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Today marks one year in riesh russia s full-scale invasion of ukraine. ukrainian president president zelenskyy is declaring that the war will end in 2023. i sat down with defense secretary lloyd austin at the pentagon yesterday for his view on where the war stands, how he thinks it could end. when you look at this and you are making your assessments do you think this ends with negotiations or does it end on the battlefield? most likely it will end with some sort of negotiation. and what the ukrainians are interested in is getting the russians out of their sovereign territory. i think that s probably going to ....
The shelled day in and out today, anderson, five people killed in shelling there, another 12 people injured in that attack. so a lot of concern really that there may be more provocations as well around the anniversary they ve recommended to schools that all school goes into remote learning next three days in case provocation during this sensitive period. thanks so much. where the war stands, what vladimir putin said and did not say this morning, joining is retired army general lesley clark and nato supreme court allied commander, and cnn commentator adam kin singer. putin did not announce a new wave of russian civilians into the armed forces and hard line military bloggers wanted him to why do you think that is i think he wanted to duck ....
Just finished training and already to be deployed into the battlefield. and they re already seeing that the russians are pushing quite hard along several front lines, particularly in the kharkiv region, in the city of kupiansk, also they ve been making small gains, incremental games, but nonetheless, substantial, gains in the eastern city of bakhmut. and then other areas that ukraine has successfully managed to take back, like kherson in the south, are just being brutally shelled day in and day out today, anderson, five people killed in shelling there. another 12 people injured in that attack. so, a lot of concern, really, that there may be more provocations as well around the anniversary. they ve actually recommended to schools that all schools go into remote learning for the next three days, just in anticipation of any potential attacks or provocations during the sensitive period, anderson. clarissa ward in kyiv, thanks so much. more now on where the war stands. ....
Welcome back to morning joe on this monday, february 20th. presidents day. i m jonathan lemire alongside u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay. and we re in for joe, mika and willie. elise jordan still with us on this presidents day. joining us now, retired master sergeant jason beardsley, decorated combat veteran and intelligence officer, as well as senior coalitions adviser for concerned veterans for america. also with us, professor of history at rice university and presidential historian doug brinkley. professor brinkley, we were just saying we picked a perfect day to have you on. it is presidents day. of course, our thoughts are with president carter. we ll talk about him a little later. let s start with the news of this moment. this president, president biden, making this trip to kyiv. what does it say to you about where this war stands and the message this president is trying to send? well, any time a president goes abroad to visit troops or ....
Mika, i ll send it back to you. absolutely. nbc s maggie vespa, thank you very much for your reporting this morning. still ahead on morning joe, we are marking two years since the january 6th insurrection. former u.s. capitol police chief steven sund and u.s. capitol police officer harry dunn will both join us this morning. plus democratic senator debbie stabenow of michigan is our guest on the heels of her announcing her retirement yesterday. also this morning, russian president vladimir putin s call for a 36-hour cease fire is being met with skepticism in ukraine. we ll have the latest on where the war stands. you re watching morning joe. we ll be right back. ands you re watching morning joe. we ll be right back. for adults with generalized myasthenia gravis who are positive ....