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Really done unusual things in releasing information and telegraphing his moves. clearly putting him off stride. how difficult is it for the agencies to keep doing this as the war progresses? >> well, i think its the clear intention of the biden administration to push out as much intelligence as a possible to expose what russia is doing inside ukraine. and so, if theres intelligence available about russias plans and intentions to use chemical biological agents against the local population, i thin...

Continued. and so she might have a point when she says that there is an element of skepticism when it comes to russias intentions about being serious for peace talks. at the same time, you can see volodymyr zelenskyys point of view. he is a leader hold up in kyiv the last few weeks. hes spoken to the world, hes appealed to leaders, but it is not doing very much because he is still seeing his civilians die. look at what is happening in mar pal, this kharkiv, kyiv, mykolaiv. the bombing has contin...

Mind its previous assurance thats it had no intentions to invade ukraine. >> translator: it is in the minds of western politicians that nuclear war is going on. not in the minds of russians. >> reporter: only president putin knows how far he would really go. in the meantime, its a gamble that the west cant afford to take. cnn in london. >> our thanks to nina for that report. a city under fire. people crying as adults franl particularly look for a lost orphan as they try to evacuate one of the ...

To put them to use to defend their people as well. >> general, its a good time to step back from this and see the strategy that the russians are employing. this attack on this maternity hospital in mariupol was the 18th such hospital target. the world health organization is calling it a massive humanitarian crisis. the red cross says its a disaster of impeachable intentions. if this is the strategy and appears to be, is it meant to suck the will out of the ukrainians or make them feel so devasta...

>> reporter: this expert says the mere threat is designed to change the dynamics of the war. >> hes in a corner. somebody in a corner. in situation does become more dangerous. hes more prepared the take risks. still, it is most unlikely. the probability is low. >> reporter: the last time nuclear weapons were unleashed in 1945, more than 100,000 died. could a u.n. disarmament conference, japan expressed grave concern about russia. >> as the only country to have suffered atomic bombings during the...

Its public. you can read all the reasons for nuclear arms to be used. so if it is an existing threat for our country, then it can be used in accordance with our concept. >> so they seem fine leaving on the table the option of using nuclear weapons here, which should be unbelievable to everyone. what do you say to this? >> i dont think russia will use nuclear weapons, because using nuclear weapons means, you know, passing the threshold that is an area of no return. so this is something like havin...

There are such security members. if you are an honest person and have no bad intentions, there is nothing to worry about. >> reporter: was the word saboteur in your vocabulary before the war started? finding links to russia is complicated in a country filled with russian speakers. >> translator: it is simply impossible to consider every russian-speaking person is saboteur. a saboteur may have russian accent, not just be a russian speaker. >> the ukrainian security service in lviv says only soldi...

Trying to take the life of vladimir zelensky because hes an extraordinary figure of leadership in this entire fight in ukraine. it seems according to these reports that people are tipping off these assassins and being told their whereabouts. >> yes, martha. you know, its no surprise to me that hes sending these kind of teams out there. but yes, the chechens are extremely good at what they do. the special forces. if they were that easily compromised its because somebody is collaborating with the ...

Unprecedented release, an unprecedented realtime declassification of sensitive intelligence by an american president strategically to stay one step ahead. but for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. and i think thats working in the form of, for example, reports over the weekend that putin has purged his top senior intelligence officials and some of his military officials. thats got to be at least in part because of an increasing paranoia, alicia. who around me is responsible fo...

Hurting russia, they are consolidating putins power within the country and making him a more robust enemy of the united states. >> tucker: but wait, that is kind of the last thing we want to do, isnt it? i just want to assume for the purpose of this conversation, good intentions of the part of people who back sanctions, they most people for sanctions think they work, but you are saying they are having the opposite effect? >> i know individuals on the ground in russia who are frankly anti-putin a...