the latest attacks could give a suggestion of where this counter offensive is likely to go next. retired brigadier general mark kimmitt served in a variety of senior roles in the us army and was a deputy assistant secretary of defense in the george w bush administration. he s in washington. you are very experienced with these himars missiles used in this attack, we use the amount of damage that was done? not really, they are very lethal and very accurate. four were fired lethal and very accurate. four were fired and lethal and very accurate. four were fired and hit lethal and very accurate. four were fired and hit an - were fired and hit an ammunition dump that would explain the large amount of explosions and casualties. russian a lot of criticism at home for allowing these mint located so close to the ammunition stump
battlefield. little sign of peace coming this holiday season in a conflict that continues to grind on. when you hear president zelenskyy describe the situation on the front lines as difficult and painful, that is an unspoken way of conveying what is often unreported here, is that large numbers of people are dying on both sides. it is the reality of this war which continues to drag on. the cyberattacks continue. the diplomatic back and forth continues with ukraine calling for russia s removal from the united nations security council where it s one of five veto-holding members, meaning essentially russia can veto any resolution against it. ukraine says it s time for the russians to be punished for what they re doing to civilians in this country. outfront now, retired army major general james spider marks, and former deputy assistant secretary of defense for russia, ukraine, and
he s not with us right now. we re going to go to evelyn farkus as a former deputy assistant secretary of defense. evelyn, good to see you. we ll go to terry jackson in a minute if we can. let me get your perspective here on what it means for, one, vladimir putin after all of these months to finally agree to this exchange for viktor bout, but also to make sure that it was only brittney griner coming home, and not paul whelan. yeah, bianna, i think i have a different take on this which is to say that vladimir putin was never going to give us paul whelan. all along he probably knew he was only going to give us brittney griner in exchange for viktor bout. he definitely wanted viktor bout so there was going to be an exchange, and it s happening now because vladimir putin wants this to happen now. he needs a win. he needs a victory in russia
me now, kelly ann conway, former senior counselor to prvesident trump, and alridge colby, former deputy assistant secretary of defense, author of the strategy of denial. your reaction to the white house s response to these protests? it s kind of remarkable. i think you pit it right. how could you not sympathize and say what the chinese people are standing up for? china spends more on the liberation army, the military. they used mass violence to crack down on tiananmen. people standing up and protesting for their freedom at great personal cost. what kind of signal does that send. that s pathetic. for an administration that s a political movement that is all about sort of moralistic preening, not to be able to do the basics here, i think it s
and our way of life. and that s the angle. joining me now, kellyanne conway, former senior counselor to president trump and a fox news contributor, ben domenik, also a fox news contributor and editor at large . of the spectator in elbridge kolby, former deputy assistant secretary of defense, author of the strategy of denial. elbridge first you your reaction to the white house s response to these protests? well, it s kind of remarkable, laura . i mean, i think you put it right. how could you not sympathize and just say what the chinese people are standing up for these incredibly brave people who are braving the china spends, by some accounts, more on its internal security forces than on the people s liberation army, its actual military. and look, just 30 , 40 years ago, they used mass violence to crackdown in tiananmen. and people are actually saying standing up and protesting for their freedom at great personal cost. how can you not just say that? and what kind of signal does that