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A proxy war . what is a proxy war , a proxy war is one we are not sending troops directly to fight contri or country b but we are arming the local resistance to fight the aggressors. the russians did that to us . the chinese to us . we were fighting in vietnam. they helped the viet cong and then the nba. this has been done since time immemorial. i dont understand why biowarfare are not want these things to be out there. they do want it to be out there is because a lot of critics say because they...

Fighters, the leadership of zelenskyy. it has been powerful. it has been inspirational, it has been one of the biggest surprises. the second big surprise, of course, is the poor performance of the russians, their lack of morale, their poor logistical planning, their inability to beat a much smaller force. i have to say despite how inspired we are by the effectiveness of the ukrainians and the high casualties theyre imposing upon the russians i think we should be careful not to assume ukraine is ...

Perception and any sort of escalatory perception that would be accompanied by our moves. and so that is why part of the reason why were continuing to supply our ukrainian partners with this massive amount of security assistance, so they can effectively take on the russians. and what youve seen, bianna, were now three weeks into this. russian forces have been stalled throughout large parts of the country. i think that speaks to the effectiveness of the bravery, the courage that ukrainians are def...

Was 50%. so, one, its a very, very big deal and two, peoples experience tells them what the president is saying doesnt quite add up. >> bret: jeff, we dont know how long this is going to last. clearly this is having a devastating effect on the russian economy. the "new york times" writes it this way facing economic calamity putin talks of nationalizing western businesses. particular concern post soviet integration into the world, economy like mcdonalds, ikea, mr. putin told officials in the tele...

But what is the operational effectiveness going to be of whatever we end up providing the ukrainians, and that is the most important thing. putins reaction is secondary because we can generally mitigate whatever hes going to do. >> so reportedly there -- already happening are military equipment handoffs over the polish border. would it be your estimation that the u.s. is involved in that and just doesnt want to say it out loud? >> that would be a good educated guess. i think its in our natural i...

They shout defiantly. both countries fighting the imperial oppressor. they travel from warsaw to war, hours first to the border. a final sip of safety before a crossing off limits to our camera. their sights set on victory for two nations in arms. mark lowen, bbc news, on the poland—ukraine border. the russian billionaire alisher usmanov says he no longer owns many of his uk properties that once belonged to him. that could leave them beyond the reach of government sanctions. they included a mu...

And youre right, maybe 15 miles we have russian tanks. but they are not moving because ukraine and armed forces stop them. and during the last seven days, they cannot move one single meter. but we have less and less ammunition and we do not allow -- we are not giving up. we are not forgive the putin this type of things and i am absolutely confident that we will fight in every single house, every single street, and every single quarter in kyiv, in kharkiv, in all of the cities would be the hell f...

They want? almost impossible. volunteers _ they want? almost impossible. volunteers are _ they want? almost impossible. volunteers are getting - they want? almost impossible. volunteers are getting around. they want? almost impossible. i volunteers are getting around the region, trying to get some food and resources in the city, but it is almost impossible for locals to leave the region and the city. it has been good to talk to you. anastasia, thanks forjoining us. the russian billionaire alishe...

Support the transfer of the fighters to the ukrainian air force at this time and have no desire to see them in our custody either. lets walk you through the reasons for this. first, we believe the best way to support ukrainian defense is by providing them the weapons and the systems that they need most to defeat russian aggression, in particular anti-armor and air defense. we, along with other nations continue to send them these weapons and we know theyre being used with great effect. slowed rus...

Could use, they dont think it would be effective to send more aircraft to ukraine right now. president zelenskyy has pleaded for more aircraft, saying they desperately need it. i guess the question is, how do you square the u.s. assessment with what president zelenskyy on the ground in ukraine says he needs for his air force? >> well, i would say first the u.s. military is one of the best militaries in the world. what we are basing our assessment on is our intelligence assessment and military ex...