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Not give one inch of ukraine, but then what is the plan? they have been incredible fighters as we have seen. but what is the plan to push the russians forces out of ukraine, that now have complete occupations of some of the parts of the country? thats a tough position there in. >> absolutely, but i think weve seen very innovative stuff from, them especially in an last month. as the early phase of the war was over, and it was shifting towards a different kind of fighting. ukraine has some a giant...

Knowledge to go and help them. >> reporter: oren lieberman, cnn at the pentagon. >> joining me now is kimberly dozer, a cnn global affairs analyst. thank you for joining us, good morning. my first question to you is are we seeing a new phase in this war where the world is coming to the realization that were in for a long, drawn-out battle? theres no credible diplomatic track that exists right now, right? and if anything, the war could widen on several fronts. >> absolutely. it seems like ever si...

Ukraine uncertain where its going next. its not a stroke of genius, frankly. they hit different places around the country at times to make it unclear quite where the focus is. this plays into the broader narrative. weve seen it too with suggestions maybe in the break away region of moldova, there might be a heightened military activity feeding the notion from two weeks, the second phase of the operation would be to push west along the black seacoast of ukraine, so vital to the economy. thats whe...

>> we are certainly, right now, in this country out of the pandemic phase. i probably should have said the acute component of the pandemic phase. is the pandemic still here? absolutely. >> okay try to make sense of that. megan, do you feel first of all you are missing out because you are going to be here in new york and not going to the dinner. secondly do you think a lot of people will still be wearing masks at the dinner? you know dr. fauci is saying we are still not out of it. >> and felt she...

Holding off attacks on several fronts now as new russian forces come across the border. cnn reports the russian military has made some progress as they work to fix the problems that they faced early in the phase of this invasion. how would you assess just the relative strength of each side. were now some two months into this crisis. >> for the ukrainians, their ultimate strength is really the defense that theyre in and the unity of their people. additionally they have almost unlimited supplies c...

Its still early days in the second phase and theres a will the of uncertainty and a lot of risks that lie ahead. >> as youre watching whats going on right now, where do you think putins mind is? what is his mind set now? >> his mind set is he really wants some kind of a victory before victory day on may 9th. they are already rehearsing for the parade. he wants to say we have made progress. we have taken mariupol and have the ukrainian nazis on the run. hes so determined to have a win or portray ...

Their objectives and whether that may have changed their objectives here? >> i think theyre being far more cautious. if you look at the first phase of the war, they were quite reckless, and their use of their military forces was against essentially their approach to combined operations, and they paid the price for that in terms of very heavy losses, poor morale, shattered logistics. now they are being far more cautious and careful. theyre making slow, incremental progress. if they feel that this...

Significant challenges in that first phase of the invasion. particularly when it came to coordinating its air and ground operations. that seems to be an area according to to western officials where they have focussed on improving their operations we know russian armed forces have significant challenges in supply and command as well. across armed forces during the first few weeks. particularly in terms of supplying the troops and convoys with fuel and medicine and food. that has been the key focu...

Live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, im michael holmes. appreciate your company. now, as the war in ukraine enters a brutal new phase, the american president is proposing the biggest aid package yet to support the ukrainian government, the military, and the people. hes asking congress to approve $33 billion in additional f funding, much of that for military and security assistance. billions more in humanitarian aid and economic assistance as well. joe biden says investing in ukraines f...

The press. right? but the biden administration is also making that assessment public, saying that they know enough to be able to blame russian intelligence for doing this. this was not some vigilante attack on the editor. this was putins government going after this journalist. the current nobel peace laureate. they are blaming russia for its overtly, saying its u.s. intelligence who knows what they did, they are letting russia know they knew what they did by telling our own press about it. and t...