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Might escalate. that seems ridiculous now, but thats where it was. and so with every increase in capability thats been provided, russia, they havent escalated, because they cant escalate. those nuclear weapons that they have, of course we take that seriously, but those weapons are only effective as long as they dont use them. once they use them, then theyre done, because the biden administration... they might be done. we might be done. no, thats not going to happen. its not going to happen. the ...

>> if its real, then i am all for it. its either be imprisoned for nine years or get out in six months if you are lucky. but thats if you are lucky. >> pronegotiation himself recently did something that would have once seemed unfathomable. according to officials, he directly confronted vladimir putin about his belief that russian generals are mismanaging the war in ukraine and that more aggressive tactics, more aggressive tactics, need to be used. >> i want to bring in cnns chief international c...

Only effective as long as they dont use them. once they use them, then theyre done, because the biden administration... they might be done. we might be done. no, thats not going to happen. its not going to happen. the biden administration has made it clear that there will be catastrophic consequences for russia if they use any sort of nuclear weapon. and i think the people, at general staff, they know that, they understand that. and so this is why i think it is so unlikely that that would happen...

Does ma mean it would consider that to be a threat to the existence of russia? this comes after we had new reporting this week of multiple sources telling cnn that u.s. intelligence assessments show that russian generals have already discussed how and when to use tactical nuclear weapons. now there is no evidence that russias preparing to use these but, again, this is consistent with the doctrine weve seen come out of the kremlin time and time again, that president putin is willing to make that ...

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>> yevgeny prigozhin himself recently did something that once would have once seemed unfathomable. according to u.s. officials, prigozhin directly confronted vladimir putin about his belief that russian generals are mismanaging the war in ukraine and that more aggressive tactics -- more aggressive tactics -- need to be used. i want to bring in cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward in kyiv, ukraine. clarissa, prigozhin as really used the chaos of this war as a way to bolster his own...

Prepare for a strike. the national security council declined to report on this, which nbc news was not immediately able to confirm independently. admiral, how concerned are you with someone who studied this stuff and worked in the field on this stuff about the possibility of a tactical nuclear weapon, willie, supreme commander, held the nuclear codes and very familiar with this terrain. first i offer reassurement. take the strategic nuclear exchange. the kind of apocalyptic movement off the tabl...

Those conversations. but the fact that military leaders were even having the discussions alarmed the biden administration, because it showed how frustrated russian generals were about their failures on the ground and suggests that mr. putins veiled threats to used nuclear weapons might not just be words. nbc news is working to independently confirm this. molly hunter joins me now from kyiv. molly, what more do we know about north korea supplying the russians? what are you seeing on the ground to...

>> and chinas? >> chinas is around $200 billion. >> $200 billion. >> at most. >> at most. >> a good information to combine the russian and chinese defense budgets and theyre smaller than the european defense budget, lit alone ours. >> by the way, i dont even mean to interrupt you be but like a southern member of the armed services committee. so admiral, tell me this, how many chinese generals have ever been in a battle with -- where theyve had an unfriendly fire aimed at them? >> im going to hol...

Were not seeing anything that makes us think theyve changed their nuclear posture, tamp down rhetoric on that, because actually the west getting afraid of that is exactly what vladimir putin would like. >> crossed over top of the hour talking to admiral james on the weapons. "new york times" reporting senior russian military leaders recently held conversations about how and when moscow might use a tactical nuclear weapon inside ukraine. a number of senior officials tellings "times" russian presi...