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What many of us who have been observing have begun to believe, that putin must have been misled by his generals and by his security staff, as to the capability of his armed forces before this campaign started, and that he has been shielded to an extent to the harsh reality of what is going on, on the front, so he has believed that his own military is more capable than it has turned out to be. now, you touch on the question, does that mean that hes still in the dark about the reality and one more...

There are orgs that have the ability to do that. there is capability to do so and i hope some of the -- >> carley: drones in order to do that, problem you are just talking about, you mentioned something i havent heard before. president biden announced military aid but you are saying it is stuck, not getting to the front lines so you are being forced to bring that aid into the front lines yourself? >> yeah, i mean, im sure it is getting somewhere, all i know, ukrainian commanders we are meeting w...

Capabilities. they are going to need this especially with whatever comes out of mariupol. keeping a rush is on its heels. i think it would be significant. all seemed up our inventory of our drone capability i believe its from an airman standpoint from a senior officer standpoint battlefield commander want more capability. nows a time to provide it. at the same time let me just close weve got to be careful it is not cloud our judgment needlessly provoking putin. that aside nows the time to stay o...

What about the iron dome? >> icbms are a qualitatively different threat than many of the missiles we have read about in the news, traveling significantly higher and having potential penetration aids and countermeasures. >> reporter: cnn reached out to the u.s. missile defense agency. when asked about the reports findings, a spokesman cited this defense report from january. it says, the missile defense system has demonstrated a measured capability to defend the united states, deployed forces, and...

Nations themselves. ill give you two to think about. one is finland. one is sweden. both have tremendous military capability. they deployed alongside nato, but theyre not formal members of the alliance. i think you put them in the mix. then you certainly are going to want to bring in either the british or the french. they have nuclear capability. that matters. third and finally, i think the united states is going to be the security blanket, if you will, for the ukrainians. if i were negotiating ...

Electronic signals to jam or confuse enemy radar and enemy air defenses. that is their job. they are being sent, we are told, as part of the ongoing deterrence mission along natos eastern flank. we are told they are not going to engage the russians directly. that its all about deterrence, but make no mistake, they have that very crucial capability, if needed, to jam adversary air defenses to make them unable to operate. its an interesting tidbit, sideline. russian missiles, they are air lunch mi...

Preparations at its underground nuclear test site in the northern part of that country. intelligence indicators are showing construction activity, tunnelling, all the things that would be necessary for north korea to resume underground nuclear testing, essentially detonating the nuclear device underground as part of its program. the first time since 2017. they blew up the site in 2018 as part of president trumps failed denuclearization initiative. but they are back now. that is the u.s. assessme...

In reaching the capital city and failed in destroying the ukrainian army, you have failed in increasing the economic capability of russia by blackmailing europe so you have failed in all three things and by the way, you add to that the fact that he will never be able to stand on a world stage again. mr. putin is dead in terms of a leadership role in russia. so he can say well, what i really wanted to do is really take over the donbas region. what i would say to that is ukraine is not going to le...

And for your reporting. >> >> thank you. >> joining us now, michael mcfaul, who served as the u.s. ambassador to russia from 2012 to 2014. he is an msnbc international affairs analyst. ambassador mcfaul, ukraine didnt comment on that attack in russia. but how significant of a development would that be, if ukraine shows it can reach russian soil? >> well, whenever i hear a senior government official saying, i can neither confirm nor deny, it sounds like theyre actually confirming. otherwise, they...

Perspective. for that i am joined by a former european affairs director, relieutenant colonel alexander vinman. also joining us, evo dalder. gentlemen, thank you for joining us. cole vinman, what sort of impact will this make for the ukrainian military on the ground? >> it is not particularly meaningful. of course every little bit helps. the suicide drones you referred to, they are somewhat limited capability. they are anti-personnel drones. that will be less than effective in a mechanized armor...