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>> well, thank you for having me. it seems as though russia greatly underestimated the level of resistance and also did not use any of the key capabilities that they had in the tool shed. you saw the first tank army. most ready element of russian military forces used against clark if, instead of against kyiv for example. you are seeing scripts that are pouring out of some of the personnel carriers, these young men. captured by ukrainians. and that they were under the impression that they were go...

Operation. what would you anticipate to be a peaceful or resolute outcome to this conflict? in which there is no more fighting. would it be the russians withdrawing completely from the donbas and crimea? would it simply be ending hostilities. would be the removal of russian soldiers in areas around kyiv and elsewhere? >> so, first of all, it will be the removal of russian forces from our territory. including donbas and including luhansk and russia giving up on crimea. i know that sounds right no...

Troops back in europe. so putin, im sure, when you looks at the calculus, he tried to use to justify this war realize he has a disaster on his hands. >> i think you connected several dots for us, general. as you mentioned, the radicalizing and unifying nature of this incursion already both on the nato countries, on germany, which for historic reasons everyone understands avoided militarization, switzerland, but not when it comes to sanctioning russia right now. a lot of that is against the inter...

Understand it on the ground in kyiv? >> hello, good morning. thank you for having me. so, today is the sixth day of the war that russia started on ukraine. and yesterday, there was a first round of a peaceful negotiation. so, we didnt have much hope on this peaceful negotiation. because we know that putin always lies and is using negotiations. so within one hour after the peace negotiation we had the most severe and the most aggressive air force attack on kyiv. also the surrounding cities. so th...

Ukrainian. it seems they have excellent plans. they plan to circle kyiv to decapitate the government by seizing the president and imprisoning him or killing him or chasing him out. that hasnt worked yet. that is still the game plan. but also, they are occupying more of kyiv. i think the calculation is they change the government they dont need to. they can have so much power to unleash on ukraine. this comes at a risk. i think erin said it before, the international tribunal is now watching and th...

Into ukraine. our teams on the ground reporting on going assault including explosions to day heard from kyiv. heres video that shows explosions in northeastern ukraine earlier today. >> they held a rare session on the crisis after puttin put russias nuclear deterrent put them on alert. americans should not be worried about a nuclear attack. but putt yun is facing a global united movement that really at foreign policy levels has a type of solidarity. the pentagon cautioning putin has significant ...

Other? and to that effect, we heard from the nato secretary-general today saying that nato believes that russia is sending more and more forces into ukraine for this fight. ari? >> erin, thank you for your reporting and stay safe. we have our special coverage continuing. in a few moments, well be joined by a top ranking national security official from the biden administration to get that direct view. we begin with your independent assessment. i want to just play some of what were getting in the ...

An independent rocket launcher. it wasnt moving with guidance capability, it wasnt moving with other mrls, it was problemably a reinforcement joining up to an existing, what we call a firing battery. so it was a reinforcement. yeah, coming in in this direction to reinforce thats taking place in kharkiv. >> can you tell us -- look, here we are on day five of this invasion, and were still here. ukraine is still in this fight. were still talking about it. where are russian forces succeeding, where ...

Forces. speaking in russia, pleading to them to not trust their commanders. save your lives and leave. joining me now is anastasia idol, a russian born writer and social historian who works at the university of california uppercuts lifelong learning institute. she is the author of russia, putins playground. anastasia, thank you for joining us this evening. talk to us a little bit about why you see this war as -- >> look, between thank you for having me. between my husband anna. we probably have ...