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Aleppo. they will then turn to level those cities. those cities turned into rubble as part of russian combat operations. so we could see, really, the beginning of the partial destruction of kyiv if this gets intense. >> again, something that would be unfathomable, incomprehensible and now we cant use those words to describe anything that might happen here. general marks, if russia does take control of kyiv, which at this point seems inevitable, barring some sort of a miracle because they just ha...

Im jake tapper with our continuing coverage of russias unprovoked attack and invasion of ukraine. explosions have been reported in more than a dozen cities throughout ukraine, including the capital kyiv. a short time ago, this blast rocked an airport in southeastern ukraine. vladimir putins predawn barrage from land, from sea and from air on a sovereign nation is unlike anything europe has seen since world war ii. i want to bring in cnn military analyst and retired army general james "spider" ma...

Imminent? i know you answered in the beginning you think its imminently as the president said, an invasion? >> yes, i do. a couple things in place. look whats happened in the donbas. look what happened in crimea, in terms of force buildup. the objective would be increase his presence there, have some slam elections and all the sudden everybody is happy, right? because the russians are are in charge and putin is also going to be with lukashenko from belarus, up in belarus over the weekend observi...

Important. and i would like to say that i had breakfast in the morning in ukraine and i will have my dinner in ukraine as well. i never leave home for long. >> all right. leapts talk about all of this. joining me right now, retired army major general, james marks, and aaron david miller, a cnn global affairs analyst and former middle east negotiator for the u.s. state department. good to see both of you. >> thanks, fred. >> general marks, whats your reaction to what were hearing from president z...

Some momentum. this helps that. but that also tells me, were looking at this incredible image. what are the ukrainians doing to disrupt this? i dont know. >> we dont know. >> i dont know. >> well keep an eye on that. general marks, thank you so much. >> you bet. >> revisiting it this with you throughout the hour. appreciate it. a strategic ukrainian city on the black sea, this is what we were talking about, under siege, but refusing to let russian invaders take control. were going there next. ...

General marks, thank you so much. appreciate you. in the last, you know, hour, president biden held a phone call with his national security team and cnns arlette saenz is in wilmington, delaware, where the president is spending the weekend. i imagine that call is over by now. what was discussed? >> well, fred, president biden spent part of the morning on the phone with his national security team as they are evaluating and updating him on the latest military advances by russia in ukraine. the p...

Through the political ramifications of planting a new flag, putting in a puppet leader and trying to establish a new government but thats going to experience resistance every step of the way. and the cities will continue to fight aggressively, because the ukrainians have demonstrated theyre not going to give this up with any amount of ease. >> and that is what appears to be ahead for ukraine. general marks, thank you for walking us through that. >> you bet. were getting word that russians are ...

Sharing with its nato partners. even as a matter of routine under normal protocols, but id anticipate theyre also breaking those protocols and giving the partners that much more deliberate and detailed intelligence that they probably have not given them before. and then the second thing is, how do you get that equipment, that new kit from staging areas, probably in poland and romania, into the fight? that becomes very, very difficult. that has to be done by ukrainian forces and in many cases, fi...

Spider marks, and william cohen. general marks, a senior u.s. defense official said today russian forces are, quote, digging in in their established defense positions in the north of kyivs city center. strategically what does that tell you, and do you think ukrainian forces are going to be able to keep control of kyiv? >> what it tells you is that the russian offensive is stalled. weve been kind of describing that for a couple of days. theyre in transition to a defensive position, which has real...

Would resort to these hellacious bombing attacks. general marks, thank you very much for your time. we appreciate it. >> absolutely, jim. thank you. coming up, how does president zelenskyy who is jewish, react to putins outrageous lie hes trying to denazify ukraine? hear his response, next. ly add1 to rinse, dry and shine your dishes. solve 3 proboblems at once with finish jetdry 3in1. this is vuity™, the first and only fda approved eye-drop that improves age-related blurry near vision. wait...