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>> there for realizing that russian blood will be shed from one of the sides, we turn our colonies around and lead in the opposite direction to the field camps and according to the plan. >> the kremlin says it doesnt know where bogosian is right now. this is a video where his troops seized military facilities on saturday. officials now tell cnn that u.s. intelligence believes they were planning to directly challenge russias military leadership for a while. meanwhile, washington did no...

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Armed. >> yeah. fascinating analysis, as always. thank you so much. a pleasure. >> thank you. >> speaking to capitalize on the chaos in russia, the ukrainian military had simultaneous counsel offenses. the fighting took place in several cities and towns in the east saying that there is progress in all directions but not providing further details. she also acknowledged heavy fighting in southern ukraine, where russian forces are trying to halt ukrainian advances. the former u.s. ambassador to ukr...

Counteroffensive last year. of course, they pulled out their forces after they took -- not taking it very well. ukrainians understand this. i suspect this will add a little bit of impetus to a counteroffensive which has not gone badly, but not gone as well as some people expected. >> that was john herbs, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. there is much more cnn coverage ahead on the russia situation. we will look on the impact the crisis will have on the one ukraine good youre watching newsroom....

Negotiations, at this point, ways to vladimir putins sense of the west is weak and he could outlast ukraine so these are a tactical and human strategic error on the heart of the bidens administration. before on the part. in terms of this withdrawal from kherson, do you think the people celebrating tonight our right to think it has brought them one step closer to victory? it one step closer to victory? it has. but there are many steps to go. and ukraine does not want there to be another ceasefire...

Impose a new round of sanctions -- russian sanctions. a lot to discuss now with ambassador john herbs, the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. perfect person to have this conversation with. its probably the most consequential trip of president bidens presidency. were expecting to see fresh sanctions. what else needs to come out of this high stakes nato summit? >> there are two things i think we can expect which is positive. one is more sanctions and two is agreement of plussing up natos forces in...

That the u.s. tried to make sure that china understands the isolations it could face if its seen as helping russia in its endeavors in ukraine. >> yes. all of this conflict needed with the chinese involvement to. josh, thank you for your reporting. appreciate it. my next guest was ambassador to ukraine from 2003 to 2006, john herbs is not director of the atlantic council. ambassador, thank you for joining me on the show tonight. what do you make of this reporting to nbc news that just confirmed ...

Are those options? here is one thats been proposed, in an open letter signed by 27 foreign policy experts. quote, we urge the biden administration, together with nato allies, to impose a limited no fly zone over ukraine, starting with protection for humanitarian corridors that were agreed upon in talks between russian and ukrainian officials. what we seek is the deployment of american and nato aircraft, not in search of confrontation with russia, but to avert ended her russian bombardment, that ...

>> and i talked to the president about this and i had a conversation phone call with rudy giuliani about it. i talked to the previous ambassador. i talked to the current ambassador and kurt volker and gordon sondland and every name you see in the media. not once as god is my witness was a bidens name, not the f m formfor former vice president of the united states ever mentioned. >> after i saw this interview, i called the former administration official, what do you make of this? this is presiden...

Down the kremlin. >> and the immediate response for the investigators was to blame the opposition for perhaps being behind the murder to create a martyr out of this or there was an indication of islamic terrorism or his personal life but the key question is whether the opposition will be intimidated or rally around the cause of this tragic event and perhaps stage additional protests going forward. >> andrew kramer stick with us because well bring in former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, john herbs,...