Deserve to be there commander any longer. that s we have to be looking for. we have seen in history the two against secretary gorbachev. sometimes they are all too willing of their own interest are at risk and putin is putting the russian state at risk and for what? and could have walked away without firing a shot to ensure ukraine would never join nato but this humanitarian catastrophe he is causing. anybody seen a protest and they can be put to death so that tells you a lot. thank you for joining us cross country. so not only fighting for survival to protect the families in the homeland when
Confident they can defend the u.s. homeland as well as allies and partners. the president of belarus on the other hand a country that putin has essentially annexed without firing a shot was the one to speak with president zelensky today. it was the first time they spoken in two years. his statements were made about a third world war. a nuclear war demonstrates how the sanctions, the white house in the eu announces weekend are being viewed in moscow. russian conventional forces as you mentioned are facing stiff resistance like the ukrainian using their bodies to block the russian tank. russian forces have not taken any major cities yet or achieved air superiority. they are 30 kilometers outside of the capital. no change in the past 24 hours there is a long 3.5-mile long convoy of russian tanks and fuel heading towards kyiv. that could all change the
It s manifested itself is not completely clear yet. adding we are confident we have the ability to defend the homeland, allies and partners. the statement by president of belarus. the country that putin has annexed without firing a shot. president alexander who is putin s the factor vice president issued the following threat and suggest he may allow russia to place its nuclear weapons and belarus. he references the new sanction announced by the white house and europe. it is worse than war russia is being pushed towards a third world war. we should be very reserved and stay clear because nuclear war is the end of everything lucas said in a statement. as lucas mentioned, they are facing stiff resistance using their bodies to block the russian tanks. russian forces have not taken
It will clearly be terrible for ukraine and ukrainians, military and civilian. but there will also be many russian soldiers killed. wolf, president putin has not had to face a large number of russian soldiers killed in the previous battles, in the previous operations in ukraine. he went into crimea in 2014 without firing a shot. he has been in donbas for eight years. and just two nights ago, he went into donbas under total russian control, so he didn t lose anyone there either. he, indeed, has lost a couple of soldiers, russian soldiers, during the eight years of battle. but he suppressed that. he has he has tried to hide that. president putin is worried about russian soldiers dying, and they will die in large numbers if they go in and attack the ukrainian military. he s got to worry about that.
To promote it. and if he can keep ukraine out of nato without firing a shot, he may decide that the cost of a war would be too high. bret: yeah. here is our friend and colleague morgan ortagus. take a listen. you obviously can t rely on some sort of, you know, magic bullet to stop putin from ininvestigating ukraine. i think that the central problem with the thesis of the biden administration is if we suddenly slow aid that will be what provokes russia. they have no problem criticizing for not sending lethal aid, they are the same people that didn t provide it before putin invaded crimea in the obama administration. bret: obviously morgan was state department spokesperson, guy? yeah. and i think we have now heard there are these series of meetings set up and most americans say that s sensible. let s try to engage in diplomacy for deescalation. the risk is there do you offer