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And he is president because he won 73% of the vote in 2019. the main far right candidate reached 1.6% and that result is part of a broader shift. in the 2012 parliamentary election, the main far—right party won 10%, in 2014 it was 6% and in 2019 it was 2%. no far right groups have any formal little power in ukraine and based on polling and results, the far right is much less popular in ukraine than, for example, the leader of the far right in france, marine le pen. far right groups, though, do exist in ukraine and russia's focus on them is not new. the word denazify, the idea that ukraine ha...

But that's not punishing the individuals committing the crimes today. >> yeah. in the court though, you have to find -- do you have to find intent as well? yes, civilians are being killed. it has to be purposeful, yes? >> exactly. and it's not just that because the goal is to investigate the most responsible people. so, it's not the soldier. so, you have to show the chain of command. who ordered the bombing? what was the perception of civilians in the area? why -- it's true that hospitals targeted. why the bombing was against hospital? this information you need. you cannot indict people withou...

Vladimir putin, which has been consistent in terms of the whole ukraine situation. so i think it was well stated. clearly i don't think it was in the prepared remarks when he said, and i assume he was referring to putin, that he has to go. although i don't think many of us would disagree with that. the question is, is it wise to say it? do you think he was wise to say it? i think you would have been better not saying it, but i don't think it's any fatal or dreadful mistake. we all remember the debate with fdr and churchill being right to demand unconditional surrender in world war ii, some peo...

25,000 or more casualties with more to come. but the president of the united states has to have a different posture and position clearly than outside critics. >> general mccaffrey, are we complicit in reframing the russian objectives saying perhaps the goal from domination to dividing the country in two? isn't that their strategic redo of what the war in ukraine and the invasion is all about? >> we're trying to read the tea leaves. you make a strong point. i don't think putin's mindset probably has changed one wit. he's publicly advocated reintegrating ukraine in mother russia. they're attacki...

And resupply is from nato. we have seen a little bit more and there has been some shocking indiscriminate targeting, but we have seen a little bit more deliberate targeting recently, of things like ammunition dumps and oilfacilities. so this sort of speaks to the sustainment of the ukrainian forces, as well as the russian forces. and then, i understand that you yourself have held senior positions within nato in the past, in terms of what we are seeing and the way that the nato members are working together and have been pulled together by all of this, do you feel that their cooperation, their r...