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Battle-fixate. he is not paying attention to anything except the progress on the ground. hes ignored world leaders, sanctions, and we wants to encircle kyiv to either catch zelenskyy or take kyiv down. now putins said hell do more attacks in western ukraine. thats going to start to threaten the supply if lines coming in to ukraines forces. alicia: right. its possible with all of the assaults on civilians there that he would be tried at some point or at least his commanders for war crimes. listen...

And they have really tough conditions there, and they have been fighting hard against the russians trying to cross that river. so across the battle space in all four of the axes that russia has been attempting to push theyve not seized the kind of objectives they wanted from the beginning. they do not have the force to continue the attack. their logistics are somewhat dysfunctional and their commanders are not doing a good job. on the other hand, the ukrainians are performing superbly not only f...

To be significantly impacted by the ukrainians and he has to consolidate the womens or at least - - the wind to have a basis to support the east. steve: briefly dating putin has basically given up to taking kyiv to topple the zelensky government is that out the window now for putin? thank you think is coming to a realization that either he had bad intelligence are he failed to listen to the intelligence and initially getting overly optimistic predictions from his commanders in the field because ...

Missiles into ukraine so far. give us the view on the ground from where you are, ali. >> hi, hallie. well, it shouldnt come as any big surprise that russia did exactly the opposite of what they said they would do. p and thats been backed up p by the head of nato, by u.s. officials, by zelenskyy and zelenskyys commanders. there has been no dramatic withdrawal of troops from kyiv, from chernihiv and other areas. in fact, theyve stepped up their assaults on those places. the russians said two night...

By moment, and also on their own side. >> yeah, you know, richard, its a tale of two wars, isnt it? you have the war crimes that the russians are committing against the ukrainian people. i mean, some of the images are stunning, a tank rolls around a corner, sees an elderly cupping, directs aim, blows him up, kills him. we heard intercepts yesterday of commanders sending the orders to destroy entire villages and kill the people there. thats one side of the war, and then you look at the ground war...

Spent stealing secrets and recruiting spies. what do you reckon with whats happening right now in terms of vladimir putins power and whats happening around him. you have these reports from the pentagon and media that he is increasingly isolated. that hes being lied to by his own commanders and adviser who is fear his reaction if he knows the truth about whats happening in ukraine. what do you make of that? is there more cy opts than actual information? >> its great to be on with you and good to ...

Science, as well as read a lot of books, classical books about strategy. and if you look at any military strategy, you would never expect it to be on such big territory as ukraine is and including the goals that we expect to be achieved, such as do not harm civilian population. so this operation goes quickly and works well. nobody could expect if you have any special knowledge about it. well, yeah, i dont know how much special military knowledge you have, but the facts are these, that, you know,...

I am a wrong? >> not at all. when you look at some of the things that are happening in and around kyiv right here, you see them stalled out in the northwestern area. theyre close to the city. they havent moved. and although there are reports of scouts coming into the city limits, and theyre making contact with some of the ukrainian forces, the ukrainians are able to beat them back. and this is one of those things where if they get to, if they stay in these positions, theyre going to have issues ...

Him to stop? >> great questions. i think we should sanction all members of the russian parliament, sanctioning many of the russian military commanders who clearly by the images on your own program are committing war crimes. i think one of the things, john, we have to take a deep breath, its remarkable to me, your reporters and others are still getting these images out of ukraine, what the ukrainian people in many ways are fighting for is the kind of free press we sometimes take for granted here ...

Yingst live in kyiv. good evening, trey. >> martha, good afternoon. the ukrainian capitol of kyiv continues to brace for a russian advance on this city. over the past 24 hours, weve seen air defense systems active here. air raid sirens going off and explosions in the distance. the war is getting closer and closer to this population center of nearly three million people. people here are bracing. the mayor of kyiv said half of the residents have left since the war began. staying in the city is pre...