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So russias goal now is to take full control of southern ukraine, creating really a land corridor to crimea and on the other end, moldova. president zelenskyy speaking in his nightly address to the nation says this only proves that the russian invasion of ukraine is, quote, only the beginning, that they want to capture other countries. our sam kiley has more now from dnipro. >> reporter: in the latest development coming from the russian command structures, weve heard from the commander of the rus...

There was that fuel depot that was hit by helicopter attack in belgorod, that russians say they will attack decisionmaking centers, including possibly kyiv. how seriously should that threaten taken? there have been many threats from russians that have not come to fruition. how about that one? >> this is purely an idle threat. in the 2008 war in georgia, that was the first thing they tried to go after, command and control centers. same thing in 2014 during the annexation of crimea. server the com...

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Enormous afghan army and police force with 350,000 personnel that was modeled on the centralized command structures and complex bureaucracy of the defense department. the pentagon kept throwing money at the problem and assigning new generals for the solution. at what point did it become evident that there was not a solution. >> they were the afghanistan papers that go back almost 20 years that document the problems trying to stand up this force. there were problems with the literacy with the afg...

Facility, the military has excel response, plans, and it integrates very well. so there is no doubt in my mind that part of the reason that we know so many details already is the seam less command structures. >> i want to bring jim cavanagh back, he was a special agent, help us understand how the navy and other agencies work together to investigate something like this, and communicate all of this with the public. >> right, you know, it is their command structure. it is just so good, so professio...

Ten with what donald trump is using the brussels summit to do today? >> this is ari kind of like a rorshaks test. it will reach guidance on what it will want to do and new and revised command structures. but nato, while its a military alliance, its strength is its political unity. this is what trump continues to attack and erode. and that just adds risk. if you do at some point in time face some sort of crisis in the future going forward, particularly with russia. >> malcolm the context here for...

Air strikes do you think the u.s. should have i do think the u.s. should have. u.s. had a large role in creating and supporting that essentially we allowed it to fail. there are moderate command structures that have formed in the range of 25 to 30,000 fighters that have taken over. that are interesting in sitting down. we will start receiving u.s. supreme court in the future. >> because the u.s. didnt take action, just a short time ago, the -- that impowered the islamists? >> that is correct. i ...

Jenna: at the same time, joe, every week it seems like we get another report out of iran that talks about some underground nuclear plant that is building weapons that we dont know about. the fear of nuclear armageddon as you put it still seems to be among us. what other weapons, or what other tools do we have? because i understand this bomb was supposed to be able to hit those underground facilities. what else do we have to defend ourselves? >> it was a very clumsy way of doing it. because the w...

Infantry skills. inside they are working on bigger think kind of projects, how armies operate, how armies conduct payroll, how armies organize command structures. frankly, a lot of the skills that dont transfer very well from first world countries to developing nations. so, in effect, they are going to be there as an insurance policy, in case things get really bad and they will do as much training, high level training as they can and as much as the iraqis are willing to accept. >> ari, the presi...

This isnt just a problem from the air, from aircraft or helicopters, it can be delivered on the ground. but the more targets, the more places youre going to run into where theyre made, russian or iranian-backed forces, civilians, it becomes a very complex issue, if you take it further. we asked tonight, does the president plan to go further, the answer we got, well, wait and see if additional decisions are made. wolf? >> and very quickly, barbara, i used to be a pentagon correspondent, as you we...