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When he was a young major lieutenant colonel in the chechnya war in grozny. >> reporter: dvornikov was a division chief of staff and then a division commander when russian forces fought their second campaign in chechnya and left the regional capital grogrozny in ruins. >> he's known to be disciplined. he's known to be no sense of humor. he's known to be business-like. he's a professional soldier. there's no doubt about that, except professional soldiers don't kill civilians. >> i would anticipate we're going to see a lot more attempts at trying to cower and kill civilians within ukraine. >> re...

Covid distance away from them and it paints a picture of this isolated president, and western officials telling me today they believe the statements he made last year that he suggested the ukrainians and russians are kind of brothers, that was his idea that the ukrainians would rise up and welcome in, and that idea was baked into his military plans and helps to explain why it is that the russians don't seem to be making military progress. you have to wonder if he really foresaw the kind of sanctions you are talking about, the extraordinary -- increasingly extraordinary united front the west is...

Moringly and plowing von i have see more vicious air power or see more reckless bombardment of this city soon it wasn't casual. they moved quite quickly. they will didn't do basic things like deal with ukrainian air power. deal with ukrainian air defenses. they left their people exposed. as a result of that they have got a problem because morale is not good. ukrainians are mobilized which they weren't particularly at the start of the war. they are already to fight and then we have seen how tough they can be if he wants to make progress as well as military progress he needs to be prepared. i'm ...

Countries, russia and ukraine? >> well, we heard this morning the u.s. ambassador to the united nations linda thomas greenfield saying the biden administration looks forward to seeing what comes out of those talks. but you don't hear a particularly positive sentiment that these are going to produce any real results from biden administration officials. they have said over the last week or so that this is essentially just not the time for diplomacy to succeed. that the russians are going to have to back off. they're going to have to change and not continue with their assaults on ukraine if there...

Yeah, to you, sarah, in washington, a highly unusual gathering of the un general assembly today, and an assessment from us officials of russia's military progress so far in the campaign. russia's military progress so far in the campaign-— the campaign. yeah, defence officials at — the campaign. yeah, defence officials at the _ the campaign. yeah, defence officials at the pentagon - the campaign. yeah, defence - officials at the pentagon believed that russian forces have met much stiffer resistance in ukraine than they anticipated, and as a result have not been able to make the progress thr...