terms of hours or days, maybe weeks. he doesnt have the time for economic sanctions to take hold. thats why the threat of sanctions, that the biden administration said they would sanction russia if they invite a couple that was n...