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The houses, go after the transfers of wealth. all the money theyve put overseas to protect themselves, take them off s.w.i.f.t., an extraordinary change in tone by europe. these are things that bring direct pain. it cuts them off on their ability to insulate themselves. >> does it unhinge putin even more perhaps? >> yes. bullies only respect strength and sometimes its just that simple, a strong unitedry response holding nothing back is necessary to pull this back. you cant worry about a madmans ...

Fight. he didnt think ukrainian nationalism is a real thing. the elite of russia has left. but russia is very divided, like america is, between its urban elite and people in the countryside, so i dont see that happening. i do hope, if this drags on, that there is a diplomatic off ramp, some kind of way that putin can declare victory and pull his forces out slowly once he realizes hes not going to win this quickly. thats what i hoped for, but i think expecting his inner circle to turn on him is v...

Facts. the reality is does he believe these narratives or does he just use them to convince his people? i think he clearly believes the deeper narrative that he is responding to what he believes is the humiliation of russia after the end of the cold war. he is trying to restore what he believes is essentially the historical russian claim, not the soviet union, over russian-speaking peoples. so its not focusing his attention on kyrgyzstan stan, its ukraine, belarus, potentially parts of moldova a...

Kyiv and mariupol. would you see theyre already becoming aggressive and bombardment and missile and rocket attacks, already stepping up so weve already seen the violence increased by been by a measure of magnitude here as mr. putin continues to get frustrated on the ground. he hasnt made as much progress toward kyiv or kharkiv. hes isolated mariupol but he hasnt moved into mariupol. and we know that hes frustrated that he hasnt gained ground that he wanted and he underestimated the ukrainians an...

Should hope that the ukrainians are going to be able to stop this, and i hope ukrainians will be able to stop this, and that putin will seek a political off ramp of some kind, thats not what we should expect. because the numbers are just -- the numbers are what you just described them to be. this is an attack, not just on ukraine, this is an attack on democracy, it is an attack on the ability of humans to determine their futures and i dont think that we should be going to war with russia, we jus...

Phase of the effort occupation. the soviet experience and afghanistan in 1982 and 89 give a sense of how tall an order mr. putin has chosen. you look at that, you look at how the forces are right now. hes intent on capturing more of the country. is he looking for an off ramp between now and then? >> i hope hes looking for an off ramp. in shakespearesmac beth, im going to paraphrase it, i dont want the english professors to get mad. theres a line -- im so steep in blood, i have to continue, i can...

Approaching, not there yet, approaching an inflection point where he can make a decision it is going badly militarily and playing poorly at home. is there a chance for some sort of off ramp? is there a face-saving measure, perhaps a separatist territory where putin can cut his losses and get out and it would be a win for the ukrainian people or does putin feel he has to win to hang on to power and thats when the convoy is unleashed, if putin steps up the number of shelling and sends more troops ...

And food. i wonder why the ukrainian forces because the skies apparently are still not controlled by russia. why were they not using drones to go after these reinforcements? >> well, they are, but the russians are defenseless. defenseless against drones and the russians know the ukrainians have sophisticated drone that can take out armored vehicles. they are taking various steps to prevent from doing so. but let me tell you something that we really need to be doing in this conflict. we have to p...

Ukraines just some proxy war for the fight against us. he has no love for america. he has no love, no respect for our laws and our ways, therefore we have to be extremely careful in dealing with him. common citizens, you know, traveling there, businesses there, and of course the president of the united states in trying to avoid worst case scenarios as putin becomes increasingly erratic in his behavior. >> in fact, as i look at your "washington post" op-ed. rationale leaders do not blink at a nuc...

Anymore, then youre talking about real mass murder. that is probably the -- it is that language that galvanized europe. the reason why youve seen these changes in germany and elsewhere is because people are reacting to that. they really are hearing something they havent heard in europe since the 1940s. coming up, the ban on russian oil is the latest u.s. sanction in response to the countrys invasion of ukraine. what other economic tools does the u.s. still have to deter moscows aggression? wel...