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Surprise is everything. there is no surprise where russia wants to go. now, ukraine needs the long-range capabilities, like artillery, long-range rockets, tanks that, you know, that can see for miles because -- but the intelligence is what they need so they prevent surprise. now, there is problems but there is also kind of advantages. ukrainians own ukraine. they have what is called interior lines and that's why that rail head being hit is concerning because russia has to come from outside, from belarus and belgorod, everywhere to bring more forces in that are already in bad shape. but the ukr...

Both ground troops and mostly helicopters. so that's there. it's a major rail head. a major rail hub, and roads going into that. so it's much easier from the heartland, and this is western russia, to bring more forces up, artillery shells and all that, heavy lift on trains. it's much harder, erin, to do it through belarus and down towards kyiv. so i believe they are amassing. they need some type of success, major success before the 9 may victory day celebration event in russia, which is just five weeks. and i worry about a bludgeon -- the logistics, they have used a lot. they have expended a l...

Equipment within miles of ukraine's border. u.s. officials tell cnn about 50% of russian forces are now in attack position. what does this tell you about how soon they can invade? >> they could invade any time now. look at your watch. they can invade in five minutes. the forces there. the capabilities are there. the long-range strike capabilities were this to be a full fledged invasion are in position to start an operation right now. those forces in the donbas region, russians have been in the donbas for over eight years now so those lines of communication, that road network, the rail head tha...

Plant last night. >> let's start with the nuclear power plant. first, we saw the shootouts around the power plant that were alarming. one, it's about control. if the russians can get control of all of these power systems around the country, it adds to their ability to do siege warfare in population centers like mariupol. we're talking about it today because putin has taken this very unprecedented step of putting plants in danger. he can use that to message at the west or home to try to bring fear to his side. the third part is the one not talked about enough is logistics. we're seeing the russ...

Taking on tactical operations in and around one of the largest nuclear plants in the world. it shows a lack of judgment. i follow with clint said about the rail head. i get that. but frankly, to make a decision to go in and fight in and around the nuclear plant, just shows me one more indication that we are facing an opponent that is a little bit out of the headlights. >> so, i don't ask you to put yourself in the minds of russian military planners here, but let's turn to russia's bauder broader military offensive. what has russia's move in ukraine so far signal to you about what they intend t...