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Call russia a hard target for intelligence gathering. i want to read to you what one of the sources familiar with this kind of latest effort said to us at cnn that i think gets at the challenge of this dynamic. this official said to us that everything that the u.s. has in term of putin's mental state in the realm of conjecture because the decisions and statements don't seem to be making sense. for years, decades, putin has acted according to a pretty specific template. so, you know, jim, i think this -- i think what this source is getting at is the challenge that intelligence officials have in...

Launching this invasion of ukraine, u.s. officials have been asking the intelligence community if they can provide -- if they can provide as much insight as possible into the way that putin is reacting to the stress of a military campaign that isn't going exactly as planned, how he is responding to this sort of sustained pressure that he's getting from the west, essentially whether or not he's in a heightened emotional state that changes the way he's making decisions. the challenge is exactly as you say, jim. the united states intelligence community has been studying putin, decoding putin, wat...

Humane treatment of civilians. it is really despicable. and unfortunately this is exactly that i think everyone is anticipating, the key center of gravity to use the military phrase all along has been kyiv. and to seize it, surround it, cut it off, seize government buildings, and decapitate the government and stall public etpo will be compliant with moscow's voices and that's what they're doing now. >> we're seeing all this play out, new reporting from jim, cnn has learned that u.s. intelligence officials are really trying to get a sense of putin's state of mind. not necessarily what is going ...

Escape to exactly what makes your heart beat. you will love every moment. jamaica. heartbeat of the world. let's go. putin bombed kharkiv, a russian missile strike destroyed a government building in ukraine's second largest city as ukrainian president accuses vladimir putin of war crimes. good morning, i'm erica hill in new york. >> and i'm jim sciutto reporting from lviv, ukraine, where you might be able to hear in the

Television. he then actually became the president and now he is this figure of almost like, this iconic figure of the ukrainian resistance to russian pressure. an enormously pressurized role to play. >> thank you so much. please be safe. coming up, decoding putin. the house intelligence committee has been debriefed. we'll talk to him. stay with us. (camera shutters) or the placeces we didn't go. ♪ ♪