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Putin over many, many years you know that he is capable of just about anything. and if you combine that with what he felt was his role in history, to re-create this part of russia, historic russia, and he looked at his watch and thought, you know, time is running out. and that the moment is right. and there were lots of reasons for the moment being right but he had prepared for this for a long time and he decided to pull the trigger. and i think also, just understanding that, um, you know, he is...

All. not in rubles, and not in dollars and so its a dangerous game and i think there is very little credibility to the threat of actually shutting off those -- those resources. >> we heard from the u.s. president, he spoke publicly for the first time about what may or may not be happening with vladimir putin inside the kremlin. listen to this. here is joe biden. >> he seems to be -- im not saying this with a certainty -- he seems to be self-isolating and theres some indication that he has -- um ...

>> m.j., you also asked president biden about whether putin is being misinformed by his advisers as a u.s. official told cnn yesterday. what did he have to say to that? >> reporter: i did. i just asked the president how badly he believes vladimir putin is being misinformed by his advisers and this was the first time that the president ak addressed this issue ever since yesterday when u.s. officials declassified information showing that vladimir putin is getting bad information about how badly hi...

From the chernobyl nuclear plant after being exposed to high doses of radiation. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel begins our coverage this morning from eastern ukraine. >> reporter: russias military has suffered shocking setbacks in ukraine. some, self-inflicted. ukraines state nuclear company says two columns of russian troops left the chernobyl nuclear disaster site, still contaminated from the 1986 meltdown. the company said the russians are leaving after digging trenches in...

Indiscriminately into building in a mariupol neighborhood. verified video circulated online by a journalist embedded with the russian military show the intense fighting. this village outside chernihiv now back under ukrainian control. residents forced to leave. signs of russian defeat everywhere. and this is what it leaves behind. in a recently liberated area north of kyiv, graphic video shows the bodies of fallen soldiers on the ground and in the brush. and look at this damage. the village deci...

Military performance in ukraine. here is what u.s. president joe biden had to say. >> there is a lot of speculation. uh, but he seems to be -- im not saying this with with a certainty -- he seems to be self-isolating and theres some indication that he has -- um -- fired or put under house arrest some of his advisers. >> now, i want to bring in douglas london. he is a retired senior cia operations officer who is also the author of "the recruiter, spying and the lost art of american intelligence."...

Sabotaging their own equipment. and in the last hour president biden said putin may have forced out some of his top aides. listen. >> he seems to be -- im not saying this with certainty -- he seems to be self-isolating and theres some indication he has fired or put under house arrest some of his advisers. >> a short time ago the ukrainian nuclear authority said all but a small number of russian forces have withdrawn from the chernobyl site of that 1986 nuclear disaster the russian troops took co...

Assessment suggesting putin is being misinformed. yesterday president biden seemed to downplay the significance of that intelligence, even as his own administration went public with those findings. >> how badly is vladimir putin being misinformed? >> thats an open question. theres a lot of speculation but he seems to be, im not saying this with a certainty, he seems to be self-isolating and theres some indication that he has fired or put under house arrest some of his advisers. but i dont want t...

Escalatory. >> weve not confirmed or commented on the records from here. >> sandra: im not going to get into a future hypothetical. what i would reiterate, this is a war of aggression by the russian leadership, by president putin that has left millions of people displaced, homeless, has targeted civilians, hospitals and other innocent people across ukraine. we know who the aggressor is. that is president putin and russia. beyond that, i dont have any comment on military tactics. >> the president...

If there is a relocation down to the donbas area, it will be back into belarus or back into russia and this is sanctuary. nobody is firing into russia so the russian forces can regroup here and then over the course of, probably a week or so, they can maneuver those forces down there if in fact thats the priority as theyve stated. >> so jill, you know, you heard president biden say, again people have been talking about this but he actually came out and said it, so he said theres been a lot of spe...