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Because he wants to take more territory in ukraine. hes made it clear as day. no words are going to stop his tanks at this moment. wars tend to end in two ways, either one side wins or theres a stalemate on the battlefield, and right now we have neither of those conditions. its just crystal clear to me. i watch russian television, read what he says, listen to his people pretty closely that they want to connect crimea to donbas and thats what this war is about, and maybe then, once they have achi...

False, grotesque analogies, so we wont spend time on that. we will talk, though, mr. ambassador, about the lack of discipline among the russian troops. could you ever have imagined it being this badsome. >> no, honestly not. i think its a very important point. you were stalking about it with admiral stavridis before. you know, before this war, russia would rank third or fourth as one of the worlds biggest, best armies. and if you look at the number of soldiers and the amount of money spent and t...

They are on paper play out in actual wins and losses on the battlefield. >> let me ask you, ambassador, about conversation we had earlier this morning with a friend of ours, a friend of the show, dr. jeff see sax, obviously from columbian university. dr. sax suggested that the united states needed to do more in the area of diplomacy, that were too focused on fighting this war, too focused on winning this war. and we asked how you negotiate with vladimir putin and said you can negotiate with thir...

Lets give them credit. the s-300 system that they have from slovakia will help, but im not an expert but i talk to ukrainian government officials every single day, and their attitude is thank you and now give us more. thank you, now do more. those are great sanctions, now do more. and they dont feel like they have the capabilities to do a no-fly zone now yet, but they want to get to that. with respect to the attrition war, thats a great question. i dont have a great answer. tragically, they coul...

Diplomatic talk would not? >> yes. i mean, it is a tactic of his horrible, heinous war. and, you know, sometimes i dont even like to use the word "war, with the right? why do we call killing negligent civilians in mariupol, wiping out the city completely, thats not war. thats something else. but it is part of the strategy, and it puts pressure on president zelenskyy. imagine what it feels like to be president zelenskyy and to be sitting in kyiv and not being able to protect your citizens in citi...

Days that may 9th, the commemoration in russia of the former soviet unions victory over germany in world war ii, could be an important landmark for this conflict too. you know russia. you know putin. we know he likes historical markers. the ukrainians have warned washington that might be something putin tries to mark. the white house less certain. what do you think? >> el well, its getting a lot of attention and most certainly may 9th is the most important date in russian history right now. i at...

Horrific nature of this war. >> ambassador michael mcfaul, thank you very much for being on this morning. we appreciate it. >> thank you. up next, were just minutes away from the opening of the markets. as netflix prepares to release its quarterly earnings, the once unthinkable could be on the table for the streaming giant. and breaking news, the imf talking about a downturn next year. is a recession in your future? well talk to andrew about that as well. >> just in time to have andrew on. a...

While hes still gaining territory. and right now putin is gaining territory. >> maybe rather than war he is decimating and eliminating the people of ukraine one by one. >> yes. >> some experts along the way have said the end game or one end game if this is won is just to wear the russians down, keep fighting, keep supplying weapons so that the russians are worn down. i dont really -- does that really end it, though? because i think it doesnt give putin any way to save face, thats one. and the ot...