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Suspended animation state. and would allow russia to continue strikes along the line of contact, wherever it wanted. >> and allow them to continue the types of missile strikes that we've seen for instance in this city in lviv, where they shoot their priecision missiles well into the western part of the country, the area where they don't even occupy. how effective can these operations be and how far can they push the russians back? >> i don't think any of us know yet, even the ukrainians, how effective they'll be, because ukraine's military is struggling to stop advances in the east, while, the...

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, paul rudd surprise winnin...

Around the city more towards north. it is not clear where they will go, how long they will be their, or what's the ultimate purposes? but we don't believe is that he's planning to send them home. because the majority of the troops that he still has around kyiv are still there. they are in defensive positions, they are not moving in on the city. but the city is still coming under air strikes and missile strikes every single day. when we think he's going to do is refit these troops, resupply them and put them back into ukraine for offensive operations other elsewhere. we do know exactly where or...

Istanbul. what is the latest intelligence that you could tell us about troops and what they are doing around kyiv? is there any indication that they are repositioning forces pulling back and refocusing on eastern ukraine? >> what we have seen is a small number, less than about 20% assessed, is there assembled force around kyiv, moving away around the city more towards north. it is not clear where they will go, how long they will be there, or what's the ultimate purposes? but we don't believe is that he's planning to send them home. because the majority of the troops that he still has around ky...

In seeing ukraine win this. you spoke about the sovereignty of ukraine. this was raised by bret baier with president zelensky and the possibility of vladimir putin losing. that is more of a concern and what that could mean to then, streamly unpredictable vladimir putin. what do you say? >> a lot of it is how he interprets loss and what he ends up claiming are his goals. we'll see. right now they're prioritizing the eastern part of the country and what the new offensive operations that they're conducting in the east what that means for where this war goes. i think look, it's up to president zel...