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Leningrads each or trying to storm it. it does not seem that the enemy has the capability to storm itjust yet but, once again, they expect this campaign of intimidation that i have spoken about, trying to cut supplies from kyiv and starve people, trying to knock off electricity and water and so on, this is something that we can expect. all the while the kremlin engages in a charade of peace talks while at the same time not really, you know, not being willing to compromise. they want to bring kyi...

Thus far with maybe only a couple of exceptions, the russians have picked up on the other end and they know what the ring tone is and they will pick up and answer and so we know its functional. i have no conversations between secretary austin and the minister to speak to, and i have no expectations that thats going to change anytime soon. and then on the helping coordinate, i really dont want to get into too much detail here. i think the coordination is in two planes, one is their willingness to...

Of villages and towns and now the ukrainians are on the offensive, this momentum will build on their case. now, you know, we discussed the potential for belarus to enter the war. well, i think that will cause a problem for the ukrainians just because whatever the numbers are, but from a quality standpoint, belorussian soldiers i think are probably lesser capability than the russians. so that will be more cannon fodder for the -- more targets for the ukrainians. >> director clapper, i appreciate ...

Easily. >> yeah. yeah. >> youre making exactly the right point, don. thats exactly the right point. ukraine cannot pose an existential threat to russia, for all the reasons that you just said. a, it is a peaceful nation. it has never posed a threat to russia in any way. b, it doesnt have the capability to do it in any case. so this business about existential -- i think peskov was looking for a way to get out of that question that she was pushing him on by saying the only way that well do it is i...

Secretary. >> im obviously sad for that journalist in the journalists family. but this is the kind of thing that happens when you fail at the core missions of american security which is two to tour the bad guys from continued aggression. the biden administration has been behind since last summer. we have known for months that a lot amir putin was building forces and building capability we should have been helping the ukrainians building forces and capability. too late, too slow, too small. there...

Reinforcing defense systems for all these threats. so enhancing that capability to try to prevent the most harm should these weapons be deployed, but said further decisions will be taken at the next nato summit this summer. are you surprised, ambassador, theyre going to postpone making further decisions? couldnt this summer be too late to make those big decisions? >> summer could definitely be too late. i agree. and i imagine that they actually did have conversations about the possible nato resp...

To you, you know, russian citizens are tiring of this. they might not know the details of whats going on, but they know a thing about long lines outside bank, u.s. companies that have left one after the other, rising food costs in their own country, rising energy costs in their own country, a ruble that is rubble. they know that. how is that factors back home? >> well, theres been a couple of pretty important surprises in that whole -- what is it? a month war now? the first of which has been the...

Ought to be in there shaping the way they do it _ ought to be in there shaping the way they do it so it works with nato as well as— they do it so it works with nato as well as potentially giving europe more _ well as potentially giving europe more capability against the day when we have _ more capability against the day when we have again somebody in the white house _ we have again somebody in the white house who— we have again somebody in the white house who is no longer trustworthy. you sa...

Theyve taken in about 2 million refugees since the ins vasion started. the white house says they are hoping to have deliverables coming out of this. concrete takeaways from meetings between heads of state and still finalizing them and not ready yet. i think what you heard from president biden tonight could shine the light on what that looks like, anderson. he said he does not think ukraine needs anymore military wep than they have now as far as capability. u.s. assessments, nato assessments, bas...

The word that was used is that the transfer of these jets would be escalating in the war. why the okay was not given, can you help us understand? >> i dont believe that and neither do the republicans who signed that letter. by the way, bill, it is not just republican senators but a lot of democratic colleagues who agree with us. they didnt sign the letter but i know for a fact that many democrats have the same position that we do. here is the issue. president zelenskyy requested these migs in a ...