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>> as former soldier, i promise if my country need me, i am ready to fight for my hometown, for my home country. >> all right, so, lets bring in ian pannell live again tonight from the ukrainian capital. and ian, you know the u.s. secretary of state just before we came on the air saying hes now canceled his meeting with russian foreign minister lavrov. it had been scheduled for later this week. and ian, do we know anything about what might be happening in eastern ukraine now that putin has given...

To this so-called stalemate only increases the humanitarian pain. my next guest, he knows that link very well. the former top general for european command, lieutenant general mark hertling. general, im very glad youre hear to help break this all down. i want to begin with that word "stalemate" because i think a lot of people hear that and they dont necessarily truly know what it means. we know the colloquial term, but what does that mean to have a stalemate. you see the destruction continues to ...

Number, less than about 20% of what we assess, is their assembled force around kyiv. andas moving away from the city. more towards the north. andmo its not exactly clear whe theyre going to go, how long theyre going to be there or what the ultimate purpose is but what we dont believe ise he i planning to send them home, because the majority of the troops that he still has around kyiv are still there in kyiv. theyre in defensive positions. theyre not moving onsi the cit. but the city still is com...

Resupplying, reorganizing and getting ready to mount new offensive operations. >> after that campaign to take kyiv has stalled for many, many weeks now. thank you so much. well get back to you. coming up next for us, a major change today to natos defense posture. what this means for u.s. troops. well be discussing this with the chairman of the house armd seed ser servicices committee. i like that the wwww personalpoints plan is built just for r me. dont pay y until summer. get your first 3 mon...

Do is refit these troops, resupply them, and put them back into ukraine for offensive operations somewhere else. >> so the bottom line is, theyre having fuel problems, theyre having food problems, this might not be a trust building -- in terms of negotiations with ukrainians in might be that there repositioning, as john kirby says, refitting their troops for another fence that might be coming, steph. >> ali, always good to see. you thank you for joining us at this very early and early our, where...

Suspended animation state. and would allow russia to continue strikes along the line of contact, wherever it wanted. >> and allow them to continue the types of missile strikes that weve seen for instance in this city in lviv, where they shoot their priecision missiles well into the western part of the country, the area where they dont even occupy. how effective can these operations be and how far can they push the russians back? >> i dont think any of us know yet, even the ukrainians, how effect...

Resupply them, and put them back into ukraine for offensive operations somewhere else. >> so the bottom line is, theyre having fuel problems, theyre having food problems, this might not be a trust building -- in terms of negotiations with ukrainians in might be that there repositioning, as john kirby says, refitting their troops for another fence that might be coming, steph. >> ali, always good to see. you thank you for joining us at this very early and early our, where you, are in the. thank yo...

Around the city more towards north. it is not clear where they will go, how long they will be their, or whats the ultimate purposes? but we dont believe is that hes planning to send them home. because the majority of the troops that he still has around kyiv are still there. they are in defensive positions, they are not moving in on the city. but the city is still coming under air strikes and missile strikes every single day. when we think hes going to do is refit these troops, resupply them and ...

Istanbul. what is the latest intelligence that you could tell us about troops and what they are doing around kyiv? is there any indication that they are repositioning forces pulling back and refocusing on eastern ukraine? >> what we have seen is a small number, less than about 20% assessed, is there assembled force around kyiv, moving away around the city more towards north. it is not clear where they will go, how long they will be there, or whats the ultimate purposes? but we dont believe is th...

In seeing ukraine win this. you spoke about the sovereignty of ukraine. this was raised by bret baier with president zelensky and the possibility of vladimir putin losing. that is more of a concern and what that could mean to then, streamly unpredictable vladimir putin. what do you say? >> a lot of it is how he interprets loss and what he ends up claiming are his goals. well see. right now theyre prioritizing the eastern part of the country and what the new offensive operations that theyre condu...