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It and says there's no difference there. russia made it clear that they consider their neighborhood part of the sphere of influence. that has resonance in places like india which is still in conflict with pakistan over kashmir and china in conflict over taiwan. also, there is russian money that over the years -- russian energy over the year that has given it sway in parts of the world. india today is taking an awful lot of russian energy, and it depends on it a great deal. china is a big energy producer and consumer. a big effect on the chinese economy. >> russia's influence, financial and oth...

Got to be the same case. the russians have demonstrated that they can't logistically sustain themselves. the fuel depots being blown up, both on the russian side and, allegedly, the ukrainians have blown up some fuel depots inside russia, that is very key. because all this heavy equipment needs to be sustained by fuel. as we go through the days, the month, it is not so important of the combat that's going on. what is more important is that we have the logistics to sustain this combat for the long term. that's where the money is going to come from, that logistic sustainment. >> retired u.s. arm...

Completed. far more likely that after all this time, far more likely the civilians will continue to be evacuated but, actually, those soldiers are not going to be evacuated. the russians won't allow them to be evacuated so they can go back -- >> i'm surprised the civilians are getting out. >> -- and join other forces and continue the fighting against the russians. i suspect that won't happen. but for more insights on that and everything else, let's bring in retired u.s. army general steph twitty. he served multiple tours in iraq and afghanistan. prior to his retirement in 2020, he was the depu...

Reinvigorated as ever. >> columnist for the "washington post," david ignatius. also professor of history at new york youth, ruth. thank you for being with us. i was talking to richard haass earlier today and general twitty. we find ourselves in this difficult position, i think. i will say, perhaps i'm being a bit too optimistic for the ukrainians, but just as they get -- russians got ran out of the kyiv area, i suspect they're going to have trouble because of their logistical problems, because of their morale problems, because of a military culture that is rotted to the core, and making great ...

Line and escalation. air defense system is an escalation. so unfortunately when i hear president biden saying don't be afraid i want them to truly do this and to believe in this because that's exactly what ukrainians keep telling the world. don't be afraid to stand up. we did. >> we thank you for joining us. ahead, i will be joined by the first deputy mayor of lviv to talk about the attacks on his city. don't miss that interview. also coming up the possibility of russia using chemical and nuclear weapons in ukraine as the kremlin seems to change the mission on this war. retired u.s. lieutena...