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Should the united states do about it in your view? >> well, again, that would without question expand the war that is during in the ukraine if belarus decides to enter. i think putin is having problems with his military. they're not only obviously bogged down, but they're trying to get people to join the army. they've lifted their conscription age. they're trying to get 18-year-olds to join. they really don't have a very large army. it is only about a tenth of what it was during the soviet union days. so he is struggling right now in terms of maintaining the force that he used for the invasion...

Bipartisan interest in doing, but also not doing anything that russia would perceive as escalatory or that would draw the u.s. into a conflict with russia and also logistical challenges. how do you get certain jets to ukraine. >> and when you see the list up there, the administration is in a tough spot. the president is in a tough spot in that he has done a ton, including organizing this coalition and keeping the nato allies together, which the world has not done after 25 years of bad acting by putin. and they've done a lot of militar military assistance here and yet, president zelenskyy keeps...

Pentagon. what were the headlines? >> we have been watching this very slow stalled progress of the russians up in the north around kyiv. my big takeaway today and frankly in the last 24 hours of the military campaign in ukraine is that there actually has started to be a slow amount of progress of the russian military around kyiv. why that is significant, it's not because they are so much closer they will be able to isolate the city quickly, and in fact a u.s. official said he thinks it will be one on two weeks before the city is isolated and then weeks more before there's any chance the russia...

The russians are making that right now. >> alexander, i know you are in a very powerless situation and i wish you all the best. thank you so much. >> thank you, chris. >> and msnbc national security analyst and foreign policy eastern institute, tracking them -- military russian movement in the ukraine. clinton, where is the russian army so far? how much progress that they're made in their aim to essentially run the country? >> chris, in week one we talked about russian struggles and i'd like to start there. in week two, we've seen the make progress here. this is kyiv. this is where richard eng...

Many folks, who were trapped behind, are the oldest, and frailest of the population. >> exactly right. these are the people who are just refusing to leave their homes. they spent their entire lives here. they are trying to survive the war an underground bunkers, hoping that international sanctions, or diplomatic efforts will, eventually, stop the conflict, and they can walk out their doors again. but, instead, what they are finding, a lot are finding, is that the war is coming to their doorstep. one person described to me, the situation, literally calling, it russian roulette, where a missile,...