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>> as former soldier, i promise if my country need me, i am ready to fight for my hometown, for my home country. >> all right, so, let's bring in ian pannell live again tonight from the ukrainian capital. and ian, you know the u.s. secretary of state just before we came on the air saying he's now canceled his meeting with russian foreign minister lavrov. it had been scheduled for later this week. and ian, do we know anything about what might be happening in eastern ukraine now that putin has given the green light for russian troops to move in? >> reporter: yeah, it's a good question, because a...

To this so-called stalemate only increases the humanitarian pain. my next guest, he knows that link very well. the former top general for european command, lieutenant general mark hertling. general, i'm very glad you're hear to help break this all down. i want to begin with that word "stalemate" because i think a lot of people hear that and they don't necessarily truly know what it means. we know the colloquial term, but what does that mean to have a stalemate. you see the destruction continues to go on. it does not mean they're going to retreat in my way, is that right? >> not necessarily, la...

Number, less than about 20% of what we assess, is their assembled force around kyiv. andas moving away from the city. more towards the north. andmo it's not exactly clear whe they're going to go, how long they're going to be there or what the ultimate purpose is but what we don't believe ise he i planning to send them home, because the majority of the troops that he still has around kyiv are still there in kyiv. they're in defensive positions. they're not moving onsi the cit. but the city still is coming under air strikes and missile strikes every single day. so what we think he's going to do ...

Resupplying, reorganizing and getting ready to mount new offensive operations. >> after that campaign to take kyiv has stalled for many, many weeks now. thank you so much. we'll get back to you. coming up next for us, a major change today to nato's defense posture. what this means for u.s. troops. we'll be discussing this with the chairman of the house armd seed ser servicices committee. i like that the wwww personalpoints plan is built just for r me. don't pay y until summer. get your first 3 months free at ww.com. hurry! offer ends mamarch 24th. at adp, we use data-driven insights to desig...

Do is refit these troops, resupply them, and put them back into ukraine for offensive operations somewhere else. >> so the bottom line is, they're having fuel problems, they're having food problems, this might not be a trust building -- in terms of negotiations with ukrainians in might be that there repositioning, as john kirby says, refitting their troops for another fence that might be coming, steph. >> ali, always good to see. you thank you for joining us at this very early and early our, where you, are in the. thank you, ali. with, that let's bring in our experts this evening, phil rucker,...