they ve broken through the first defensive line. i think they ll split the russian forces in crimea in the next couple of weeks, months. so i am exceedingly proud of the ukrainian military. well, that is extraordinarily upbeat, if i may say so, compared with what we see in leaks from classified pentagon documents suggesting and i m quoting here from a leak in the washington post that kyiv won t fulfil its principal objective of severing that land bridge to crimea in this year s counter offensive. i think they re wrong. those same people told us kyiv would fall in four days, that the whole country would be in russian hands in two weeks. i go there enough to know what s real and what s not. it s been extremely tough sledding because of all the mines, but when they get contact with the russians, the russians fold pretty quickly. you ve got a bunch of conscripts that would rather not die in ukraine if they didn t have to. you ve got highly motivated ukrainian civilian populat
and ukrainian civilian population is being hounded by cruise missiles from the black sea, russian navy, and also aviation firing it from well back into russia, and potentially over valorous. it is a very tough situation. general barry mccaffrey, as always, thank you so much for taking the time to be with us. at the top of the hour is the hard right in the house holding speaker mccarthy hostage? exhibit eight the extreme amendments added to the national defense bill. and later, actors take on a new role on the picket line. we re gonna talk to sag actors chief negotiator duncan crabtree-ireland stay with us. tay with us. hase freedom unlimited. so i can save on something special for a first date? wait! that s all for a first date? whoa. alright, c mon. earn big with chase freedom unlimited with no annual fee. how do you cashback? ever notice how stiff clothes earn big with chase freedom unlimited with no annual fee. can feel rough on your skin? for softer clothes that are gentle on you
not at this moment in time but i think down the road it is critical to being able to allow prosecutors in the international space like the icc to potentially bring prosecutions forward. what the united states can do is share the evidence they collected to make the legal determination with those to bring forth the prosecutions for those responsible. the other important thing to note is this isn t just a determination of one thing but the widespread nature of what they are doing. executions, forced deportations, going after the totality of the ukrainian civilian population. on the question of what more can the united states provide to ukraine at this pivotal moment it seemed that the u.s. eventually come around to the request whether it s tanks or other things late after they waited quite sometime. maybe out of concern of
but i think down the road it is really critical to being able to allow prosecutors in the international space like the icc to potentially bring prosecutions forward because what the united states can do is share this evidence that they have collected to make this legal determination with those who can actually bring forth these prosecutions for those responsible. i think the other important thing to note here is that this isn t just a determination of one thing that russia is doing in ukraine but it is talking about the widespread nature of what they re doing. the executions, the forced deportations, going after just the totality of the ukrainian civilian population. that is why it is so significant. and on the question of what more can the united states provide to ukraine at this pivotal moment, it has seemed that the u.s. has eventually come around to the request whether tanks or other things late. after they have waited quite sometime, maybe out of concern
missiles. a few of the missiles, unfortunately, did get through, did claim lives. most of the targets here appear to have been civilian electricity infrastructure. a minister says this is an attempt to force a systemic failure in ukraine s energy system. we are in the middle of winter here. it is below freezing. this is a move that people have described, human rights groups has described as a potential war crime on behalf of the kremlin and an attempt to force the ukrainian civilian population into submission. now we did hear from ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy earlier about that u.s. and german decision to send tanks. he said he is deeply grateful, but he will not feel a sense of relief until those tanks are here on the battlefield in eastern ukraine. we are learning a little bit more about the timelines here, the german defense minister saying today he hopes those