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Duty with 2 million active reservist. second largest fleet of ballistic missile subs. it is one of the three nations operating strategic bomber force, you know that peer the largest of all tank forces in the world. second most powerful air force and navy fleet. fourth highest military budget as of 2020, at least, last check $61 billion. so as much as the stories of heroism are inspiring and they certainly are, if russia wants to choke off ukraine from the west, it will be able to do that at this...

Being controlled entirely by russia? >> sure. just to be clear, this has never happened before. a nuclear power plant has never been attacked. a nuclear plant has never been seized. a nuclear operator has never been forced at gunpoint to operate their system. so this is uncharted territory. what does a russian tank commander know about a nuclear power plant? do you think there are russian engineers that accompany these tank forces? i doubt it. and hes moving on the second largest nuclear plant i...

Russians. why do you hate us so much she asked. since the 1930s youve been abusing ukraine, you want to destroy us, you want us gone. but we will be okay. i believe it. video from bucha shows bodies in the streets after russian forces left the area. some images even show bodies with hands tied behind their backs. the russian defense ministry denies killing civilians and claims images of dead civilians are, quote, fake. we met a family just returning to their house which they say was occupied by ...

Bucha as more and more bodies are being found. here is what we witnessed. >> reporter: as russian forces retreat from the area north of kyiv, in their wake scenes of utter destruction. whole blocks of houses flattened, ukrainian authorities saying they believe dead bodies are still lying underneath. they believe up to 150 civilians might be buried here but no one knows the exact number. this is what it looks like when the hope is crushed. hes convinced his brother lies here even though he cant b...

Antitank missiles, antitank missiles. would a transfer of tanks be significant on the battlefield? >> i believe it would, jim. for this reason and this reason only, youre going to have some major fights not only in the donbas but in the northeast, southeast and maybe even in the south. youre going to be required to have tank-on tank forces. the tank brings a quality all of its own to the battle field. its the same kind of equipment that russia has, the tanks theyre going to being getting probabl...

Reenforce the russian army -- excuse me -- the ukrainian army as they go toe to toe with russian tank forces. >> you are aware of some nato leaders being reluctant to send aircraft, russian-made aircraft to ukraine, fearing that that would be scene by russia as direct u.s. nato military involvement in the war. are tanks in a similar or different category? >> i think theyre in the same category, its just that theyre easier to deliver and more useful. theres been this hue and cry for more airplane...

0 security council and participated in a virtual g7 leadership meeting to talk about all that is going on. we expect to hear from the president on what he calls and unprovoked ms. by russia. more than 90 minutes later than what he was saying. so it will be interesting. what will he say, and will he take questions? keep it here on fox. >> sandra: fox news alert as war breaks out in ukraine after russia launches a full-scale attack, hitting cities and military bases with more than 100 ballistic mi...

Secret of your job i guess was to be ready if the soviet army would come across the hill right it was about nuclear battle in europe just how. we explain to our troops again and again that germany was the enemys target that if a war were to break out germany would be annihilated. so the better prepared we were to defend ourselves the greater the chance that we never have to use those weapons on the saddam in the pool thats called deterrence and it worked. any soldier can understand that concept....

The saddam and the pool thats called deterrence and it worked. any soldier can understand that concept. and thats how we explained it to them if you know if. thats the biggest and then there is even though i got up. until the one nine hundred ninety s. there were one hundred twenty similar storage sites throughout germany and the artillery shells were intended to stop soviet tank forces. the shells had a range of twenty to thirty kilometers so they would have been fired only on german soil this ...

Syrian tank forces caused extensive damage but it took until yesterday for the u.n. to be allowed in. syrian artillery units have been shelling the city of homs. a bailout could be coming for the failing banks in spain. finance ministers from the 17 countries that use the euro held a conference call earlier to discuss a potential rescue. some reports say if a request is made, the aid could amount to as much as 100 billion euros. president obama says the euro crisis is having an impact on the u...