winter olympics. the international uproar and outcry over the russian government s handling of those situations with regard to their own olympians makes it even worse that greiner was a former olivian asked for access to americans paul wheeland and trevor reed but it hasn t happened. they were arrested and convicted before the war for crimes they have denied. wolf. brian todd reporting. thank you very much. tonight, nato, nato is preparing to double the number of troops as the eastern alliance keeps a very watchful eye on russian invasion forces in ukraine. let s discuss with retired colonel cedrick layton. thank you so much for joining us. show us where these additional battle groups will be deployed
the opposition into submission. that s what was often tried during world war ii with the bombings of london and dres din and tokyo and some other places. that s one way of fighting war, but it s a horrible way of fighting war and it s also extremely imprecise in the psychological component of it that was designed to move people either away from the areas that they inhabit or to make them so fearful that they survrender right away. that s that kind of a philosophy that s guiding their movements. it is something that we ve found actually does not work but that s something that they re trying and they will keep trying it i guess until they figure out it doesn t work for them as well. and colonel, i really want to get into this. russia has now baselessly accused ukraine of preparing to use chemical weapons. here s how zelenskyy responded.
bit by bit, ukraine it seems is being overrun. matthew chance, cnn, kyiv. and joining us now is cnn military analyst and retired air force colonel, cedrick layton. thanks for being with us. you know, that closely watched russian convoy we ve been following it for days. it has apparently dispersed and headed for cover. armored russian military trains were spotted inside ukraine i guess possibly for resupplying. strikes have been farther to the west than before. what is your sense of what s happening in terms of the latest activity on the ground here? is this new phase of, is this a new phase of the offensive based on the slow going advance of the russians? what are your thoughts? well, it is a new phase because phase one didn t quite work out unless putin wanted it
it shows the devastation caused by russian forces in the town of stray yanka. this is just outside of the capital city of kyiv. and you could just see, well, in the in the shot before, you just saw all of these buildings destroyed. here you see it looks like where missiles have landed. you also see huge piles of rubble. yeah. the u.s. ambassador to the united nations said she will ask that russia be removed from the u.n. human rights council after the horrifying images that show a mass grave and bodies of civilians shot dead, execution-style in the streets of bucha, ukraine. the ambassador calls moscow s participation in the council a farce. and president biden is calling for vladimir putin to face trial for war crimes. let s talk about this now with susan glasser, cnn global affairs analyst and staff writer for the new yorker and retired army colonel and analyst cedrick layton. susan, let me start with you. the world has watched russian
by the iraqi kurds. historic day for u.s. leadership in the region. we wish them a very safe journey. thank you u. i want to go to retired air force colonel, cedrick layton. as we witness the sudden withdrawal, are russia and iran sharing right now? yes, most definitely. they are look at this and saying we can t believe we ve actually gained territory in syria. and we can t believe that we re going to have increased influence in the middle east because of one decision that president trump has made. is it unusual for us to be hearing and seeing troop mooumts in real time to the point of we re being told then when they re refuelling. do you have any concern these troops will make it out of syria safely? i do have a lot of concerns in that regard because you know when you re working these kinds of deployments or redeployments