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Appreciate it. joining me now is retired brigadier general mark him mitt, the former political secretary of state for political and military affairs. general, on the read you can see where the russians have made gains. it's increased a little bit over the last two days, but not too much. how do you think ukrainians should be fighting this battle? >> well, we seem to be focused on no-fly zone, bringing in mig aircraft, trying to fight the russians like the russians fight them. one thought would be to go to your own strength, look at where they're having success. they're having tremendous succ...

Ability of the ukrainians to fight and, more importantly, the will of the ukrainians to fight. >> yeah, and by opportunity just to be clear, i meant a chance to actually make a difference, right? which i think that the calculus at the beginning of this was that the ukrainians wouldn't be able to hold up their side and give the u.s. a chance, an obligation, as you say, to make a difference. so very interesting to talk to you about a humanitarian no fly zone. we'll continue to look into that idea as well. general phillip breedlove, thank you so much. >> thank you. gas are prices here in the u....

Humanitarian no-fly zone is to try to encourage russia not to commit these war crimes, not to force their attack on people that they put out in the open by promising humanitarian corridor. >> is there anything in your opinion stopping vladimir putin right now? >> no. not really. in fact, frankly it's sad, i think he's encouraged. in the west as our leaders speak, it seems that the very first things they say is we're not going to go fight in ukraine. i think this emboldens mr. putin. i think right now that he is waging a war on the people of ukraine. this is why the strikes on the oil lines, th...

Now more than 750,000 people are left without any heat while it's still often below zero degrees celsius. we need no-fly zone right now. joining me is former nato supreme allied contender, retired general phillip br breedlove. this is what we're hearing from member of parliament after member of parliament in ukraine. they want a no-fly zone. why is that not going to fly with the u.s.? also, can you just explain the line between a no-fly zone, if you think there is one, and a showdown potentially with nuclear consequences between the u.s. and russia? >> thanks for having me on the show this mor...

A normal no-fly zone is very much an act of war. what people are now proposing is not that. we're proposing a humanitarian relief no-fly zone under completely different rules of engagement, very much less bellicose operation. that's what we're asking folks to consider, but we do this eyes wide open. no matter what you do in this instance, there will be risks. >> it would require restraint on the part of russia, and we've seen that russia is having a very difficult time using restraint, right? >> there's no doubt about it. we saw it in 2014, now we're seeing it again. russia signs up to and enc...