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He was the director for european affairs for the united states national security council. colonel vindman, i know you are on your way to ukraine. so thank you for spending some time with us on the phone. >> thanks, always happy to join you nicolle. if you are in your old job, you would be burning the midnight oil, trying to figure this out. tell us what you would be wanting to know, or what you might know that isn't obvious to us? >> i would be looking for indications and warnings that this is really going to hold, or whether we are going to see another flame up. and frankly, spill over into b...

Victory through all the resources they need. i guess we don't have a -- war with this high degree of instability in the system. i think those are the things that first come to mind. >> colonel vindman, how credible is the kremlin's statement issued through russian state media, that amnesty would be offered to prigozhin? and that his troops who didn't take up arms would be folded into the russian military? eight hours ago he called them, describe it as treason. >> that seems highly unrealistic. we are not clearly seeing everything that is happening behind the curtain. i think prigozhin likely, ...

Everybody knew that they had to safeguard these records. i wasn't around of course at the end of the administration. i was fired two days after he was acquitted. but i think the president's in some real trouble. >> right. and there were other aides who had to have been aware of the ground rules as well. >> undoubtedly. so one of my jobs was to brief all members of the national security council staff. and the same briefings occurred for white house staff, west wing staff, and everybody knew that these records were supposed to be maintained, that they were supposed nobody has any business taking...

Those roles have been developed over the course of decades and centuries. everybody, every country in the world including russia has signed up to things like the geneva convention which bans attacks on non military objects. civilian objects and civilians. and there are rules. the attack on the kakhovka was heinous because that's inherently dangerous objects. much like a nuclear power plant. at the very least, there should have been no precautions and warnings for civilians. and certainly a great deal more planning on whether something like this should take place. on its face, from what i am se...

By the way, coming on a tour throughout europe, where at each stop, president zelenskyy got new gifts. he got new packages, especially when he was in germany. and now, on the eve of his visit, we are learning that we are going to start trending on f-16s. you're right, both colonel vindman and i have been demanding we should do this for a long time. better late than never, same with the patriots that you were just talking about. fantastic achievement, by the way, this -- weapon that putin used. this missile, i remember the first day i was briefed about it. then i remember the day he announced i...