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A lesson which vladimir putin has totally forgotten l in recet weeks. he seemed already to have been living in a sort of hermetically sealed world. clearly he was being told what he wanted to hear by the people who wanted to obey him. he was getting terrible information because of the structure that the kremlin has been the dictator like structure, the stalinesque structure. and now we see ctur one of the consequences of this , not just that he underestimated the ukrainians, but m he massively o...

But emphasized that americans will be steadfast in their support. well, at a separate event, president biden made his harshest condemnation yet of vladimir putin. a remark, the kremlin called unforgiveable. listen. >> oh, i -- i think he is a war criminal. >> i think he is a war criminal, says joe biden. russian troops in ukraine may be getting some badly needed help from back home. japan has released new images of russian warships passing through its waters, possibly carrying troops and combat ...

Economically, eventually hell come around and see things more our way. we learned in the last three weeks, long before the last three weeks, but especially in the last three weeks that is not true. i want you to listen to jake sullivan here, the presidents national security, saying he sees in these russian attacks expanding to other parts of the country is vladimir putin back on his heels. >> what it shows is putvladimir putin is frustrated by the fact his forces are not making the progress he t...

Oysters and gender freedom. >> cnns senior international correspondent jim bittermann joining us now. it was quite the speech, rambling in many ways. hes increasingly, jim, lashing out here, these warnings to russian citizens who dont support the war. what are we hearing about the reaction to that, and what its real impact is? >> reporter: well, i can only wonder what the average russian was thinking when they heard their president last night speaking in the fashion that he did. lets just play a...

We have breaking news and new reaction from the white house on russias deadly attack on a ukrainian military base, just miles from a nato country. nbcs leigh ann caldwell joins us once again from washington. what are they saying about the significance of this attack? >> reporter: so alex, they are saying it is definitely significant, but not necessarily surprised at this happening. so, administration officials, especially jake sullivan, the head of the nsa, was on the sunday shows this morning, ...

>> well, first, thanks for having me, dana. weve been warning since well before this invasion got under way in february ha the plans for this invasion involved russia attacking all over ukraine, southern ukraine, eastern ukraine and, yes, western ukraine. this does not come as a surprise to the american intelligence and national security community. what it shows is that vladimir putin is frustrated by the fact that his forces are not making the kind of progress that he thought that they would ma...

Supplies, military armaments, for the purpose of what? to neutralize him? how long will this last? the brutal day to day victims that we have seen destroyed, families ruined. our country decimated. what is the end game for america to help as long as what? whats the end game for ukraine, the ukrainian people, whats the end game for putin? i tell you, hes not going to stop, because he has no other alternative in order to justify his conduct. and lashing out at his own people, this man, remember, a...

Ukrainian. similar messages sent to chicago russian tea time restaurant. where the employees are ukrainian. >> we really feel pain. we have a waitress whose mother is hiding in a bomb shelter in kyiv. >> las vegas a bar owner is dumping russian made vodka. back in new york, theres no more mcputin. his children changed the name of the take out restaurant and delivery business. >> i believe they call it chi chi chicken. >> they will never change the name russian bar. >> you think you can survive t...

Vladimir putin has totally forgotten in recent weeks. he seemed already to be living in a sort of hermetically sealed world. clearly he was being told what he wanted to hear by the people who wanted to obey him. he was getting terrible information because of the structure that the kremlin has been, the dictator-like structure, the stalinesque structure, and now we see one of the consequences. not just that he underestimated the ukraine is but he massively overestimated the abilities of his own a...

Lashing out. he has lost three or 42 general officers in combat. that is unheard of. hes lost 7,000 troops minimum so far. that is what we lost in 20 years in iraq and afghanistan together. so i believe the more trouble -- this is the problem. to me, the more trouble in the mark warner putin believes he is, the more irrational he will be and i thi- let me put it at the level of possibility -- that he will unleash a single tactical nuclear weapon, aim it at a field someplace just to remind people...