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>> and i want to come back to this, but i want to get matt bradley in here. as you well know, this is something that president zelenskyy wants. he wants a lot of things. this is one of them. >> reporter: we can say that president zelenskyy has three wishes. and today washington granted him basically two of them. one was the cutting off of those oil imports, the other was increased military aid in these migs which could be about to come from poland. that would fulfill a lot of that wish. now, the...

Refugees fleeing the russian invasion across the destroyed bridge, across the river, very precarious crossings and of course the tragic deaths, among others, of a whole family of four in a russian mortar attack. the russians are being pushed back, according to the ukrainians. theyre being helped by flooding of the river which is making combat operations for the russians harder and i have to say, its been a ferocious fight. were a good ten miles from that location and we can their bombardment no ...

And russian forces. is there more on the way? >> of course there will be and look, these are not mistakes. what the russians are doing, because theyve lost momentum, theyre now resorting to these annihilation type tactics where theyre going to step back and theyre just going to launch rockets and artillery, which are dumb weapon systems. like flying telephone poles. they go in a general direction and land where they land. its horrific. they have smart weapon systems. hypersonics. they also have ...

Tens of thousands to -- thousands killed. this is a russian way of war. its integral to their combat operations that theyre conducting. now, one of the reasons the bombings in kyiv hasnt been as significant as its been in other cities is because of the sams that the ukrainians have deployed there. they have prevented the whole-out bombing of that city. and it is so critical to keep the replacements for these air defense systems to be able to keep the people in these cities alive and not have the...

>> well, whats -- whats the point ultimately? i mean, they thought it would be quick. they thought that they could install a puppet government quickly. it didnt happen. but what is the point of -- of eventually, you know, bombing and striking a population into reluctant submission, and then trying to occupy a city of 3 million where really pretty much no one wants you there. how is that, in any way, a quote/unquote victory for the russian side? >> well, i think it would be impuric victory for th...

Be a well-armed army, a well-armed military. what they dont have is the training most of the time, when you take a sophisticated or professional army, they are trained in large-scale maneuver, large-scale combat operations. theyre trained also in the integration of not just air but group and so forth youre not seeing any of that. other indicators that show that theyre unprepared and untrained, theyre firing indiscriminately at places you mentioned frost bite you mentioned lack of logistics and s...

Quickly. it didnt happen. but what is the point of -- of eventually, you know, bombing and striking a population into reluctant submission, and then trying to occupy a city of 3 million where really pretty much no one wants you there. how is that, in any way, a quote/unquote victory for the russian side? >> well, i think it would be impuric victory for them, hala. i think it would be -- its a very bad move on their part for a variety of reasons, but from a sti strictly military perspective, its ...

Give us your view of how correct or incorrect u.s. is in resisting the no-fly zone. >> first of all, to support the admirals viewpoint, the heroic leadership of president zelenskyy, the coming to the colors of the entire ukrainian population is magnificent and theres a good parallel to the great britain in 1940 fighting alone. but pushing on closed doors is not a good thing for ukraine to do now. nato is not going to intervene in the ground or air war in ukraine, period. this would open world wa...

Scott mclean, appreciate it. three weeks in, the russian military has taken startle ing vladimir putin says all is well. >> translator: the best proof is the way our boys are fighting in this operation. shoulder to shoulder, supporting each other and if need be, protecting each other like brothers. shielding one another with their bodies on the battlefield. we havent had this unity for a long time. >> in vinnytsia, central ukraine, ivan watson is there. what are you learning? >> yeah, ive been...

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