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Were certainly not prepared to send u.s. forces to ukraine so weve got to handle this with a little bit of care and we still ought to be looking for an acceptable diplomatic effort. >> so lets close on that point then. you mentioned putins cost/benefit analysis. president biden has to make a similar cost/benefit analysis. theres this exchange of papers. russia has questions. the united states is sending written response. nato is responding a written response. one thing putin wants is the united ...

Nato and the european union. getting out of the current crisis requires acting, not reacting. a, do you agree and, b, what would the acting part entail? >> i dont agree with it. i think putin is calculated. he put 100,000 troops on the border. he was probably thinking of using all of them. and then the strength of the u.s.-led western response got him to think again. i think now if he does act hes more likely to use something smaller. one of the reasons hed do something smaller is not to trigger...

President is doing now is not calibrated correctly? >> i think its fine that we put u.s. forces on alert. shorten the lead time that if they needed to be sent to europe they could be. i think thats just fine. i think it would be premature to send them to europe since one of the things were messaging to putin is essentially, if you go into ukraine, one of the ways you will pay a price is nato will be reinforced close to your borders in places like poland or hungary. he doesnt want it. so it seems...

Agreements. various pullbacks on forces, mutual ceilings on the forces putin would have near european countries. et cetera. its up to putin whether hes looking for an off ramp or something thats face-saving. as i keep saying, i dont rule out the possibility that he wont find satisfaction like what you were just talking about. some new formula. virtually everything has been tried. i wouldnt be surprised if at some point we increased russian presence in the western hemisphere. having russian bombe...

Relationship is strained. no matter what we do, its not quite enough. from our point of view, were taking reasonable steps in this case to reduce the vulnerability of american personnel and citizens. from ukraines point of view were signaling that we think war is likely. thats the last thing they want to see. this is a scratchy relationship, i think, thats inevitable what the foreign minister just said at the beginning of your program. he doesnt want deals made behind his back. hes talking about...

When you think of it is, that is a stunning statement considering ukraine is fighting one of the most powerful militaries in the world. >> we are all in this mired by what we, from not just the ukrainian force, the ukrainian people. it is hard to predict which way things are going to go. im sure the russians would never have predicted they would be in the place they are in at this point. our focus is to make sure that we do everything possible to provide as much support to the ukrainians so that...

The worlds democracies that are standing up to putin, and that is part of the message to china. because part of what china was concerned about was -- the united states saying we will watch -- europe was sending that message to china. thats unusual to stand up to china like that. so by showing the reinforce nato and u.s. european alliance, the message is to putin but also to china. >> i have something else unusual, mcfaul, a pro kremlin tabloid said nearly 10,000 troops have been killed in ukrain...

Ambassador to russia, and an msnbc international affairs analyst. his book, entitled, from cold war to what piece, an american ambassador in putins russia. ben rhodes, former deputy national security adviser for president obama, and kevin baron, the executive editor of defense one, with more than 15 years in washingtons defense, national security, and foreign affairs seen. ambassador mcfaul i ask you first, the pentagon says, russian troops continue having problems with basic supplies like food ...

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Thats the good news, and by the way, the ukrainians i, just talk to a very senior official in ukraine today, in kyiv, with the zelenskyy government. they feel pretty good about the way they are performing. its not just about capabilities, its about will to fight. the cranes have the will to fight, the russians dont. the bad news, as you just reported, it is the flip side of what our pentagon just said. that is, 10% of them lost, thats very good news, that means 90% of putins forces are still ava...