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And he also took crimea in 2014. we knew he would come from his northeast approach. we believe he may from russia. the big wildcard is belarus, a client state of russia. which gave him another approach that maybe zelensky antigen were not anticipating. it was two tank columns, one from belarus. and affectively trying to make an end-run on kyiv as quickly as possible. they stopped and pause. they thought preparatory fires would create an environment where they could go. they want to get to the ai...

To cultivate and maintain positive relations. you do not want to be used as an instrument against the powerful neighbor. so thats, im not making a pro-vladimir putin argument. what i am saying though is the u.s. national security establishment has sent out a client state an ally out against a very dangerous adversary and thats what were looking at right now. this continued push against putin on his own borders this is in large part what has led us lehr to this moment. >> jesse: saying that as a ...

When he theyre handing out weapons and telling people to make molotov cocktails. street fight with trained troops is different things than civilians attempting to defend the cap talg tank columns arriving from two sides supported by air support you can have all the guns you want at the end of the day. how many troops are in this capital city is not completely clear at this point. obviously there are some. you could call it a bluff or a ruse. they thought they could punch through the donbas they ...

Notably belarus still a client state of it russia. we will learn more about why they are significant because ever thage not around after the soviet union fell obviously. nato came about after the end of world war ii. nato has expanded since then. thats what vladimir putin claims is a threat to his existence. meant to hold back soviet expansion. the one entity that has expanded nato expanded. this is what vladimir putin looked at in 2004 into the baltic states into he is stonia, latvia and lithua...

Doesnt want to get bogged down in iraq like we have seen where these guerrilla warfare scenarios go on for months and months. sometimes years and years. i think thats the last thing they want here. is there possibility here that may be both sides are looking for an off-ramp? >> i dont think so. the nato membership was always a ruse. ukraine cant be admitted to nato unless all 30 members vote for it and there was nowhere near unanimity to permitting it. russia wants ukraine to be -- putin wants u...

Russia-chinese border. ships from as far as the artic. this became the main effort for vladimir putin. it appeared what looked to be appeared to be the new effort here shifted in military presence. lets fast forward to where we are right now. this is a map we used yesterday. and, again, i want to emphasize what general kellogg said in the program. in the fog of war you get initial reports about where troops may or may not be. we work very hard with the fox news channel with our correspondents on...

Because its a client state of vladimir putin who has allowed him to use russian forces. baltic states to the north some order russia. if there was a next phase to this which would be scary to think. trigger a different response from the west it would be in the baltic states. right now if you are fleeing ukraine you probably have limited options if you are trying to get out of city centers because those are the places being targeted by ballistic missiles right now. >> steve: pete, come on back ov...

Power they would have installed in the region. this is not to say this is something which is going to happen. there is obviously hope that russia will not manage to turn ukraine into a russian client state but i think it is necessary and we thought it is necessary to prepare for such scenarios. >> hmm. and -- and as you wrote in that foreign affairs piece, when -- when russia went into syria, the u.s. and others said that would be a quagmire. now, it wasnt and it actually benefitted putins regio...

It, lads. >> we spoke to a family of four that just arrived by train. most lyely women and children coming here to lviv because military-aged males have to fight under president zelenskys decree. and residents are preparing stew in large kettles. they say this war could drag out for years. >> supplies have to be a concern right now. to the north, even though they are having trouble. its a client state up there, belarus. they really only have the west. thats got to be a big concern for the ukrain...

Dont necessarily trust this administration will hinder it well. even reports today show that we are providing real-time intelligence to ukraine. we should note also that russia does not yet completely control the skies over ukraine and that means ukrainian pilots should be supported in every way possible to be hitting those targets on that convoy, but the south is the vulnerable spot right now as well, as we saw. crimea has been a staging ground for eight years, sean. in the north they had milit...