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russia. another hour of christiansen reports starts right now. ight now good morning, it is sunday june 25th. i am chris jansing. velshi is in -- hes making his way to ukraine to report on the events of the last few days. thats where we begin this hour. an extraordinary, tell, and potentially game changing 24 hours. this morning, this leads the u.s. and the world with questions in the aftermath of the greatest threat in vladimir putins 23 year rule. its weakened his authority? but does...

Front yesterday, and gains by the ukrainians as well. chris. >> el rio -- clint watts, thank you so much. joining me now, former cia officer, john cipher. cofounder is by cropped entertainment, and a nonresident senior fellow at the atlantic council. its great to have you. here for the institute and the study of war, as you, know as a washington d.c. based think tank, which has been intently following russias invasion of ukraine, says that the kremlin failed to mount a response to -- underscore ...

Luxury of numbers. he can continue this type of an engagement, and look, lets be frank with each other. every time the russians have engaged with the ukrainians in close combat, they have lost. so what the russian forces are doing, we see this, its now become the standard operating procedure. they use dumb rockets and they target from a distance indiscriminately. this can continue for the longest time, and i think its safe to say, erin, that putin is not going to do an about face and depart russ...

Push forward and kill until he can figure out a way that at least makes him look like hes had some sort of victory. >> thank you both very much. i appreciate your time. john cipher and retired major general spider marks with us here. victor and alisyn, back to you. >> erin, thank you very much, we will check back with you. meanwhile. >> prices at the gas pump soaring to new highs. what, if anything, can the white house do now? “few of us will ever dive so deep into our cars, but those who do...

Im erin burnett in kyiv, and theres a grim warning if the u.s. intelligence community that the war here in ukraine will likely drag on much longer than expected and will likely get worse in the coming months. >> the uncertain nature of the battle which is developing into a war of attrition combined with the reality that putin faces a mismatch between his ambitions and russias current conventional military capabilities likely means the next few months could see us moving along a more unpredictabl...

Committed by vladimir putin against a free people in ukraine. the united states cannot afford to sit and do nothing and so sanctions are appropriate, all the other measures we are taking now, i believe, are fully appropriate, though, as i said earlier, we need to be on full alert for some form of possible action by vladimir putin directed against the united states. and im sure we are. >> jeh johnson, john cipher, thank you both very much for your expertise. well, germany aligns with the europe...

>> well, erin, those talks will be continuing and broadening out throughout the course of this week. russian -- russian officials are meeting nato officials in brussels on wednesday. the day after, there will be meetings with the european security organization. only after that, by the end of the week, are we going to get a clearer picture of whether russia is determined to press ahead on ukraine, or whether it can be convinced to step back from the brink. >> matthew, thank you very much. reporti...

Right, putin invaded then and -- and now, he is massing on the border. didnt happen during the trump administration. and i am wondering why you think putin is choosing to do this now, to test no you? now. >> well, a couple reasons. one is, you know, he is essentially losing in ukraine. in 2014, he -- you know, people there wanted a democratic future. he pushed back, he invaded, he took crimea. teek the eastern part of the country. um, and since that time, he has tried to undermine their politics...

Deputy chief of russian operations john cipher. thank you for being with us this morning. we heard from admiral kirby talking about the situation there. we also know that the ukrainian view of the conversation that president biden had with president zelensky is different than the u.s. view of it. why is that? >> well, you know, i wouldnt put too much stock in this. there is really different perspectives and it is understandable. the main difference they this is over sanctions, i think. so presid...

Intelligence here at home. >> john cipher, there has been such a strategic use of the intelligence products and "the new york times" has some great reporting from the weekend by reporters about how this has been a concerted effort to avoid war. that declassifying this information is designed to keep putin on his toes. if thats even achievable. your reaction. >> i think thats exactly whats happening here. the administration is sort of wisely trying to use all of its tools to avoid war. and so the...