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Asking about putin's approval ratings and interestingly enough his approval ratings have actually increased to the mid 60s. so he does enjoy $support for this. he's certainly dividing opinions in russia to the point where as you mentioned, thousands of people are willing to risk jail time for this. but at the same time he does enjoy significant support at home. jon: fred, how does the west, if at all, how do we try to drive a wedge between putin and the people who are supporting him? >> i think the extreme sanctions are already starting to do that. i think the people who support putin, the oli...

Mike: the russian army attacking ukraine from three sides of its border. so far they managed to keep vladimir putin's forces out from capturing the capital of kyiv. one u.s. official says russia is becoming increasingly frustrated by a lack of momentum in its invasion. we are joined by our panel, fred fleitz and wayne holtz who served as representative to nato. gentlemen, thanks for staying with us. fred, obviously president biden and his team did not select this conflict. but they know they will be grade on it, right? >> indeed. and it's hard to say this has been handled well. we heard before...

Terribly in syria. you have to actually have to take steps that deter in advance of things like this happening, especially when it's been telegraphed so clearly all along. and i think that's something that assess in the future. >> bret: harold, i have got to run. >> fred fleitz earlier chief of staff said he would not have done this. this is real world stuff here. >> bret: it is real world and we'll be talking about it for a number of days. panel, thank you so much. ♪ ♪ all right. we are going to end on something happy, a special report salute, dramatic body cam footage out of arizona show...

Having gone through a curfew, not out like they normally what have been on a saturday morning. they await what's next. so far no sign of russian soldiers. mike: lucas, many thanks. day four of russia's invasion of ukraine. ukrainian forces are putting up resistance. let's turn to our panel. fred fleitz, and brigadier general about wayne holt. gentlemen, thanks for joining us. fred, take us behind the scenes. what kind of conversations are taking place at the national security council during this stage of this crisis. >> it's good to be here. i think the national security council is trying to f...

The ukrainians are going to stop until they kick the russians out. >> i don't think you can. even though i understand where fred is coming from, i have to say if you listen to zelensky and what he wants, and what his bottom line is. putin must not be permitted to win. what that really means is the west has to give him everything that he needs and he really wants. that includes the fighter planes we have been talking about. and an embargo on oil which he also asked for. i know that there is great resistance to a no-fly zone over ukraine. how about a no-fly zone on the part of ukraine where the ...