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Theres a lot of concern about what were going to see unfold in the coming weeks and days, hallie. >> courtney kube, thank you. jim, let me turn to you and if you can talk about the significance of what courtney has laid out with russia putting this new general in charge. >> well, courtney did a great job on that report. john kirby really laid it out as well. were going to have to see just what hes going to do. they have had a command and control problem. you can see it in so many ways, the russi...

Nothing to do with russia and ukraine but not everyone is so convinced. >> john: im not convinced either. mark meredith, thanks. sandra. >> sandra: top headlines out of the war on ukraine. putin ousting his top military commanders and appointing the so-called executioner to lead. a long history of murdering civilians in mass and involved in some of the most horrific attacks in ukraine. >> john: warning lawmakers in the west to prepare for a massive misinformation campaign from the kremlin in ret...

Green light to go ahead and do because their commanders are feeding them this garbage it is still an illegal order. these are war crimes being described again and again by cnn reporters and others. >> in terms of the long tale of history of course the russians should be reminded that kind of editorial does in fact implicate them in the allegations of zelenskyy right saying this is genocide and these are war crimes. thanks so much for this. appreciate it. >> thank you. now history repeats itsel...

Russia. >> they have to do everything to force russia to seek peace. they have to do everything to hold russia and its commanders accountable for their crimes against the ukrainian people. sanctions must be imposed, against all russian banks. russian oil embargo must be imposed. we have asked for weapons. we have asked for financial assistance. we have asked for support. to ukraine and for those 10 million people forced to flee their homes. >> zelenskyy sending a direct message to germany, which...

What i would note, though, is theres an incredible amount of political will around seeing accountability for the atrocities in ukraine. more, in fact, than weve seen in any other conflict outside of europe. >> right. and so i think that kind of leads us to the next question which is when could we start to see this play out? and you -- you know well darfur, for example, has taken some 20 years for this case to now start to be prosecuted. set expectations for everybody. were seeing these atrocitie...

When the invasion began on february 2a, it was a three—pronged attack — from the south using crimea as a springboard, from the east, the donbas and from the north, where belarus helped russia launch this invasion. the initial idea behind the invasion was a pretty simple one, seize the capital kyiv, secure all important sites in the main cities, kill or capture president zelensky, or let him run away and replace his government with a sympathetic pro—moscow one. well, it hasnt worked out tha...

Representative of a good -- of amassing of the soldiers, of the forces? >> i think its probably typical of russian morale. we have seen other indicators of that. just russian troops giving up, sabotaging their own vehicles, assault their own commanders. so this intercept is yet another graphic example of the poor state of morale and the poor state of discipline of the russian soldiers. the fact that they really are exhibiting in my view a lack of will to fight the ukrainians which is in stark co...

Raised today for ukrainians fleeing the war. it happened at a big event today here in warsaw it was called stand up for ukraine event hosted by european commission ursula, and it was attended by the polish president and canada your prime minister, all of that money is gong to help to cover cost of food, housing, medical care, for the more than 4 million refugees living in eu member states like poland also humanitarian care for those internally displaced inside ukraine now president zelenskyy cal...

Heres a look at some of the top stories were following this morning. nfl quarterback dwayne haskins was killed after being hit by a dump truck while trying to walk across an interstate early saturday morning in south florida. the 24-year-old pittsburgh steelers player was there for training camp. head coach michael tomlin issued a statement saying in part, quote, dwayne was a great teammate, but even more so, a tremendous friend to so many. i am truly heartbroken. haskins previously played for t...

Fleeing the war. it happened at a big event today here in warsaw it was called stand up for ukraine event hosted by european commission ursula, and it was attended by the polish president and canada your prime minister, all of that money is gong to help to cover cost of food, housing, medical care, for the more than 4 million refugees living in eu member states like poland also humanitarian care for those internally displaced inside ukraine now president zelenskyy called on world leaders to slap...