, well i think you can see what putin s strategy, is to grind this out in a war of attrition, inch by inch, in places like bakhmut, where he s counting on just the fact that russia is a bigger country with more people, more manpower to draw from, to grind down that war of attrition, terrorize a civilian population with indiscriminate bombing, of civilian infrastructure, backfill sanctions with this closer economic relationship with china, and believe that he can weigh this out. and even if he doesn t conquer kyiv, like he wanted to do at the beginning of the, war he can hold a considerable ukrainian territory that he s gained and southern ukraine, in particular, since the invasion of last year. ben, i ve got to. ask in 2016, in a rather famous atlantico article on his foreign policy, president obama, you are then boss, he described ukraine as a core russian interest, but not a core american interest. and a lot of anti-war folks today on the left and right have been obama a lot.
president volodymyr zelenskyy travel to the bakhmut area in ukraine today in an effort to boost the morale of troops still fighting on the front lines of that devastating city in eastern ukraine. of earlier, a few hours ago, earlier, a few hours, before a tragedy underwent in zaporizhzhia, military part of the complex. here now to discuss is been, rhodes former deputy national security adviser to present obama. ben, thanks for coming back on the show. another missile attack targeting civilians in eastern ukraine, a region that has become a focal point for this war. where do you see the war in ukraine heading, as we were now well into the second year? , well i think you can see what putin s strategy, is to grind this out in a war of attrition, inch by inch, in places like bakhmut, where he s counting on just the fact that russia is a bigger country with more people, more manpower to draw from, to grind down that war of attrition, terrorize a civilian population with indiscriminate
if they indict him, he will win back the white house in 2024. kevin corrected a little bit of it, but it s worth hearing more. this is how if you tell if this is a political prosecution or not. watch maxine waters. he should be arrested, he should be indicted, and the charges that he s been indicted on our minimal as opposed to th charges that i believe he could have been indicted on. and that sentiment was echoe by a few far left democrats are your thoughts? i would ask maxine waters to explain the legal theory that he s going to be indicted under and then the evidence to suppor that theory. a lot of people don t have that answer. good to have you on is always her. thank you. trace: biden had his first maga backfill periods that investment decisions on
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the ukrainians say, after the victory, they will still be worried about another attack from the russians. so, we need to be sure that the ukrainians both win in the short term. but also can defend themselves against another attack, from the russians, after that point. so, yes. and also start the training now. so, these asks could be sort of a backfill for later on down the line in this war. colonel, given what we ve just talked about, potential nuclear threat that russia and president putin once again dangled by beginning a new s.t.a.r.t. treaty, you have the ukrainians continuing to ask not only for the f-16s but for long-range missiles which to this point, the united states said we would not be providing for fear of provocation or landing inside of russian territory. do you think this decision by