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Surprised. just a few years back, he kind of made this famous quote that if a fight is inevitable, you must strike first, and i think he always viewed that ukraine, at least for him, was going to be a fight. i think the annexation of crimea, for him, back in 2014, was never going to be enough. and i worry that maybe we thought that it was enough and that this sort of caught us off guard, but i completely agree with macron that this has -- his demeanor has really done a complete change. >> and ad...

>> if you see i got, seized by got. if you have a house, sees the house. >> richard oberg of the foundation for the defense of democracy has putin caught rich russians off guard. >> i think its clear for public statements you are seeing from these oligarchs already distancing themselves from vladimir putin, they didnt expect this, they hope to run a campaign to distance themselves but the truth is they are complicit to putins crimes and they need held accountable just as much as vladimir putin. ...

Russia and ukraine are suffering understood the hand of putin and his crone why is who are using manhattan has a playground. and its reprehensible. we want it to stop. the way to do it is to put these oligarchs on the sanction list and seize these assets. that the right thing to do in the name of justice. if you have see a yacht, seize the yacht. if you have a house, seize the house. >> putin caught the rich russians off guard. >> i think some of the statements you are sphreefg the wealthy oliga...

Zelenskyy revealing his location in the war torn capitol kyiv and sending this defiant message. >> i think here in kyiv at bancova street. i dont hide and im not afraid of anyone. i will stay here as long as is necessary to win in our patriotic war. >> dana: and as president zelenskyy begs for more help announcing it is priored to deploy might go 29 fighter jets at an air base in germany giving the us an opportunity to transfer them to ukraine. the state department says they were caught off-guar...

The war, but did not distance herself with mr. putin. and the chief conductor has been fired. and the author of this article joins us now from new york. given that culture is supposed to elevate our human experience, not merely reflect it, some of the moves seem punitive. can you give us insight on how these decisions were made? >> there hasnt been much of a clear decision making process, in many cases. some places have been caught off-guard, and theyre making it up as they go along. some are de...

That were sending, i think also the turkish drones that have been effective. im are interested in seeing what i dont want to do though split apart nato is because probably the single thing that caught putin as off guard is the nato has been so united. >> senator mitt romney on that mig 29 issue. take a listen. >> enough talk. people are dying. send the planes that they need. they say they need migs. people say well, maybe thats not the ideal weapon for them. thats what they say they want. they a...

Armourforfront ammunition, and equipment and body armour for front line defence and front line offensive tactics but not for things like fighterjets and so on, and theyve repeatedly said they are not interested in that so they are not interested in that so they are clearly caught off—guard but everything that was said, the importance of what was said is as i experienced myself handling similar, everything that all government say they would never entertain eventually they end up considering it ...

Effective. it is easy to bomb runways. the idea that this would be useful to the ukrainians, im not sure. this issue between the united states and poland. when you have a democratic alliance like nato is, 30 countries, you will have disagreements. >> it was unusual to see it play out so publicly. you would have thought the two sides could have coordinated a bit better. the u.s. being caught off guard. you have a piece out this morning talking about then trying going on in the kremlin. clearly vl...

Russia or a regime change. peter meyer, member of the house foreign affairs and homeland security joins us now. what went through your mind when you heardthe president say that ? >> that the president is undisciplined in his speech . we may say we dont want vladimir putin to be in power but when you say that out loud as the president that is official us policy. the lack of clarity, the lack of discipline in that speech is deeply troubling especially given how high tensions are and franklyjust th...

A senior non-commissioned officer in the U.S. Marine Corps who was denied a religious exemption to the vaccine ...