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Please stay safer. >> thank you. >> joining us is michael mcfaul and "the new york times" diplomatic correspondent michael crowly is back. ambassador mcfaul, let me ask you to pick up on what is the ripple effect. let me ask you something that i was thinking of. by bombing the factory where the neptune missiles are made the russians are confirming the russian lie and the missiles sink the flagship. right? >> thats a great point. that is an excellent point. i sometimes wonder why anybody ever bel...

Can assess through open sources. if not the free world needs to provide ukrainians with the quality and quality of weapons to prevail in donbas. a loss will produce the opposite. there are others with knowledge of the dynamic in the region and the stakes saying the same thing, that right now, ambassador taylor saying ukraine needs to win. tell me what that looks like and how short we are of doing for them what you call for in your piece. >> first, two things. the red line that michael is talking...

Let me be careful. they have chosen not to send m-29s. right? they have chosen not to send tanks. they draw the line different than what i am and where i would but generally speaking the new kinds of weapons you have, the quantity and the long range artillery they announced two days ago, zelenskyy gay them a list and they delivered. not a lot zelenskyy would say but they seem to be leaning in. weeks ago the government in ukraine quite disappointed how slow the united states and the west was movi...

Dismal and a failure and not saying this is a positive situation overall but it has in some ways reset american foreign policy in potentially nobler way with a clearer sense of purpose and secondary to the tragedy that i see no near term conclusion for in sight. >> claire, im happy we get to talk to you today. i think something that american viewers wrestle with is the human tragedy, the indiscriminate bombing of civilians which michael crowlys colleague lynsy brought home in a shot of civilians...

Dont think moscow is not noticing that. dont think that putin is not noticing that. we are really in a position to help them with ground munitions and this is largely being fought on the ground. it can make a difference. >> to claires point, michael, this is the latest estimate of how its going and i think its fair to say that ukraine exceeds the expectations that were held by the west 15 days ago. russia lost hundreds of vehicles. 15 to 20 fixed wing aircraft. estimated 20 to 25 helicopters. cu...

Attack all the more horrifying. thank you so much for being with us from lviv and joining us again with the great reporting and wonderful to see you both. joining the conversation is political analyst claire mccaskill and michael crowly. michael, to you first. it feels like the phase of the effort that courtney is talking about, the accurate dissemination of the intelligence about the amassing of troops on the ukraine border, about ramping up the numbers as putin is saying he was de-escalating. ...

Were to come to that. >> thank you for staying up late tonight for your reporting. claire and michael, theres already talk in this country and theres a lot of history with presidents of red lines. this is what adam kinzinger tweeted today. what is the red line with putin? what will it take for the u.s. to act? the threat of putin using chemical attacks in ukraine is very real. this is about humanity and doing whats right. what is the reaction to questions about red lines, michael? >> well, you k...

Create a safe zone. its quite clear that the rest of the west does not buy that view. >> thank you very much. and joining me now from washington, "new york times" white house correspondent covering foreign policy, michael crowly. the president treated that he will obliterate the economy of turkey if they do something that he believes to be off limits. im not sure if we yet have an answer to what exactly he means there. today he released a statement saying turkey has committed to protecting civil...

Little maybe neglectful. he should be punished. it wasnt a secret that he went -- that he went to that dinner. there are photos of him sitting next to putin. they were commented on during the campaign. i think the tushlg turkey issue. that was while he was national security advisor by trump campaign. quasi-islamist government, doesnt reveal that the day after trump wins he puts the op-ed in one of the washington newspapers making a pro-turkey case. then president trump hires him as national secu...