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Ago. it is now there. so, in combination with that, general clark, i just want to ask you again because it seemed to me that you were saying that you really do think, at this point, russia will further invade? >> i think that -- i think the odds are that -- better -- much better than 50 that they will go in. when i hear the ukrainian military say they dont have enough full strength there for a complete invasion. okay. okay. i understand that. you know, when we went into the -- into iraq in 2003,...

From jens stoltenberg. ukraine is not a nato member, so nato is not sending combat troops into ukraine. russia has attacked ukraine. this is a brutal act of war. our thoughts are with the brave people of ukraine. sadly what we have warned against four months has come to pass. despite all calls on russia to change course and tireless efforts to seek a diplomatic solution. peace on our continent has been shattered. we now have war in europe on a scale and other type we thought belongs to history. ...

Leave unless theyre very old or very young. >> even some of the very old as you saw in that piece from that incredibly brave man whos a former paratrooper of the ussr. sam kylie, appreciate that. joining us now mark hurtling, and also pierce whack, currently a global fellow. i mean russia already has a substantial portion of its combat troops in ukraine at this point. what does that tell you -- if in fact that reporting is accurate, what does that tell you? >> it tells me theyre about to use som...

You understand that because it was two weeks ago when he was standing on the world stage saying hey, i got 200,000 troops at my border and the world needs to help. what should we be doing for ukraine now? because i have to tell you for people that dont wake up and read eight papers before the sunrise, it looks like the world is standing by watching as we watch putin lay waste to these cities where women and children and families live. >> youre absolutely right. its a terrible situation. its alre...

You know, its jen psaki would say that they dont care. their policy was to have higher prices because they want everybody to switch to green energy and you cant switch to green energy overnight. so theres a lot of pain and there the middle class and lower income people are going to feel the pain in this country and its coming were going higher and prices im afraid you cant switch to green energy overnight and you cant use green energy at night. how but its great to see you as always. thank you f...

They miscalculated, they knew they had planning and action problems. now they are going all out to take these two major population centers. kyiv is the main effort. they have taken an operational pause for two days to do what? to bring reinforcements forward. this is tens of thousands of combat troops and in addition to resupplies for the entire force. that is what is moving down that 40-mile stretch. now, the good news is the ukrainians have slowed this down and they are using anti-tank weapons...

Again, insisting its forces do not target civilians. but a few hours before the attack, the russian foreign ministry claimed foreign combat troops had taken up position inside that hospital. ukraine says that is absolute nonsense. mariupol has endured more than its share of misery. these photographs showing bodies wrapped in plastic bags and carpets being placed into mass graves. were told this trench was dug next to a graveyard. overwhelmed workers and terrified families clearly unable to provi...

Well? these urban areas just soak up infantry soldiers. i was in iraq in 2003. leading a group of paratroopers. its amazing how its hard to communicate, maneuver for the infantry units and theruption army does not have the number of troops to actually do that effectively, given the size of ukraine, the size of these cities. it would take far more than 200,000 troops and lets not forget the final thing. even though they have 200,000 troops, the russians that is, only a fraction are combat troops....

Russians in ukraine, it will be worse for you. because, we will not send combat troops ukraine, will not make that same commitment to taiwan. we will be involved. president biden has said twice that we will get involved. the white house has walked back twice. he should send a very strong message that this is not a template for taiwan. number two, needs to let them know that if you side with the russians with you on limited partnership there, if you continue to give them the arms that they are re...

The russians will be cautious about the use of that. nonetheless all three will be used to hammer that city. they will try, julie, to get capitulation from the government zelenskyy et al as opposed to entering with their combat troops. if they dont get a capitulation, the likely outcome they will not. they will enter with their combat troops and at that point this will be a very tough fight. urban warfare is the toughest warfare there is. it favors the defense and as you mentioned, yes, they hav...