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Victor. and all i would say to that assessment or that statement is talk is cheap. i don't think they're going to be able to pull it off. they've got three major problems. okay. first of all is quantity. they're forces have been significantly degraded. dod estimated 25% of fire power since they started the war. 130 tactical groups that started this war, now down about 80, 85. and if you look, do the math. you're talking about a country of 40 million people and 140,000 shoulders are outnumbered 280 to 1. and the sec issue is quality. we know that they have huge problems, leadership problems and...

>> i know they don't let anybody get out of mariupol and come in. >> do people have access to water and food who are still there? >> actually people try to find any kind of source of water. there are some springs on their territory of the city, some wells, and people try to find those. it's difficult to get to these places because of the war fighting. which is still going on in different districts of the city and the occupants also bring some water but people have to stand in long lines for hours to get this water. some water just to have

For ending the war — fighting until the last ukrainian, as some people in some countries want, or doing everything possible so as not to lose tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or possibly millions of people, stopping world war iii, doing everything possible to end this war as soon as possible, doing everything possible so ukraine is not 100% destroyed? how is this possible to achieve? i don't think anyone has an answer that's100% correct, because otherwise it would have already been done. dialogue is an option.

At war have many options for ending the war — fighting until the last ukrainian, as some people in some countries want, or doing everything possible so as not to lose tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or possibly millions of people, stopping world war iii, doing everything possible to end this war as soon as possible, doing everything possible so ukraine is not 100% destroyed? how is this possible to achieve? i don't think anyone has an answer that's100% correct, because otherwise it would have already been done. dialogue is an option. that's how all wars end, or at least most of them...

Missiles in the persian gulf in may of 1987. 37 sailors killed, but that ship not only didn't sink. it returned to bahrain the next day under its own power. i look at this activity, and i think to myself, what kind of -- not just operational war fighting, why didn't you detect and destroy the incoming missiles? but basic damage control. basic maritime professionalism. it just -- i think it sends a really bad image for the russians, and i think that is what concerns them the most, this continued visible image of an inability to demonstrate tactical military excellence. >> john heilemann here. t...