CNN New Day With John Berman and Brianna Keilar December 31, 2021 12:31:00
He has crimea. he's still been disruptive in the west part of ukraine. a new shock troupe called cyber attacks and disruption. all of that plays in the favor, in his mind, in the decisions he's going to make in the next days or weeks. >> help us get inside putin's head here. he knows the u.s. is not going to get militarily involved directly should he invade ukraine. so when he said it were to be a colossal mistake, why does he think that's a strong card to play? it is the only card there is. >> it is. but the president -- president putin has been talking a lot about china recently. and i think...