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To capture russian soldiers in ukraine. i want to remind everybody that when president biden was speaking in poland at exactly the same time russians were firing the missiles to the closest place to the polish border. so russians do not intend to have peace right now. they intend to have more and more fight, more and more leverage in these negotiations. and this is why we need heavyweight in this negotiations. this is why we need the support of everybody who truly wants peace, of all the democra...

>> hala, i believe it is at the very most a repositioning of the russian forces. i dont think theyre really de-escalating, and i dont think that they are withdrawing. and it looks as if the russians are not being true to their word in this case. >> so why say it? >> because i think it gives them the idea that -- a little diplomatic leverage for them, and it makes it look as if they are doing something that is related to perhaps a peaceful resolution of this crisis. but, in es sence, it gives the...

And countries with ill intentions see now it is their time. pete: to make a move. bryan llenas reported on it earlier in the hour. followed up. the report was the consulate was unmanned. his understanding it just happened not to be timed at the time of the attack. it is new, not currently occupied. not surprisingly iranians are using an at the semitic reasons for taking action. firing missiles from your own soil aimed at u.s. consulate, youre trying to send a signal to somebody. theyre sitting a...

You are seeing the video footage the same as we are. we know thats the tactic they are trying to force the surrender of ukrainians in these cities. thats not working the ukrainians are the counter attacking in places like kyiv and mykolaiv in the south. that appears to be what they are trying to do. whether they are trying to negotiate -- im sorry not negotiate. whether they are trying to gain leverage at the negotiating in terms of these attacks that could be one outcome it could be the sign of...

Aid would be headed to ukraine. and gives us a sense here that as much as the allies are rallying together and putting this pressure on putin, that at the end of the day, this war will end when he decides that it will. because he decides he finally will come to the negotiating table in good faith which so far seems like they have not. one what are the other steps between now and then the administration could take to get putin there? >> the facts on the ground always drive 90% of the reality of d...

Whether this is genuinely a change in their objectives. but the statement that theyve made about how theyre going to focus on the eastern region now and claiming they never really aimed to go after kyiv or the west and now we do see more russian forces and activity and energy focused on that eastern donbas region. it does suggest the russians might be narrowing their objectives and try and seize just part of ukraine, perhaps the eastern part of ukraine and declare victory or at least use that as...

Youve got this one right, trace. i think vladimir zelinski is trying to gain maximum leverage and hes got a little bit of uplift because for now, for weeks the ukrainian forces have hammered the russians. what the russians are doing is desperation. he knows hes kind of got them in a bit of a pickle, a bit of a bind. so hes going to push that dialog all the way to his maximal concern to get out of ukraine proper, including the eastern donbas. as you said, that is along our bridge across the way h...

This is a piece of ground that russia has long coveted and long wanted. we think they certainly overextended themselves in the early weeks of this conflict. talking on multiple lines of access, north, south, east, trying to take the capital city, and they realize that theyre not gonna do that. so looks like theyre going to redouble their efforts in the donbas region, which they have been fighting over now for eight years. its unclear whether this is a negotiating tactic, mr. putin wants to get m...

Hardest-hit people in this conflict are going to be the civilians, of course, brianna. >> certainly they are. and that is something vladimir putin is doing to increase his leverage in these negotiations. natasha, thank you so much for that report. so, russian television now responding to arnold schwarzenegger and his blistering video the actor and former california governor condemned the war and asked the russian people to not believe the kremlins claims. now, one russian host dismissed the vi...

Allies, saudi arabia, turkey, egypt. all of these countries have taken citizens and held them hostage in recent years. and then there has to be actual credible deterrence on the back end when we bring these people home to make this kind of hostage take k harder for governments to do in the future, to make them think twice about making americans, you know, political leverage in their negotiations with the united states. >> our thanks to jason zion there from the "washington post." now to a stor...