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To be made public. >> readouts at this time are important because they give us an insight, a potential insight into what the russians are really thinking. it also shows there is some kind of a morale problem within the russian hierarchy and it extends possibly all the way to the top. >> reporter: the russian ministry for defense did not respond. but the kremlin has denied reports of low morale among its forces in ukraine. >> it would probably have to doubt this information. you have to doubt it and you have to think twice, whether it is true or not. >> reporter: as russia faces stiff resistanc...

And it extends possibly all the way up to the top. >> reporter: the russian ministry of defense did not respond to a cnn request for comment on the meeting or the readout. but the kremlin has denied reports of low morale among its forces in ukraine. >> you would probably have to doubt this information. you have to doubt it and you have to think twice, whether it is true or not. >> reporter: as russia faces stiff resistance from ukrainian forces, if the americans are correct and morale is an issue, it's a challenge the russians can ill afford. >> we've seen increasing indications that morale an...

Information and think twice whether the is true or not. >> reporter: as russia faces stiff resistance from ukrainian forces, if morale is an issue, it's a challenge the russians can ill afford. >> yes, that translates to potential military effectiveness issues. >> and one more mystery of what may be going behind kremlin walls. >> what an unusual and potentially revealing meeting, barbara. thank you so much for that report. on this issue of russian morale and maybe poor morale, the russian air force has been unablt to take control of the airspace. joining me is moon fish and juice.

>> as russia faces stiff resistance from ukrainian forces, if the americans are correct and morale is an issue, it's a challenge the russians can ill afford. >> we've seen increasing indications that morale and unit cohesion is a problem and yes, that absolutely translates into potential military effectiveness issues. >> and barbara, it's amazing just to get that information. how rare is it to get this inside information? >> well, this is really by all accounts very unusual. the russians as we say are very scripted in their official meetings, especially with the u.s. military. they go by scrip...