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Any peace deal that were on the table will come off the table. but the russians have never been particularly serious about any sort of peace deal with the ukrainians. its not just about ukraine not joining nato. they seem to want some land here as well. but ukrainians are fighting hard and saying they are not willing to give up any land in their country. even zelenskyy mentioned that again today that theyre not willing to give up any of the donbass region in that fight. so this looks like this w...

Require masking in indoor public spaces, talking schools, restaurants, museums and the list goes on. heres something important to point out, according to the city of philadelphia, businesses and institutions have a way around it to stay mask free and thats if they can ensure all the occupants in their spaces are basically vaccinated so well have to see tomorrow, many businesses in philly if they decide to go that direction, important reminder to how we got here in the first place, city recognize...

>> its a hard question. i think that time changes and i read about how i lived through 9/11 in new york. and how there was a time after that when we were all convinced that it would just be this was the rest of our life. it would always be 9/11 and a i tacks like that on the regular. and it didnt happen. i think theres a fair amount of kind of this anxiety that is residual after a pandemic. were still in this the pandemic phase, i think theres a sense that we are -- that things are shifting. >> ...

Friends in ukraine about russias expected offensive? >> exactly the. they are preparing for the battle of donbas. they think it will be the central battle and critical battle in this war. they feel very good that they won the battle of kyiv. i think that will go down historically as one of the biggest battles in history of ukrainian sovereignty, in his third ukrainian nation. but it will not mean much they do not win the battle of donbas. if they do not stop the russian forces there, exactly wha...

Existence and i think our planning assumption should be whether its putin or even his successor who will keep coming back for ukraine sovereignty. thats the only way forward, is ukraine to keep continuing fighting and, fortunately, ukraine won the first round in this war and has a chance to win the next phase. >> so if putin, okay, says well stop with donbas and crimea, perhaps part of the land corridor between the two. lets make a deal. as you were sager your, you also write that frozen front l...

Could see a victory. >> i think one of the things we saw also is that president zelenskyy saying we need more arms, more sanctions from the united states. how do you -- we expect to respond now that russias president has responded saying, dont do that. what can we read and telegraph from that, heather? >> i think its very interesting. day 52 of this war we have not seen russias military or even through, you know, special forces in any way attacking western supply lines into ukraine, both humanit...

Concessions that leave the door open so that in a few years, putin can do it all over again? >> sure, for ukraine, the risk is existential. the war leaves very little room for the middle ground. in his speech, putin stated openly he doesnt believe in ukraines statehood. he leaves ukraine with a choice of either obliteration or existence. and whether its putin or his successor, he would keep coming back for ukraines sovereignty. the only way forward is for ukraine to keep fighting. and fortunatel...

Kharkiv yesterday and overnight there was an air strike here in lviv. its unusual for there to be strikes this far west. we were woken up by the air-raid sirens at 5:00 a.m. it is a reminder that nowhere in ukraine is out of range of putins missiles. >> raf sanchez in lviv, ukraine. thank you for that reporting. nbc news learned the next phase of the russian invasion in ukraine could begin in the next few days. they said the u.s. assessment is the russian military could move forces back into u...

>> incredible reporting, raf, thank you very much. stay safe, life from lviv in ukraine. we appreciate it. joining me now is russian pro-democracy leader gary kersov, and founder and chairman of the renewed democracy initiative. hes the author of winters coming and why vladimir putin must be stopped. thank you for taking time with me today. having this conversation earlier, ive been struck by how you have been sounding the alarm on putin for so long, ask recently we saw that bill browder came ou...

So it is essential that we provide ukraine with more defensive capabilities. this is where youve seen the biden administration i think really start to make a shift not just to allow the ukrainian military to survive and try to repel russian forces. now were saying, what does victory look like here? the other side of the coin is, what does russias defeat look like. this is the concern, bill burns warning about russia potentially looking towards the use of tactical nuclear weapons suggest we have ...