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This is being called a tiktok war. creators are saying it is critical to speak out so they are becoming anti-war activists. we are seeing tools being used in many different ways. in russia, we are seeing a lot of lives and propaganda being spread. twitter, youtube and other companies are taking action against russian state-owned assets. a complex information environment and physical bombs being dropped. bringing in david french. an iraq war veteran and senior editor at the dispatch. he joins our panel. how much of this does seem to you a change in how the people around the world can consume an...

We have seen a trackdown and putin resort back to the playbook to crack down on the citizens. closing down social media and inspected media. trying to control the information environment because he knows not only is the war effort stalling in ukraine losing the propaganda war in russia. >> i want to bring michael crowley into the conversation. we were talking about sanctions before. >> hi, ned. sorry i couldn't be on this trip. i look forward to joining you on the next one. >> next time. >> thank you. on the sanctions, for a story we have up now, one thing we came away feeling is it is not cle...

At this point still building, it's only been out for about 24 hours or so, little longer than that. it's also being listened to and heard by the russian soldiers operating inside of ukraine. this is a completely different kind of war. a very, very networked information war where folks still have access to their -- to their smartphones. they're watching things in real-time. we are seeing things in real-time here that are, you know, that are happening thousands of miles away. and this is a war that's being played out to kind of effect a domestic population in russia. to -- for putin, his goal is...

Support or economic support, it's unlikely in the end china has to make a decision to do that. >> because the costs are high and because china is obviously a dominant player, this is from some cnn reporting on their side, their readout of the meeting. china's top diplomat says beijing regrets the war in ukraine and china always calls for respecting the sovereignty and continues to abide by the united nations charter. that is what they told jake sullivan, but is shawn, that is simply not true. if so, china would condemn russia's invasion of a sovereign nation, would it not? >> it absolutely wou...

Why would that be the case? in the context of ukraine _ why would that be the case? in the context of ukraine hypersonic - context of ukraine hypersonic weapons don't really add anything in terms of advantage and capability. that russian military has already launched cruise missiles, ballistic measure, quasi—ballistic missiles and various types. even the weapons we are talking about ——. in the basic sense but they do travel fast like any ballistic missiles. this is really an air launch ballistic missile, that the modification of an existing bond that they have. there is it that much exci...