hi there, everybody, it s 4:00 in new york, if war is hell as those who know say, then it has been a year of hell on earth for millions in ukraine, a year of anguish and grief of bravery and heroics, of death and destruction, and of pride. and hope still. that ukraine still stands today, one year after the war began is nothing short of a miracle, one of the ukrainians own making. my most conservative estimates, 8,000 civilians in ukraine are dead. 13,000 have been injured. 5 million have been at least temporarily displaced within ukraine, plus another 8 million ukrainians have been forced to plea abroad, the equivalent of every person in los angeles, chicago, houston, phoenix, philadelphia, and san antonio, all of them, suddenly end violently driven from their homes and lives. and all of that is to say nothing of military casualties that have been suffered, an estimated more than 10,000 plus ukrainian troops are dead, many of whom were school teachers or shop owners or utilit
wounded. that is significant. that is 200,000 casualties, more than he devoted to the effort to begin with. .1, .2, about 80% of his ground forces are as we speak involved in the war in ukraine in some way. 80% of his army dedicated to this one conflict, and he has lost obviously thousands of tanks, armored vehicles, and he has expended a huge inventory of his cruise missile capability. he has put a lot of energy into this fight, and it s not exactly clear right now how much more he would have left to do something else, you know, another adventure somewhere else. we re not taking that lightly. he has a powerful military. he has invested and spent and gone through an awful lot here just in this last year in ukraine. a conversation you won t hear anywhere else. john kirby and helene cooper, thank you so much for starting us off today. ali sticks around a little bit longer. as russia s invasion enters year
their cell phones urging them to defect, et cetera, et cetera. russia has more than two dozen warships in the black sea tonight with cruise missile capability, long range targeting capability. half of those amphibious landing ships with marine on board. military hardware, the ballistic missiles and significant armer and special forces units that have assembled and appear to have their sights on all of ukraine that has led u.s.s. officials to say this invasion, once it starts and it could start any minute would be significant. the pentagon said today putin now has 100 percent of the military force that it expected him to use in this operation position and ploys to strike now issues like weather come into play, bret. bret: jen, you have followed putin since living in moscow, is he a former kgb agent honed his skill deception for years and did very dark things in the past. absolutely, bret. putin has used poison to kill and maim his political
country. lines that continue for about 50 miles from the ukrainian city of kharkiv. so, that city in particular is of great concern because it s right up against the russian border in the northeast. the pentagon also believes additional russian forces are moving into the donetsk and luhansk regions, two separatist-held areas in eastern ukraine recognized as independent by vladimir putin on monday. a senior u.s. defense official tells cnn putin has two dozen warships, warships in the black sea. he has cruise missile capability, ballistic missile capability, armor, artillery, infantry, special forces. and only he knows the timing of his plan. but the white house has been trying to get ahead of him in recent days, revealing information about his plans and believes putin has been improvising and adapting as a result. our assessment is that president putin did not expect
flexing his muscles here. he has got, quote, unquote, a re-election come up. is he demonstrating air-to-air capability. under water capability. hyper sonic capability. cruise missile capability. it s all raining down on florida, right, in his video. video. it s sort of a future concept brief is how i looked at it when i watched it you know, honestly, this is in reaction, i think, to president trump s national security strategy, which identifies russia and china as the two major threats the united states freedom and prosperity. a lot of people have ignored that, pete, as you know. pete: of course. where president trump has come out and said russia is our number one enemy. pete: it s been ignored because it s not convenient for their narrative. narrative cozy with vladimir putin. walk me through the calculation that vladimir putin is making with these statements. he knows that president trump, you know, despite the news reports, through our