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Military chain -- >> yes, and as you mentioned theres a chain of command, and we could hold those responsible, and the doctrine of superior responsibilities allowed commanders to be held responsible for acts done by the subordinates, and all of those criminal law tools could be used by any court able to seize jurisdiction in this case. >> and then domestic -- >> yes, and the u.s. war crimes act may be of limited utility in this context, and its limited to perpetrators who are u.s. citizens or vi...

Exercising their responsibility as commanders and as the president of russia, mr. putin, to actually prevent these from occurring or to punish those who are committing them on the ground. nay are incriminating themselves every day. their footprints are all over this. >> who else could face potentially charges from the icc? >> well, officer who is are closer to the combat in ukraine itself could face indictments in the future. in a unique way theres so much

I have been watching russia for the past several years. we have been concerned about what they would do, but i overestimated their capability. i should have realized they do not have the experience of conducting joint multidomain operations at this scale. what they were doing in syria, what they did in crimea in 2014 is nothing compared to what they attempted here. this lack of experience has shown itself in poor discipline, in the logistical problems. the fact that their commanders are relying ...

Only individual who the court could consider investigating? the international _ consider investigating? tue international criminal court consider investigating? tij: international criminal court looks to focus their attention on those most responsible and if you look at the investigation we are talking about commanders and talking about senior political figures and that can extend right up until the presidential.— can extend right up until the residential. �* . ., . presidential. and the cou...

>> dana: if i understand the biden administration is saying well provide ukraine weapons to defend itself but not provide them anything that would allow incursion or invasion or attack in russia itself. thats one of the reasons that they dont want to do the mig deal with poland. do you reject that? >> i dont think anyone is suggesting the migs need to go after targets in russia but a weapons system that allows zelenskyy and military commanders to defend themselves from russian aggression. i woul...

Unprofessionalism from rogozin to say the least. theyre working together and nasa is working well. theyre trying to keep the war away from the space station as much as possible. i dont know how long that can continue. neil: terry, you embodied the idea of international cooperation and, but you work with cosmonauts. i dare say that they would not want to leave him and would risk international furor with the commanders that be. i cant see them doing that. >> not at all. look, i was there, like i s...

Victory for them. but they havent been able to capture the city at making the russian commanders around the city resort to sort of medieval siege and starvation tactics. theyve been bombing and shelling the city. theyve caused a humanitarian catastrophe there. there is no water, electricity, gas, food going into the city. and the people living there are under horrific conditions. we spoke to a young lady who managed to escape. well the pictures she painted, lawrence, were just devastating. lets ...

The only thing i can say is that nato allies are providing also systems that can help them protect against air attacks, air and missile defense systems including advanced systems, which actually help them to shoot down planes and missiles and thats the reason why we also see the value of this military support provided amongst military equipment. >> u.s. administration officials have confirmed this morning that jake sullivan spoke today with his russian counterpart. that would be the first high l...

Today to discuss the ongoing situation in ukraine. as the organization is set to meet, jens stoltenberg calls for a reset to the military posture. commanders have also been instructed to draw up plans for new ways to deter russia. our correspondent has more. >> nato defense ministers are holding an urgent meeting today to discuss the urgent situation in ukraine and then look into the future as to what the alliance needs to do. it will also be attended by the ukrainian defense minister via video ...

For the russian military. at what point to the russian soldiers and their commanders say we are not going to take orders from the kgb kite in the kremlin anymore to commit atrocities against innocent civilians. at that point, potentially at least, the elite around vladimir putin, and its three guys. its his minister of defense, his director of the fsp, and as national security advisor. at some point they recognize where their constituents are coming from and is decide we just cant carry on with ...