brought in to the black sea and then, into the sea of azov, the landing ships, they have the ability to bring russian marines, and russian military to shore their, but they also have missile capability. those are amongst some of the russian military s most precise capabilities, for targeting from afar. this is an interesting point, because we ve had discussions about the ukrainian military, how fierce they are, and how enthusiastic they are. this is almost like a symmetric warfare, right? when you talk about missiles, you re talking about the sheer number of troops, when you re talking about the russian trained army, their warships in the black sea and the sea of azov, it doesn t really matter how enthusiastic the ukrainian defenses, they re not a match for a ground game with the russians. the ukrainian military really has grown and expanded by leaps and bounds since just 2014, and that has come in part because they have had training from a lot of allies, including the united state
now. i also think that what ukraine needs most, not to inflict and pinion on russians, has to take what they can, and take out russian aircraft, if it has the missile capability, and is a capability that is in the surrounding shore. so, we need [inaudible] with a civilian aircraft from poland. but i do think that the administration could reject a no-fly zone, because it would be too likely to cause more between the united states, and russia. intelligence, chairman adam schiff, thank you for joining us tonight. coming up, new cracks in the propaganda wall. vladimir putin has built in russia on state-run tv, just last night, and russia. some pundits, actually, calling for an end to putin s war in ukraine. that s next.
missile test given the distance and altitude that the north koreans achieved. your concerns about the threat, that kind of missile capability, that they successfully achieved poses and can you tell us anything about your latest assessment about potential activity at their underground nuclear test site. i m not going to talk about intelligence assessments, barbara. i think you know that. and we re still, as i said, analyzing this last test. i m not going to get ahead of that process. we ve been very clear about the threat that north korean ballistic missile program poses to the region and that includes their continued advancements to the nuclear program.
0 we hand-off to martha. john: did you say something? sandra: we re looking live at the pentagon where we re expecting an update on what the u.s. military will say as their react to vladimir putin and his next move. john: russia saying they re backing off and u.s. officials say don t believe it for a second. good to be with you, sandra. sandra: you too. i m sandra smith. john: and i m john roberts. the story with martha starts right now. martha: thanks. i m martha maccallum at fox news head quarters in new york. here s the story. a lot is moving at this hour. a lot of updates from the pentagon and the white house. those are moments away. the white house obviously a lot of editorials today questioning the president s abilities and it s coming from the wall street journal, the washington post and coming under continued scrutiny. this photo shows him holding verbatim notes on how to answer the regime change blush. and russians is they re backing off in kyiv. president ze
0 official, i asked him if president putin is directing this himself. and he said yes, that is how it is going. that is not surprising. we know that president putin makes all of the decisions. in the end, he will have had advice from that small clique around him, that ultimately he is the decision-maker. and another element of his televised address, which to reiterate, if russians will be stunned by. waking up and seeing now, another man from that televised address, which is chilling frankly. is that president putin requires russian s nuclear capability. and clearly, openly threatens western leaders. even after the collapse of the ussr, losing a significant part of the nuclear potential. today, russia is one of the most nuclear powers. and he says, i think that this is a direct message to the west. in this regard, no one should have any doubt that a direct attack on russia will lead to defeat and dire consequences for a potential aggressor. and so, i just want to say all, just before t