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Into russian target -- targets within russia thatll become a bigger war. what do you say to people who have that criticism? >> what is the other choice? this is the first question? nobody, again, is talking about what would happen if russians horrid will push forward. second question is we are fighting to defend ourselves. we are fighting literally for our own lives. this is why we are asking for something, it is to protect our people to be able to continue our normal lives as we go. if we have ...

Ukraine are facing those life and death decisions. now that russia has launched a renewed offensive. a second chance to take over this country. people who have been here for a year or have to decide are they going to risk it. are they going to stay here or are they going to pull back to some areas that are closer to kyiv then for the moment are safer. >> i want to talk to you for most about the activity, the kinetic nature of the war in that story just did. something went off some artillery fire...

When people ask me how is the war going? i said were now in a new war. the first war was a mulligan by vladimir putin. he thought perhaps with too much hubris at this and be a walk over. that his troops would go in and in a matter of days, capture kyiv. russian soldiers brought dress uniforms with him because a rip planning to have celebrations and victory parades. they brought policing kind of equipment because they thought they were gonna to deal with crowds and crowd control in kyiv. apparent...

Expect another large military aid package for ukraine to be announced around bidens trip. in addition to potentially ten billion dollars in aid, to help the ukrainian government function. while in poland, biden would also meet with the polish president, andrzej duda and other eastern european leaders. yesterday, president duda says that he fears the war will not be over this time next year. that putin hopes to exhaust the west adding that if that is allowed to happen, he is convinced that russia...

Some estimates 30,000 civilians in this country have died as a result of this war. this is not a war you wanted. does that change the spirit? that change the desire to keep these going without a negotiated settlement? >> elie, what is our other choice right now? if you would not be fighting. we have been to bucha, we have seen the atrocities on what happened there. we have seen what happened to people in -- mass murder graves were found and also the torture rooms. we know its a -- matter of our ...

>> do you agree with the administration then, with our allies, that jet fighters are not necessary -- i know that president zelenskyy wants jet fighters, but that they would be sitting ducks on the tarmac and thats not the most important weapon. >> i think most important weapon now are those tanks. the war thats going on as a world war i trench war in the -- in the east. and im not sure about the at at the issue -- the calculation is always harming versus escalation. the danger, of course, with ...

Except around the city of bakhmut. and we were right next to bakhmut. it had been speculated that the city would fall perhaps this week, that russia wants to capture bakhmut so the general in charge, and there have been quite a few in the war, can show to vladimir putin, his boss, that he was able to capture the city that other generals have not. still despite this focus and a tremendous assault on the city, bakhmut is still in ukrainian hands. >> richard -- michael, lets talk about support back...

Worrisome. i think of china and the u.s. as these two heavily armed giants sort of lumbering toward each other, and neither side wants the war. neither side, it will be catastrophic for both sides, weve got to figure out a way to compete but not have it turn into conflict. >> do you think president xi knew about the spy balloon coming on the eve of an important secretary of state mission to beijing? >> i doubt it. >> you think that the chinese army, the prc. >> i think somebody made that decisio...

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