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Actually before the invasion, when they were making various allegations about chemical weapons and partnering with the united states on chemical weapon research or whatever, and there's quite a litany of statements that various russian officials, or media have made about chemicals. so what i think they're doing is kind of setting the stage for the potential use of chemical weapons. it's my belief that they would employ them, particularly if they run into a lot of resistance when they finally get to the point of trying to march in to kyiv. so i think they're just, you know, prepping everybody f...

Believes are around 5,000 to 6,000 russian soldiers who have been killed so far in their campaign. that number could be higher, and, of course, the wounded could be multiple times, that is three times -- >> generals being killed shows the nature of the conflict here and the closeness of the fighting. alex marquardt, thank you, let's go to ana in new york. >> stay safe there. we're joined by cnn security analyst and former director of national intelligence, james clapper, director clapper, misinformation, and lies really fueled this conflict, and justified putin's actions, just today, more li...

Much somewhat of a potemkin village. the russians have done terribly with planning, logistics and leadership. they have too many generals that are in place because of party loyalty or whatever rather than military competence. that's kind of all coming home to roost now with the russian performance. >> so going back to, you know, the information putin himself is getting, what do you think is more dangerous, putin taking action and making decisions based on accurate information in this war, or bad information? >> well, i think it's always bad -- it's worse if you're -- if you're living in a fant...

Instability. and therefore insecurity in places that aren't the origin of the conflict. so we're obviously taking up a global view. we do that every day. we're certainly doing that in light of what's going on in ukraine. i don't know -- well, put it another way. we haven't seen any -- any specific indications that there are going to be any imminent insecurity issues, challenges, threats in other regions as a result of this, that we're going to have to address. i think that's what you were trying to get at. i think it's too soon to know that right now, too soon to tell. but obviously we're wach...

Clearly, americans are a bit nervous about the future of the economy. something we will keep an eye on, appreciate your time today on "inside politics" and throughout this very difficult week. you can also listen to our podcast, download "inside politics." try, in these tough times, to have a peaceful weekend. ana cabrera, and anderson cooper pick up our coverage right now. ♪ >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. i'm ana cabrera in new york, ander cooper is live in lviv, ukraine. moscow is expanding its offensive and president biden is giving a warning. >> your white house has said that...