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Ukraine. what more could you tell us, congressman? >> well, i think this is going to be a long slog. i think if we expect putin to take an off-ramp here or to de-escalate this because of the toll on his own army, i think were not thinking about this in the way that putin is thinking about this. just because they have underperformed and they appear to be bogged down does not mean that is changing vladimir putin calculus. i think he viewed this as a threat to him and his legacy and frankly he does...

>> yeah. thats not just an issue the russians are having, but ukrainians as well. colonel leighton, one last question for you. you saw the israeli prime minister bennett traveling in a surprise trip to moscow yesterday for a meeting with putin that we were told lasted for about 3 hours but not a ton of details. he called after the meeting happened and he basically saiding they kolktssaid continu there. i wonder what people are thinking as putin flat out denies its happening even though the wor...

A paper tiger. then he attacked. i mean, i can give you 30 examples, going all the way back to the final scene in tora, tora, tora. im afraid weve awakened a sleeping giant. going into ukraine, they see a people wanting to be free getting slaughtered every day. the eu and america comes together. again, as weve been saying time and time again over the past year, collectively, we have 40, 41, $42 trillion in gdp every year. russia has $1.5 trillion, the size of texas. it doesnt break their way. th...

Kyiv. and strategically, we will not let them win this war. >> bret: we appreciate your condolences and thank you for all that you are doing on the ground in a very difficult circumstance. when you see whereby this is going and what russian forces are doing, what is the off ramp, in your mind? you have had numerous conversations with the russians they dont seem to be bearing much fruit. where do you see that? >> well, we do see there are two things which make a difference for them. [inaudible] t...

That the russians wanted to do something like they did back in 1968 in taking over czechoslovakia, they did it in two days when they came in and replaced the communist government in that country. you know, when it comes to ukraine, we are going to see the pounding of cities, were going to see the use of artillery, the use of indiscriminate air strikes, well see more cruise missiles being lobbed into the country from various locations. and that is going to, i think, really point to the fact that ...

Airplanes the how and the why and the who should have all been worked out. and we see that its not and its its actually damaging to zelenskyy position to negotiate if it was hanging in the balance that those jets should be coming any time now that would actually empower zelenskyy to negotiate an off ramp with a lot more muscle knowing nato as well as you do brigadier general, will those migs, those polish may end up in ukrainian hands ultimately? and how long do you think itll take? if so? >> i ...

Any point now. nor would a russian ceasefire really, given how much theyve lost, be acceptable. so i really dont think a diplomatic so—called off ramp is really possible now until things change on the ground. so you think we should, the world should steel itself to watch this continued bombardment of ukrainian cities and ukraine holding out? i, you know, my hope is that actually the russian position could weaken substantially in the next coming days, in, in, you know, week or so. but like i sa...

Personally, i agree. >> lets get right to former u.s. ambassador, youre also a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations, and the president of the council tweeted yesterday, enough with all the talk about war criminals and reparations. the focus for now and the immediate future needs to be on stopping the carnage and on negotiating peace. we can then turn to other things. youre certainly allowed to disagree with richard haas. youve been vocal about it. what do you make of the argument th...

Secondly, putin is losing. you know, hes losing on a number of fronts. but hes losing this effort. and i think deep down he knows it. that ultimately, no matter how much he blows up ukraine, he cannot control ukraine. and so the issue is going to ultimately be, how long do we have to squeeze putin? how long do we have to continue to show him that he cannot win? until he decides that he himself is going to have to take some kind of off ramp in order to protect his own neck. >> leon panetta, as al...

Left. they managed to escape, joining the 1.25 million ukrainians evacuating, each one of those people with a story of grief and trauma. >> the heart breaking story every person and story having to deal with this. it makes it worse to be watching this unfold and not seeing any end in sight, any off ramp. erin, thank you for joining us this hour. we just heard from courtney, aaron and jay. i want to start first and pull on this thread that courtney talked about, which is the capturing of odessa. ...