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Many parts of the u.s. critical infrastructure. those highly successful attacks were attributed to the russian government. certainly that doesnt mean russia doesnt have the capability and in fact we have seen the attacks from russia for more than a decade against critical parts of our economy including the energy sector. i dont think we should close the book on the inevitability or the opportunity for russia to take advantage of the situation and lawn stitch these attacks. jon: unlike russia whe...

Of security assurances to ukraine, in connection with the succession to the nonproliferation regime to russia at the time in 1994, that was a negotiated settlement part of the deal for ukraine, ukraines decision to give up this nuclear inheritance. and it became part and parcel of the overall in nonproliferation regime. the damage its done to ukraine today has far wider reverberations, and as david ignatius correctly pointed out, other countries are watching. i would add south korea and taiwan a...

I think they need additional security assistance. the good news is more is onlying. its not too late, and -- more is coming. you look at the capability of the ground forces and what theyre doing with their special forces, its encouraging, but its still going to be a long, slow burn of a fuse with regard to defending ukraine and eventually getting to some type of dip lo 40matic solution with mr. putin. eric: captain bob wells, we thank you for your analysis as ukraine calls for those migs and cal...

Theyre retaking towns. russians are lobbing in heavy munitions. >> the russians are claiming some success of their own. they say theyve hit a fuel depot with missiles. >> this was, they say, a cruise missile launch from one of their ships in the black sea. we cant confirm but it shows the range and the capability. >> phil black. thank you so much. keep us posted. christine? >> john, thank you so much. president biden leaves brussels for warsaw next hour. hell be greeted there by the polish pre...

>> it was clear after our losses in afghanistan, the 13 who died and that debacle of a pull-out that generals like yourself were not listened to. we saw generals on capitol hill say as much. they had given the president a different plan. it is difficult. you are in a non-political role. what do you think our next step should be quickly? >> i think we need to continue to reinforce and support the ukrainians as we are and as all of nato is doing quite well and keep in perspective whatever we give ...

And thats one of the motivations why the chancellor and other european leaders want to be more self—sufficient in defence and its notjust self—sufficient in defence and its not just about spending the money but does the country have the commitment and the rail to wield that military power.— commitment and the rail to wield that military power. thats a good oint. that military power. thats a good point. whatever _ that military power. thats a good point. whatever the _ that military power. ...

Level. they create this sort of prelude which is if you stay, youre part of the combat force and therefore, were going to destroy you. its a catch 22 they build. i think what youll see over time is theyre trying to do this siege warfare but its not going to work. they dont have the capability to do this over time. >> this is what the washington post wrote in terms of quoting military experts, russias military campaign could be unsustainable because they lack manpower and ammunition. the next two...

But he didnt mention nato. why was that? >> well, i think that nato is not as essential as a no-fly zone, more weapons, and basically has the capability to dpeenld ourselves. but now basically its not about politics. its about survival. even in the biggest cities of ukraine which has now been circled by russian army or with the russian army in there, these are the people who are standing in front of the tanks with the ukrainian flag, having no fear with that. and this is what surprises putin. th...

Raises questions what ukraine is talking about. they destroyed a landing landb ship a week ago in a place under russian enforce. . the question is what capability did they deploy? it might be a pattern of behavior, they are going after high profile, high value torths. not willing to talk about what theyre doing. >> it has huge implications and diplomatic implications as well. >> thats a good point as well in that attacking russian forces inside ukraine from the air is significant enough to to so...

To create a pretext, to use them itself. lets have a listen to what he said. his back is against the wall, and now hes talking about new false flags hes setting up, including hes asserting that we, america, have biological, as well as chemical weapons in europe. simply not true — i guarantee you. theyre also suggesting that ukraine has biological and chemical weapons in ukraine. thats a clear sign hes considering using both of those. president biden also said the us had "evolving intelligence"...