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Politically it would have been horrendous for ukraine and its people if russia succeeded in its plan, its plan was one night of shock and awe and another one of a run. but that did not happen. they have gone to basically putin'sb, that is heavy combater am in civilian locations hoping to make ukraine scream out uncle. and all this. that is the fear that is what we're looking at right now. jon: vladimir putin seems to be calling in the proxies, there are reports that belarus will send in troops from the north to try to buttress the russian forces. reporter: it has been relatively quiet on this ...

Right or wrong, that is what they are saying. at-this-point it comes down to we're ling putin dictate all of the terms, he will continue to do that and take advantage of what he perceives as our weakness. putin at any moment, say anything we sending over border into ukraine is something that will cause him to elevate his actions to next level. we need to make the decisions. as a nato alliance. jon: is it the case he only understands force? and if you provide enough force to the ukrainians to fight him off, well, he will perhaps learn a lesson? >> certainly possible, ukrainians have shown their...

Response against the use of chemical weapons can be in places like syria and what lack of response with lead to as well. that changes the game. anything on the lines of chemical, biological and nuclear elevates it globaly, what response would be is a lot of things we can to, just a question of whether or not we have the will power and desire to do it it needs to be a in ao alliance decision -- nato alliance decision. jon: there have been votes in congress to provide lethal military aid, 13 billion authorized. how much of that has actually reached the ukrainians yet? to we know? >> i can't say ...

Your home from the sky. jon: your former president, poroshenko spoke about idea of president biden visiting ukraine. here is what he said. >> no. this is not safe. this is not safe for my nation, but. prime minister comes here before yesterday. of poland and czech republic that will be demonstration. very good friend of mine and very good friend of ukraine. joe biden demonstrated the real global leadership, here in ukraine. jon: we have been told that president biden will visit poland. but no plans for him to actually enter ukraine. would you like to see u.s. president there? >> of course. the...

Rebuild themselves in posture they are in now. jon: retired lieutenant colonel gaub . >> thank you. jon: with president biden to travel to poland, more members of his party call for something he has opposed, sends the fighter jets to ukraine. >> and author of laptop from hell, miranda divine. that is next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪