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It means taking over the countrys infrastructure and controlling ukraine, which is what vladimir putin wants. >> right. well, ive been here in kyiv, and in ukraine for the last month with the terror asymmetrics project, analyzing the russian order of battle and driving down the routes we think would be the main invasion routes through the country to see what is the possibility, the viability of the russians actually invading, one, and two, taking the capital of kyiv. some of the key findings tha...

Commands main army forces to come down to the city to the east. they can get to kyiv and the assessment was that they could do it in 72 hours if they dedicate a lot of combat power, but theyre not going to take the city. its the size of chicago and the people here are ready to fight. so russia can get here, but within the first phase line, it will be a tough slog, they will lose a lot of people. >> but they are reported to have as many as 180 or 190,000 troops ready to do this. as matt bradley w...

Theyre going to have to attack on three different fronts. and western, front central front and eight eastern front. but the ukrainians have an army. this army appears ready to fight. it appears that they have the ability to slow this down. the russians want to establish a piecemeal swath of the entire country that goes from the northern city to the eastern city of sue me, down to kharkiv, and connect that with luhansk. and carve a new area south to crimea. and that would be one large phase line....

Country that goes from the northern city to the eastern city of --, down to kharkiv, and connect that with luhansk. and maybe carve a new area south to crimea. and that would be one large phase line. the next phase line has to make them fight stiffly, going all the way up the river. and whether they can get around kyiv is one thing. but getting that next 100 miles, if they think they are going to be able to do this in the small flights, they are not going to. this country will, if anything, have...

Im less worried about erdogan than i am about the extremist militias who are erdogans allies in the region. theyve been causing a lot of havoc in the area and theyre not bound by this -- by this cease fire. furthermore, theres no guarantee. i mean, five days is a relatively short period of time. its long in combat but in real time, its not. its not very long. im fairly well convinced that there will at least be skirmishes on the phase line that the turks have drawn south of their border. the tur...

Commence this rescue operation? >> well, let me, first of all, go ahead and make a comparison. in alabama, you know, we saw a tornado that struck a populated area that was not geographically located near major urban centers. now, what we have here in joplin is an urban area that was hit, you know, right through the center of town. however, we are geographically located near springfield, missouri, and kansas city, missouri and kansas city, kansas. the first responders that have come to joplin hav...

Located near major urban centers. now, what we have here in joplin is an urban area that was hit, you know, right through the center of town. however, we are geographically located near springfield, missouri, and kansas city, missouri and kansas city, kansas. the first responders that have come to joplin have been just amazing. the tier 1s have just been doing it phase line by phase line. initially what youre going to have is youre going to have a lot of debris clearing, youre going to be pullin...

Scale of this, what do you do to commence this rescue operation? >> well, let me, first of all, go ahead and make a comparison. in alabama, you know, we saw a tornado that struck a populated area that was not geographically located near major urban centers. now, what we have here in joplin is an urban area that was hit, you know, right through the center of town. however, we are geographically located near springfield, missouri, and kansas city, missouri and kansas city, kansas. the first respon...

barely getting out alive. >> ive never taken any of the warnings seriously, but something snapped and i put pillows and blankets in the bathroom. we were just praying and screaming. and it was very loud, and it all happened so fast. >> terrifying moments that changed their lives forever. >> its indescribable. i dont know what to say other than that. ive never seen anything like it. >> what happens now? >> were going to stay there until every home is repaired, until every neighborhood i...