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And on that note, i wish you all a very good night. From all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. Ill see you at the end of tomorrow. Welcome to war in ukraine one year later. A morning joe special. This time last year, europe and the world were on edge. Vladimir putin ordered his army across the Ukrainian Border with plans to take the capital city of kyiv in a matter of days. It was the start of the largest ground war in europe since world war i...

welcome to war in ukraine: one year later. a morning joe special. this time last year, europe and the world were on edge. vladimir putin ordered his army across the ukrainian border with plans to take the capital city of kyiv in a matter of days. it was the start of the largest ground war in europe since world war ii. since then, putins isolated his country. he has seen his harmony humiliated and sacrificed countless lives. all in a war of choice. what the russian president did not ant...

and on that note, i wish you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. ill see you at the end of tomorrow. ♪ ♪ ♪ welcome to war in ukraine: one year later. a morning joe special. this time last year, europe and the world were on edge. vladimir putin ordered his army across the ukrainian border with plans to take the capital city of kyiv in a matter of days. it was the start of the largest ground war in e...

I talk to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general mark milley, about what the pentagon is doing to resupply and train ukraines army. what have we learned over the past year? >> one is the intelligence collection and analysis, i think, by the united states was very good leading into the -- into this. another key lesson, what i think is air superiority. the russians have never, even to this day, achieved air superiority. >> how could that be? >> the air defense system of ukraine has pro...

War of attrition, concern is growing about ukraines rapidly decreasing stock of ammunition. i talk to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general mark milley, about what the pentagon is doing to resupply and train ukraines army. what have we learned over the past year? >> one is the intelligence collection and analysis, i think, by the united states was very good leading into the -- into this. another key lesson, what i think is air superiority. the russians have never, even to this day, ...

>> the air defense system of ukraine has proven remarkably resilient and effective. what that has done is denied the russian tactical airspace up to 15, 20, 30,000 feet. that has denied the russians air superiority. because they dont have the air superiority, that has given freedom of movement on the ground to the ukrainians. >> another key lesson i think is in the areas we called the west mission command. the russian army comes out of the soviet models. the ukrainian army came out of the soviet...