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LVIV, Ukraine — Russia launched its full-scale offensive Monday to take control of Ukraine’s east, attacking along a broad front over 300 miles long, Ukrainian officials said in what marked the opening of a new and potentially climactic phase of the war.
Nothing seems to be working to deter russia from the onslaught in ukraine. for more on that, i want to bring in retired four star general. john allen. the author of the book future war and the defense of europe. there'sth book cover. considering russia's full scare assault, how far do you think putin is willing go? >> well, only he knows. i'm sure that the campaign plan they're executing is a faith campaign plan. they appear to be striking in to ukraine on several different ax is. one out of belarus. one towards don bas and crimea. moving into the heart land of ukraine. and if he's to be belie...
The latest. >> today french president macron called russian president vladimir putin what is being described as a last ditch effort to avert war. in the call according to to the kremlin which lasted for two hours, president putin blaming ukraine for the recent violence in don bas. urging the west to meet the security demands as for the situation in eastern ukraine, thousands continue to be evacuated from the separatist control areas speaking to journalists on the russian side of the border. he's been seeing women and children being separated from their husbands. husbands being sent back into e...
Pro-russian government installed in your country potentially? how does it feel to even contemplate that and how it might change your life? >> i don't believe that will happen. ukraine and russia have been fighting for the last like 350 years. and independent ukraine. right now so i think that western help if the west acts really tough and with ukrainian soldiers. strong and brave sons of ukraine. ukraine will be european union with crimea and don bas. that's my opinion. >> there's a lot of talk about an armed insurgency.