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>> still today russian bombs are pushing closer and closer to nato territory. russia launching six missiles at lviv earlier today. the city only 43 miles from the polish border. lets bring in our military analyst, retired lieutenant general hertling. when you hear general mckenzie here, thats a point youve made, that the russian army is demonstrating incompetence and with that comes morale problems. and so you have that on the table, but yet, i also just want to bring up this close-up of where w...

Unusually emotional while meeting with u.s. military officials last week. in the document, u.s. officials said it revealed a revealing moment from a russian general. and defense officials say this could hint at growing morale problems inside putins armed forces. >> reporter: with russias war in ukraine stalled, and the u.s. saying morale is a problem for russian forces, cnn has learned of a rare meeting in moscow between u.s. and russian military officials, which according to a u.s. readout of t...

This reaction? >> you make an important point here. we dont know the motivation specifically behind his reaction, his words or him walking out without shaking hands. this is purely the impression of the defense attaches who were there but their impression and insight of what was happening was -- they wrote this in the readout, the fire in his eyes and flustered demeanor are scripted. the two attaches say they had never witnessed such an outburst at such a meeting. the readout concludes im done a...

Concludes at the very least it is clear that morale problems among russian forces are not limited to front line troops. the readout describes only the impressions of the u.s. officials and does not definitively explain his behavior. such readouts are typically too sensitive to be made public. >> readouts of this type are important because they give us an insight, a potential insight, into what the russians are really thinking, but it also shows there is some kind of a morale problem within the r...

And get back to your rhythm. ♪ dont play around with cold and flu symptoms. cnn was given an exclusive inside look at a russian military leader getting unusually emotional while meeting with u.s. military officials last week. according to a readout of the encounter that was obtained by cnn. in the document, u.s. officials describe what they viewed as a revealing moment from a russian general. and as cnns barbara starr roars, defense officials say this could hint at growing morale problems in...

Officials hit this could hint at growing morale problems inside vladimir putins armed forces. >> reporter: with russias war in ukraine stalled and the u.s. saying morale is a problem for russian forces, cnn has learned of a rare meeting in moscow between u.s. and russian military officials, which according to a u.s. readout of the meeting, contained a, quote, revealing moment from a russian major general, a general with extensive experience dealing with americans. as the meeting ended, the reado...

Is this the kind of thing where they can or would potentially provide practical assistance in the invasion going forward? >> i think the chinese have serious buyers remorse right now. they see they are potentially handcuffed to what i think in a couple of weeks is going to be a corpse. the russians have a terrible manpower problem, both in terms of fresh personnel but also morale problems. there have been reports of desergs. none of us, including the united states, has enough ammunition. i bet t...

Depressed over it, before walking out without shaking hands. the attache wrote in the readout, the fire in his eyes and flustered demeanor left a chill down the spine. meetings with russian officials are typically scripted, but the two attaches said they had never witnessed such an outburst by russian counterparts at an official meeting. the readout by the officials concludes, at the very least, it is clear that morale problems among russian forces are not limited to frontline troops. the readou...

Open mind with russian officials are falling short. correspondent mark merit shows us tonight from the pentagon. >> more than a month into its invasion, u.s. officials assess russians military is struggling both on the ground and in the air. a senior u.s. defense official telling reporters today, we continue to get indications of morale problems that have at times and places been significant in terms of their battlefield performance. officials speculate the former out may be tied to a lack of su...

He said the stoic demeanor suddenly became flushed and agitated. he replied, he was born in ukraine and went to school in donetsk. and then said the situation in ukraine is tragic, and i am very depressed over it, before walking out without shaking hands. the attache wrote in the readout, the fire in his eyes and flufterred demeanor left a chill down the spine. meetings are typically scripted, but the two attaches said they had never witnessed such an outburst by russian counter parts at an offi...