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Donald trump was essentially trying to extort by withholding hundreds of millions in military aid that ukraine needed to fight the russians. because you know, what many people may not realize is this has been a long simmering conflict in which ukrainians have been dying every week, sometimes every day, for years. and to imagine now that we see what ukraine is going through, that the former president so abused ukraine by withholding military aid to try to get ukraine to smear his opponent, it just shows how appalling and destructive that act was. >> well, and he was also destructive toward the ...

In recent weeks zelensky has claimed the u.s. and other western governments were overstating the threat that ukraine faces. but he's also been quietly preparing for a possible russian attack. the question now is he ready, joining me now is the retired lieutenant alexander vindman -- and a key witness in former president trump's first impeachment. he testified about president trump's call to the president of ukraine. colonel vindman thank you for being with us tonight. i do want to ask you there is a un security council meeting underway right now that was called, an emergency meeting that vladi...

Colonel vindman, what can you tell us? >> they're holding their own but they need some support. they need equipment. they've managed to establish territorial defense forces, large vast numbers of territorial defense forces, but they don't have the helmets and the body armor to equip them. that needs to get there today. that's an important thing. radios are critical. they're working in small distributive groups. those radios are critically important. and, of course f, all the stuff our allies have, there are planes that are -- could backfill ukranian losses, and

Today. this is important to know about a no fly zone. implementation by the u.s. military and shooting down planes russian planes. that is escalatory and puts in a place in a military conflict with russia. the president wants to be direct with the american people about what he will do and not do. he is not sending u.s. forces into ukraine to fight a war with russia. and he thinks it is vitally important to be direct with the public about that. >> from the beginning in the aggressive effort as this conflict has as colonel vindman said goes into the fifth day they have been everywhere.

It's the palace coups. this is may be undoing of vladimir putin and his regime. and it's no longer a far-fetched notion. >> thank you, colonel. i appreciate your insight. you're uniquely qualified to be here today and i appreciate it. what are your thoughts? tweet me @smerconish. go to my facebook page. kathryn, from the world of twitter -- after his pevt rfect call from zelenskyy who the world now realizes is a hero and his attempt to dismantle nato, who cares. bless your heart it matters until so far as as relative to 2024. i'm not raising it let's blame trump or let's blame biden. there's p...