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Definitely going in on such and such a date. again, i would go back to what we continue to see him build there. and it's not just the combined arms capabilities, it's the ability to sustain these troops in the field for a period of time. even as he's added combat capability, he's also added logistics and sustainment capability. in other words, the ability to keep them in the field for longer and longer periods of time. so it's a whole pantheon of things we're looking at and watching. we cannot say with specificity now a, that he's made a final decision one way or another or, b, if he does, wha...

It. now we know that he's going in and he's going in on such and such a date. but again, i would go back to what we continue to see him build there. it's not just the combined arms capabilities, it's the ability to sustain these troops in the field for a period of time. so even as he has added combat capability, he's also added logistics and sustainment capability. in other words, the ability to keep them in the field for longer and longer periods of time. so it's -- it's a whole list of things we're looking at and watching. we could not say with specificity now a, that he's made a final decis...

Plenty of combat capability. and at any point, they could unleash it against ukraine. that is so important to remember. this whole thing in the beginning stages, far from over. but for right now, it does appear that these troops north of kyiv are stalled and not getting the support that they need from their own commanders. >> i was talking with steve hall earlier who talked about how people among putin's supporters are actually feeling about this. what are you learning about morale among those russian troops? are they committed to this mission? >> well, many of these russian troops are young c...

Who basically said rather than doing a whole no-fly zone over ukraine, select a part of ukraine so that civilians are able to evacuate safely into other countries but obviously you're seeing the secretary of state blinken come out and say if you establish a no-fly zone this will mean a full-pledge war with russia. so this is a very delicate situation. this can't be done just abruptly but at the same time we got to ensure that ukraine gets the lethal aid it needs in order to survive -- survive this incredible assault that you're seeing russia display and -- and so in essence we have to make sur...

How much could those planes help the ukrainians, though? >> they could help them quite a bit. the mig-29s that we're talking about are not the newest generation of aircraft, but they are a very capable aircraft. they're basically a multirole fighter and they're designed to provide both air to air combat capability as well as an air to ground combat capability. so these aircraft could be very useful against that infamous 40-mile-long convoy that is northwest of kyiv. it could also serve to go after all kinds of other targets that would present themselves to the ukrainians as the russians advanc...