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Devastating this is for ukrainians. >> devastating and -- yeah, devastating and senseless. vladimir putin has made a terrible miscalculation. he thought this was going to be a walk over. and remember he was talking about their army being peacekeepers. i think he thought they were going to be greeted as liberators and instead theyre meeting fierce resistance and the damage. what i really fear is over the next several days, theres going to be a ramp up in the brutality of hitting civilians and wer...

Quickly how this is going to end. does putin want an off ramp or is he absolutely crazy and want to be the czar of russia and impose a military solution on ukraine? >> jesse: so, zelenskyy has to decide, he could either go down fighting or he could broker some sort of settlement. do you think that zelenskyy team trusts putin? if he leaves the country and goes to a summit outside of ukraine, is there a chance he might not come back and what kind of leverage does he have once he leaves the capital...

Focus on the possibility of a diplomatic off ramp and hopes of that have faded by the day, by the minute. is this a war in conflict that can end with putin still in power? >> putin still has enormous control in russia. youve seen thousands and thousands of protesters. >> how does it happen if he wont stop the shelling or allow for a cease-fire for civilians to get out of the country in. >> you have asked the million dollar question. putin has been so isolated, set such unattainable goals in term...

From russian president vladimir putin earlier today raising tensions further after issuing a threat to western nations that consider a no-fly zone over ukraine. joining me now, anastasia, a russian-born writer and social historian, also the author of "russia: putins playground, a concise guide to russian history, politics, and culture." anastasia, thanks for joining us. i appreciate it. i was speaking to a former senior intelligence official here in the united states who told me, essentially, vl...

Humane treatment of civilians. it is really despicable. and unfortunately this is exactly that i think everyone is anticipating, the key center of gravity to use the military phrase all along has been kyiv. and to seize it, surround it, cut it off, seize government buildings, and decapitate the government and stall public etpo will be compliant with moscows voices and thats what theyre doing now. >> were seeing all this play out, new reporting from jim, cnn has learned that u.s. intelligence off...

There will be a degree of gratitude. but i think there is a real sense at the moment that no matter what sanctions were announced, that is not going to necessarily deter president putin from his current course of action. so i guess the question becomes, for people here, is there still an opportunity to deescalate? is there an off ramp for president putin? what would that look like? before, behind closed doors, people had talked about well maybe ukraine would be forced to implement the minsk agre...

Echo chamber where he doesnt get the truth, people tell him what he wants to hear. that warps someones mind over time and leads to a very bad situation where putin could be hearing and seeing and receiving information that he wants to receive and just kind of it already reinforces his view. >> as you describe, an echo chamber in vladimir putins mind, thats a scary place to be. let me ask you about ukraine agreeing to meet with the russians without preconditions on the border of belarus. the fact...

On here a at some point does the rest of the world say enough is enough and try to find a better off ramp for this and for this situation. get back to g minus zero. whats a boundary of ukraine that allows russia to keep crimea with a land bridge there as well. if the russians decide to go that route, the ukraine air force will be all will have its hands full 7cory rule control control room if you can. rack that up. i want people to see what it is. this is a school that was hit in kharkiv. you ca...

Invasion about 40 to 50% of putins troops have moved into attack positions. hthe destabilization campaign has begun. putin now has one hundred and twenty one hundred twenty five battalion tactical groups amassed. now were back with that in mind. the president also said today that he does still think there is an off. theres a possibility he, heit said he thinks putin hasy decided on the attack. he says until anything happens, theres still a chance for diplomacy. any chance takes an off ramp. is t...

Bidens words, where he perhaps she grabs just some territory, maybe some cyber disruptions, but it is not at all in the region. he doesnt go to kyiv. perhaps the fighting stops, and is limited. still terrible, of course, but not the all out onslaught that would be the greatest conflict in europe since world war ii. the u. s. knows that his primary objectives say that ukraine should not go into nato. ukraine is not going into nato, not anytime soon. despite what president zelensky hopes for. mayb...