have all the context, that he may not fully understand that the degree to which his forces are failing in ukraine is a little discomforting. one of the achilles heels of autocracies you don t have people in those system whose speak truth to power or have the ability to speak truth to power. i think that is something we re seeing in russia. willie, so many things going on here. first of all, u.s. officials telling the truth how badly misinformed vladimir putin is. that s one. two, of course, they re using psy-ops most likely on putin because somebody on the inside of vladimir putin s inner circle from the very beginning. remember, the leadup of the war and joe biden suggested this. leadup to the war, everybody saying russia wasn t going in. now the french intel officials, even zelenskyy saying they weren t going to go in. biden kept saying, he s going to invade.
fear. here s what some biden administration officials had to say yesterday. it underbly would be an issue of concern if, for not just european allies and partners but certainly for ukraine, if mr. putin is misinformed or uninformed about what s going on inside ukraine. it s his military. it s his war. he chose it. and so the fact that he may not have all of the context, that he may not fully understand, that the degree to which his forces are failing in ukraine, that s a little discomforting. one of the achilles heels of autocracies is that you don t have people in those systems who speak truth to power or have the ability to speak truth to power and i think that is something we are seeing in russia. meanwhile, the head of the united kingdom s intelligence agency says russian troops are
russian troops settled in our apartment building, his wife tells me. they settled everywhere and brought their tanks. and then when they withdrew, they brought hell down on us. and then it was time to go. the couple off to an uncertain future. and tonight, the white house saying it believes that vladimir putin is being misinformed by his military commanders who are too afraid to tell him the truth about how badly the invasion is going. declassified intelligence saying putin feels misled by his defense department, which didn t even tell him russian conscripts were fighting and dying in ukraine. the fact that he may not have all the context, that he may not fully understand the degree to which his forces are failing in ukraine, that s a little discomforting, to be honest with you. reporter: the russians now say they will focus on what they call liberating the donbas, which sets up a bloody second chapter of this war in the eastern region. in the south, the scale of the dest
a 1/4 of all of his forces. mr. putin has not been fully informed by his ministry of defense. the fact that he may not have all the context that he may not fully understand, the degree to which his forces are failing in ukraine that is a little discomforting to be honest with you. the pentagon has dispatched ten f-18 super hornets to europe. none of them will fly over ukraine despite efforts of ukraine to close the sky over ukraine. the top u.s. general in europe said two u.s. warships were sent out of the black sea ahead of the invasion back in january. general walter said this was a policy decision in the administration. neil? lucas, thanks for that. now to jerry boykin.
even though we believe putin s advisors are afraid to tell him the truth. what is going on and the expense of these misjudgments must be crystal clear to the regime. dana: fox team coverage general keith kellogg with analysis and reaction. lucas tomlin at the pentagon. officials here say russian president vladimir putin is being taken for a ride and not being kept abreast about the failures of his military inside ukraine which officials here say the war could stretch on for months. mr. putin has not been fully informed by his ministry of defense. the fact that he may not have all the context that he may not fully understand the degree to which his forces are failing in ukraine, that s a little discomforting to be honest with you. spokesman for putin says both the state department and pentagon don t have the real information what s going on