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Call russia a hard target for intelligence gathering. i want to read to you what one of the sources familiar with this kind of latest effort said to us at cnn that i think gets at the challenge of this dynamic. this official said to us that everything that the u.s. has in term of putins mental state in the realm of conjecture because the decisions and statements dont seem to be making sense. for years, decades, putin has acted according to a pretty specific template. so, you know, jim, i think t...

If i focus on the cyber element. the history of this. weve had disruptive cyber attacks by russia and ukraine since 2014. theyve used it as a testing bed, as a playground. this has taken place from the russian state, russian affiliate and theyve attacked the energy, trucking, finance, electoral, continuous business disruption. there are three main things russia has been doing really. intelligence gathering is very important. this benefits russian foreign policy decisions. what were going to see ...

>> already. >> already. this is more of a question of analysis than intelligence gathering, but you can tell that this is something of key interest because this report caused a bit of a fire storm. >> and its also very interesting that theyve been saying that putin may not actually be getting an accurate picture of the war. to complicate all of this, maybe the truth that he is operating with whats different than what is happening on the ground. katie bo lillis, great reporting. thank you so much...

-- this convoy of russian vehicles is a perfect example. in iraq in 2003, the u.s. dominated the airspace from the start. we expected to see the same here, but ukrainian jet and drones are still flying. they commanding control remains intact, russian forces are vulnerable to air attacks. so why isnt the russian air for doing better? >> somewhere in the region of about 80 to 100 flying hours per year. that compares to pretty badly in western counterparts. in the west we often get between 2 to 300...

Through excellent used the weaponry supply to them by the west. these anti-tank missiles -- are just one of the examples. it has become clear that the ukrainians have good intelligence gathering. they are weaponizing the disillusionment of -- brothers in the russian military. but it will be wise to underestimate russia and this conflict, military organizations can learn to over lap and -- putin decides to take the war ford, as a battle of -- his military will do that. it means scenes like these ...

Double down and make sure that we put the fear of the west in vladimir putins mind. >> dana: how much should we be concerned about cyberattacks, a new form of warfare? >> we should always be concerned and here is a good news story. the fact that the u.s. and nato and western governments were prepared and said this is going to probably happen. a lot of intelligence sharing early on that helped the ukrainians defend against those attacks. were not out of the woods yet. it is also an area what does...

Cyberattacks can be devastating, just not on the battlefield, according to researchers who looked at 10 years of armed conflicts around the world.

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