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By his military struggles and he may see his only option as doubling down on violence as well as lashing out at under links and the worldwide condemnation of his actions. tough sanctions left russias economy and the ruble in free fall with banks at risk of failure as russian citizens try to withdrawal their savings. russias stock market remains closed for the week. the russian dictator badly miscalculate his ukrainian counterpart volodymyr zelenskyy that made an emotional speech from his homelan...

Who is he talking to? who is giving him advice? is he really just alone with his own thoughts. there are those western officials who have been saying that he appears to be lashing out to underlings, that he is getting angry, upset. so the decisionmaking process is an important one that western intelligence officials will be focused on, and a lot im afraid does hang on president putin himself because, you know, he is the boss. he is the godfather. he is the one man band. he is the general. you kn...

Night, boris. an extremely good night for the ukrainian resistance, not only the military but guerilla activity. they are doing what they can to counter the russian forces. what were seeing, i talked in the last couple of days on cnn, the russians are outrunning their supply line. theyre extremely stretched as far as conducting operations from four different directions. their leadership within the country is terrible. their logistics is extremely clumsy. and what you have is an interior force th...

The russians targeting civilians as well as using certain weapons by which we understand he means cluster bombs, does that surprise you? do you think thats where we are heading with this, prosecuting him? ben: absolutely. we have seen the videos of cluster bombs. they are distinctive. the u.s. biden administration being more coy and havent said they are committing war crimes but, yes, it is whats happening and its putin modu opprandi. theres no surprise that hes using those tactics and, of cours...

Help— what we can do that would be, help them be even more effective in defending ukraine against — effective in defending ukraine against against this russian onslaught. 0verthe against against this russian onslaught. over the last year, the united states, i will speak for the — the united states, i will speak for the united states, we have provided — for the united states, we have provided more than $1 billion in security assistance to ukraine, _ in security assistance to ukraine, more...

Sources tell nbc news the president of russia has grown increasingly frustrated by his military struggles in ukraine and is lashing out at people in his inner circle. the concern is a cornered and isolated vladimir pugh at this point may see more violence as his only option. today the kremlin raised the threat of nuclear war announcing its ballistic missiles, submarines and bombers were all on high alert. joining me now is arms control association executive director darryl kimball. thanks for be...

Thats like an axis of evil kind of rhetoric hes using there. what do you think? >> hes at war with reality, at war with truth. hes seeing it all crumbling. vladimir putin, usually known as a man of great discipline, as a man unhinged, railing against the support structure that surrounds him. the people of ukraine and the world are suffering because of it. >> the support system around him. what do you mean? >> the oligarchs, the military, the people who perpetuated this regime for two decades, he...

Lashing out at republicans and we appreciate that. but -- >> get to that in a minute. >> i think -- i do think some of us were surprised there wasnt a more direct connection between fighting and securing democracy both at home and abroad. i think that was an easy connection. >> last night for us was something else in politics because it coincided with a primary night. bring in kornacki. we have overtime in texas and the larger picture in texas to me was, its sort of the appetizer for what primar...

>> if you see i got, seized by got. if you have a house, sees the house. >> richard oberg of the foundation for the defense of democracy has putin caught rich russians off guard. >> i think its clear for public statements you are seeing from these oligarchs already distancing themselves from vladimir putin, they didnt expect this, they hope to run a campaign to distance themselves but the truth is they are complicit to putins crimes and they need held accountable just as much as vladimir putin. ...

Poland or if he moves on one of the baltic states like lithuania, estonia or latvia, that would trigger article 5. president biden has been very clear, we will defend nato territory, every inch of it. i support it. >> vladimir putin has threatened quote consequences youve never faced in your history for anyone who interferes with russias campaign. do you, sir, take that as threaten for nuclear war. is there any evidence suggesting that is a serious threat by vladimir putin? >> what i will say, a...