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This war. and that he has his own war logic. thats really not based in reality. what did you think when you heard that? >> this seems to fit in with the putin thats becoming more and more apparent over the past few months. this is a putin who believes that the international community isnt going to come and fight him in ukraine. that he -- the worst that his soldiers can face, weapons systems and intelligence being supplied to the ukrainians. that this is not an international community thats goin...

Forces still managed to push the russians back, east of the city. and mariupol, a port city under relentless siege since the war began. official there saying russian forces will stop people from entering or leaving beginning tomorrow. were going to have more on that in just a moment, but were also learning more about a tense meeting with austrias chancellor where he confronted vladimir putin about the wars growing carnage. >> i think he is now in his own war logic. you know, he thinks the war is...

Austrian chancellor karl nehammer who met last week with vladimir putin and heard a list of grievances. >> i think he is now in his own war logic. you know, he thinks the war is necessary for security guarantees for the russian federation. he doesnt trust the international community. he blames ukrainians to -- for genocide, genocide in the donbas region. i think he believes he is winning the war. >> the chancellor, who was the first western leader to sit down with putin since the start of the in...

A time to make them believe me. >> reporter: scott mclean, cnn, narva, estonia. austrian chancellor karl nehammer seems to have a full grasp on what is unfolding on the ground in ukraine, but has his own, quote, war logic. have a listen. >> when you heard our cia director talk publicly about the concerns that when putin is cornered, he might do something like use a tactical nuclear weapon, the person you sat down with, do you think thats a person who might use a nuclear weapon? >> its a tough ...

Administration officials had earlier been hesitant to do so, worrying that it could pose a greater risk of escalation. but its clear that the u.s. is listening to the demands of the ukrainians in trying to fulfill their needs as quickly as possible, acknowledging that more may be on the way as well. art arlette saenz, cnn, the white house. >> for more cnn military analysts retired air force colonel fredrick layton. thank you for being with us, as always. the austrian chancellor met last week wit...

>> absolutely, john. we heard from the chancellor there saying he cant fully understand putins war logic. he did have what he described as a frank and tough discussion with the russian president. he said he wanted to confront him with the realities on ground. he did of course visit bucha where we saw those atrocities unfold, what has now been described as war crimes. he said he wanted to confront president putin with these realities. but as you heard there from nehammer, russian president vladim...

This. war nehammer noted that he couldnt fully understand russians war logic. putin was very concerned about his war and his demands, and separately, he reiterated the claim weve heard from the kremlin in russia, that he is carrying out this invasion as a result of what they claim to be genocide in the donbas region. clearly stands in contrast to what were hearing from western leaders and western intelligence. but of course, over the weekend, we heard from ukrainian president vladimir zelenskyy ...

Russian president about the atrocities russia was committing on the ground in ukraine. but putin, unswayed. >> i think he is now in his own war logic. you know, he thinks the war is necessary for security guarantees for the russian federation. he doesnt trust the international community. he blames ukrainians to -- for genocides and genocides in the donbas region. i think he believes he is winning the war. >> lets bring in cnn global affairs analyst and "time" magazine contributor kimberly dozier...

Jonathan? >> matt bradley coming to us live from kyiv, ukraine. thank you very much for coming to "the sunday show." joining me now, former congresswoman jane harman of california who served on the house armed services, intelligence and homeland security committees. jane is also the author of "insanity defense." and ambassador of the chicago council on global affairs and former united states ambassador too. so, the austrian chancellor was on with russian president vladimir putin earlier in t...

Defiant in the face of russias push in the east, president volodymyr zelenskyy says he is open to negotiations, but he adds the assault on mariupol makes that less likely. zelenskyy also insisting that he will not give up any territory to end the war. and as the fighting drags on, so do the atrocities. search teams recovering bodies of over 40 innocent civilians killed when russian shelling hit a high-rise apartment building near kyiv. and now, austrias chancellor giving new details about his te...