the north. none of that went according to plan. they have been unable to what we saw operationally consolidate your gains. so their forces are still split up and fractured around ukraine, so it makes logistics very hard and unable to push on to their objective, so they re getting desperate. you can see they re filing the hypersonic missiles, which are a headline getter around opening fires on schools and hospitals. so this ukrainian people have to be prepared for this getting bloodier before it ends because there s no clear end in sight. martha: the terrifying possibility of chemical weapons or the use of tactical nuclear weapons, which they have a very large stock of. thanks, general. good to have you with us today. general perkins will stick around as we wait for word from the pentagon.
disconnect in a staged rally and what they re seeing in their honey families. that will have a bigger impact than even a long bread line, which the russians are used to. neil: you re right about that. very interesting. general perkins, thanks very much. thanks, neil. neil: meantime, what did come of that two-hour phone conversation today? we still don t know a lot. more the chinese giving us an update on what they say happened. jacqui heinrich has more. i can tell you what we did not get from that call. it appears that president walked away without getting any guarantees from china that it s not going to help russia or any condemnation of china about what is going on right now in ukraine. the white house says that they still have concerns that were expressed yesterday that the chinese made provide material
addressed a packed stadium rally to mark the anniversary of the anniversary of crimea. the sound system went down after he began talking about that invasion. so happen that the beginning of the operation coincided accidentally with the birthday of one of our most outstanding the russian government said it was the result of a technical glitch on the server. neil? martha: still wondering what happened to the sound person. we ll see. thanks very much. jennifer at the pentagon. to general david perkins, fourth star general. served his country with great bravery. general, thank you for taking the time. the rally that vladimir putin had in moscow and is pushing this point that it was thrust on him by ukraine not himself or
everything. we don t have mariupol anymore. we have to build this city from scratch. in kyiv, crews are sifting through what is left of a shopping center after it was blown up last night. ukraine says eight were killed after russia fired a rocket that blasted through a mall in that city. the explosion charred nearby cars and sent shrapnel into nearby homes and businesses. because of that increased risk, the mayor there in that city is locking the city down. a new curfew started at 8:00 local time and it will run through wednesday morning. martha? that s a long time. jeff paul, thanks very much. i joined by david perkins, former commander of the army and training doctrine command. he s a fox news contributor. good to have you with us today, general. i want to go back to what we opened with, sir, if i may. this discussion from russian officials that there s a rupture or break in the relationship with the united states. i m not sure it was that great
intelligence says putin s goal is to split the country to two parts. an attempt to create north and south korea in ukraine. david perkins, retired four star army general and fox news contributor is in focus now. general perkins, first of all what about this idea to split up? as i understand it, the dmz, the demilitarized zone is kept by thousands of us, our own troops. will we have to do that there? harris, good to be with you here today. i think what you are seeing is the russians redefine success. if you redefine success it means you are not having success. i think obviously putin s initial plan was this multi-axis fast moving armored attack has not worked. the ukrainians have steadfast held their ground and have, you know, really given the russians a much tougher fight than they were planning on. what you are seeing now is very