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With? oh, my gosh. they think you were russian? >> probably, yes. but we have all documents. were we can prove were not russians. we are ukrainians. >> a ukrainian soldier investigates and questions them and they produce their passports. and a young man not fighting is viewed with great suspicion. but hes satisfied they are ukrainians and cuts him free. those who fled are desperately hoping they can reach sanctuary. but it seems the russian military is moving relentlessly forward. and theyre bei...

Many more times than its size. there is more in this ad hoc supply chain i want to share with you. every day pickups and suvs transformed into fighting vehicles. the u.s. military have humvees, ukraine, they get cars that carried families only months ago, windows as you saw there tinted to make it harder for shooters to see whos driving it. it also reduces window shattering along the way. and this shot you see right now, you can see that they are painted it into a color that is tough to see in t...

Of the market, taking advantage of that demand that was coming in the wake of covid, as covid wound down. and putting it straight into their pockets. so blame putin, blame the gas companies, but dont blame biden. hes doing everything he can, and hes doing it right. >> atia, were you surprised -- i mean, should we be surprised at the speed with which the gop switched their messaging from pro ban on russian oil, to suddenly being anti biden? >> we shouldnt be surprised. theyre basically just wanti...

What do you think? >> yes. the difference between an adoring crowd and a clock. putin is bankrupt. he understands hes on the defensive and hes trying to find a way out of the trap that he put himself in to. >> neil: now im wondering -- its interesting. when he spoke to the u.s. congress, he did that with almost a spielberg like film to show the horrors that are unfolding in his country. to spur them along to offer the air support that right now theyre reluctant to. with each and every passing da...

Conventional determinants. were seeing a flank of troops on the flank, as a deterrent force. it remains on the defensive. and i think that you continue. we can take nothing for granted. >> are we known that the point, given that what weve seen in mariupol, the theater that russia -- denying any responsibility. just a little bit earlier, all evidence adjust russian involvement. are we now at the point at perhaps considering whether or not there should be a more active nato involvement in the situ...

And ukrainians are actually so well organized that they are getting their fighting units. its a grim scene. but kyiv has not yet been hit with massive amounts of russian artillery and rockets. that is the next step. but its an optimistic picture on the ground from a soldiers point of view. >> how about false optimism? ambassador taylor, earlier today the russian foreign minister said there is hope for reaching a compromise. do you see that in any way? i mean, at the same time putin gave a dramat...

And comprehend. >> yeah. i think youre absolutely right to point out that the refugee crisis not only is it vast and i think already exceeding what anyone thought was possible, but this is just early days. and if the assault on the cities continues, i think youre likely to see not just thousands more or even hundred of thousands more but millions more ukrainians. because remember theres a large number of ukrainians who are already internally displaced who havent yet left the country and gone ont...

You have got to get them off. i guess we are not comfortable with nato air base in ramstein. do you have any suggestion how she should handle that as she is about to get out of the car in the rain? >> well, its kind of too late to do it the right way which would have been quietly. we should have been funneling lethal defensive weaponry into ukraine as russia was building up. to, again, hopefully change putins calculation. now i think we do need to support the ukrainian people, but, you know, doi...

When theyre going to attack, and the russians have to defend everywhere. what were seeing every now right now as secretary austin pointed out is something that many ofs have been pointing out from the very beginning. the russian force is ill-trained they have not conducted rehearsals or exercises. and they have just unbelievable poor logistics resupply capability. so, all of those things are contributing to the russian force being static or stalled on the battlefield. there are reports this morn...

>> yeah, the hypersonic missiles really dont represent much of a game changer. the russians are now principally using standoff fires to attack the civil population, t bring down the cities, to force the military to say it is not worth defending kyiv, well declare it an open city. it seems highly unlikely to work. mariupol is a courageous defensive. clearly that is where they are going. and ive dealt with these chemical weapons. the supposedly destroyed the stockpile. they are not an effective we...