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Its yet to be seen how successful they are. the important thing is the ukrainian military cannot allow itself to be encircle ordinary destroyed, because then theres nothing stopping the russian military in the country. ukraine is fighting them alone in terms of personnel and people and units. >> so far, the ukrainians have been able to maintain flexibility and maneuverability. it is their strength. obviously, essential for them to keep that the case. general ryan, thank you so much for being wit...

Number one, the troops are undisciplined. the units are undisciplined and that the russian military is in disarray. a pullback from kyiv didnt have to have those kinds of atrocities associated with it. i think were seeing this across the board in all regions, and ukraine, were going to hear about more atrocities like this as we go forward. >> im afraid that is an accurate assessment. ambassador taylor, brigadier general ryan, thank you, gentlemen. appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> thank you...

Consultation. we can see that playing out right now in realtime. laura? boris? >> jasmine wright traveling with the prez in wilmington, delaware, thank you. dig deeper. former u.s. ambassador to ukraine william taylor is with us and retired brigadier general kevin ryan. thank you for sharing part of your sunday with us. general ryan, start with you. u.s. intelligence indicates russia is now focused on the eastern part of ukraine. the donbas region. ukrainian officials say the entire kyiv regio...

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By some state government. >> general ryan, if you would hold with us, and i want to ask you about this. and he want -- israels prime minister are has instructed the israeli defense systems to begin operations in gaza, not a huge surprise. this has been talked, anticipated for several days as a bombing campaign, rockets being fired by hamas militants into israel, as well as israeli forces firing into targets throughout gaza system and throughout gaza. christiane amanpour joining us from london. a...

Holding vladimir putin and the russian government responsible for not closing that border between russia and eastern ukraine and continuing to allow the free flow of heavy weaponry, according to what the more than fini minister told me yesterday. this is a major ccatastrophe thd have implications in geo strategic meetings right now. >> and also the anniversary. there all carrying on the exact day in july 17, 1996, when twa flight shot down off the coast of long island, killing all on board. we a...

Means something in these cases? >> yeah. absolutely it is. and youre right to point out that this is not just an issue or a problem locally within europe but its the rest of the world is watching this. and the united states, i think, technically if you read the agreement, the united states and other countries are not required or duty bound to send troops in or to provide immediate aid but the implication was clear and obvious to everyone who signed that agreement and everyone who would read you ...

Retired brigadier general, kevin ryan. barbara, to you, this is supposed to be an appearance by the secretary of defense outlining the new dod budget but he used the occasion to outline some new steps the u.s. military is taking in the face of what the u.s. cease as russian aggressive steps in ukraine. >> absolutely, wolf. the administration has been so adamant that this is all a diplomatic effort. it still i. f for the first time, we are seeing the u.s. military and the pentagon get involved by...

In my backyard, that old saying. senators, congressmen, they are all for cutting defense spending unless its in their district or home state because this is about jobs. its about veterans in their communities. its about access to military health care in their cities and towns. nobody in the congress wants to be in favor of cutting that but they all say they want to cut defense spending and hagel is facing a real fight on this front. he knows it. but the point that the u.s. is making is this whol...

Jake? >> very disturbing. christine romans, thank you. in washington, d.c. today defense secretary chuck hagel is taking his proposal to scale down the size of the u.s. military directly to the u.s. congress. and thats where hes going to find some lawmakers who have not only voiced concern about this proposed budget but who have also pledged to protect those affected in their home states and districts. hagel will be joined by the joint chief of staffs martin dempsey. lets bring in barbara star...