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>> no, they're not. it seems to be backfiring his strategy here. nic robertson, thank you so much for that. right now i want to be speaking with cnn military analyst, retired general wesley clark. he was the supreme allied commander, and also with us, analyst susan glasser. she is a staffwriter for "the new yorker." first i want to listen to what president biden said today, calling russia's atrocities in ukraine genocide. >> yes, i called it genocide, because it's become clearer and clearer that putin is just trying to wipe out the idea of being able to beat ukraine. we can learn more and more...

Publicly called russia's actions in ukraine a genocide. >> your ability to fill up your tank, none of it should hinge on whether a dictator declares war and commits genocide a half a war away. >> the comment ratchets up the rhetoric on the invasion. unlike when biden first called putin a war criminal, the president is not walking back his comments on genocide. >> yes, i called it genocide because it has become clearer and clearer that putin is trying to wipe out the idea of being able to be ukrainian. the evidence is mounting. it's different than it was last week. more evidence is coming out o...

| it was difficult to understand how| such, such terrible attack could be possible to civil people. it's events like this that have prompted accusations of genocide — most recently from the us president, joe biden. i called it genocide because it's become clearer and clearer that putin is trying to wipe out the idea of even being able to be ukrainian. and the evidence is mounting, different than it was last week, more evidence is coming out of literally the horrible things that the russians have done in ukraine and we're only going to learn more and more about the devastation. we'll let the ...

Translation: from the 9th of march, russian military planes were _ targeting our city, and since then, they have been doing this, you can see that... kharkiv has also been under bombardment, and it has been stated that it is not safe to get residents out today. i called it genocide because it has become clearer and clearer that putin isjust trying to wipe out the idea of even being able to be a ukrainian. and the evidence is mounting, it is different than last week, more evidence is coming out of literally the horrible things that the russians have done in ukraine. and we can only learn more a...

Macron will not call it genocide. how significant is it that boobiden is? >> it continues to draw on putin's plans and efforts. he said it's not a ukranian country, wants to change the political system, and places like bucha, they interrogate people. if they find they're associated with the west or afternoon alliance, bang, they eliminate them. this is the evidence of intent, it's not necessary to have killed 10 million people, although that might happen if russia succeeds, but what's clear is it is about eliminating the concept of ukraine, the people of ukraine who believe in it and erasing t...