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>> ambassador, president biden's speech came hours after putin addressed the russian parliament and claimed this war will not end any time soon. a longer, drawn-out conflict is what ukraine is trying to avoid right now. isn't that true? >> that's exactly right. that's exactly right. and as several people have said, the ukrainians want a fast end to this war. they want to strike decisively. exactly what you said. and that can happen. they're preparing either to hit back as an offensive or even to take the offensive before the russians can strike. what they need is the weapons. they clearly need...

To focus on his economic agenda. so it's safe to assume that there are some around the president that are annoyed of the shadow this now casts around an address that they still want to focus on a slate of legislative achievements and the economy. >> general marks, you mentioned the 2001 incident within the ep-3 collided with a chinese jet, brought it down. there were a lot of analysis at the time that china was making a show of strength saying we're going to come up close and challenge those surveillance flights, but i suppose there are the escalations you want and the ones you didn't want or ...

And give more. could we just cut to the chase and get to the bit where the faucet really opens ant the weapons start flowing. because they see this as a decisive moment and they want to be able to take russia on and to really finish this and they're saying even beyond the tanks, they need long range artillery and f-16s. there is no indication that those might be coming imminently. but definitely there is a sense of growing urgency here that they really need these weapons in order to finish what they've started. >> and i know congressman, f-16s is something you've been talking about for sure. g...

They need to be able to effect the battle before the battle comes to them. >> that's what is desperately needed, ukraine says, right now, all of that capability. general marks, putin was at a military industrial plant today. he said that the people that work there, military industrial workers, might be exempt from the upcoming spring draft, which is he literally said -- and i'll quote him -- as for conscripts who are called up for military service, considering that the defense industry is currently overwhelmed and taking into account the fact that you work in three shifts and their products ar...

Clarifying the number of russian troops killed. its earlier estimate was higher than what russia conceded to. one russian lawmaker said there should be criminal liability over this. he's not talking about ukraine. he's talking about the russian military who allowed so many troops and equipment to be concentrated in one area, making it an easy target. >> scott mcclain in kyiv, thank you, stay safe. joining us for analysis retired major general james spider marks and the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, william taylor. general marks, let's talk about this latest development. it could be one of...