Transcripts for CNN New Day Weekend With Christi Paul and Boris Sanchez 20220220 11:07:00

formidable foe. they are unafraid, boris. >> so i want to ask you, michael, christi here, do you get the feeling that this is not and if, but a when situation right now for the ukrainians, that they expect this attack from russia, and, if so, how capable is the ukrainian army? >> reporter: that's a fair question. i mean, certainly the imminency of it is the view of the u.s. and other western nations as we've heard. ukrainian leaders they are a little bit more optimistic though as they say we are prepared for anything. in terms of the capability of the ukrainian military it is interesting. they have come a long way. i was actually talking to cnn military analyst lieutenant general hertling later in the day and he said that he was with the ukrainians in iraq in 2004 and was in command of units of theirs and he said they were underwhelming, they were not good in the field, however, since then a lot has changed. they are better trained, far

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