numbers of counterbattery radars where they can pick up where artillery is fired from. so unfortunately those long range fires will continue to rain on the cities. as peter said, it s a conventional fight right now. it s defending the cities while they re getting bombed, which is a tough thing to do. mr. zelenskyy wants all of it to stop, he s trying to pull other nations in, and unfortunately there s not a whole lot that other nations can do about this just right now. general hertling, general zwack, i appreciate your expertise. ordinary people are taking up arms, mixing molotov cocktails, training to defend their cities and towns and neighborhoods. cnn s ivan watson reports. reporter: dawn breaks over the city of vinitsia with an air raid siren. this is the entrance to a
if you will, chinese long-term plans and they do think long. but lastly, china would see itself weakened, isolated if russia actually were to badly fail because they have each other s back diplomatically, economically and in the worst case militarily. what that means and how far the chinese would go, we all don t know which is why it s right that people are having or will be having hard discussions with xi jinping s regime. general zwack there s been a public debate about the support. the latest over whether to supply these polish fighter jets. i ve been told that that is less impactful than air defense systems. that those have proven more crucial to ukraine s military defense and that is the focus now, not just the stinger
foreign minister s comments today that any war between it and nato would be potentially nuclear. and putin, speaking on state tv, claiming that everything was, according to the translation, quote, going according to plan. well, it is as we reported, only expected to get worse. i m joined by fareed zakaria. the fieging around the nuclear power plant, zaporizhzhya, what does it say about the military capabilities? we had on general zwack earlier who was talking about the inprecise fire, the chaotic fire around this plant. clearly things are not going to plan. we ve seen that from day one. the hope was that kyiv would fall instantly, maybe the government would be overturned. none of that is happening. really none has gone according to the russian plan. but what worries me is that what
believe, to do it, to take kyiv. general zwack, general marks, always appreciate it. thank you. coming up next, the young woman who documented her life with her family as the city of kharkiv was bombarded day in and day out. they fled. but now she s got a new burden to bear. my conversation with her ahead. ukraine s foreign minister on the state of peace talks with russia. allergies s don t have to be scary. spraying flonase daily s stos your body from overreacting to allergens s al season long. psst! psst! flonase all good.
ukrainians have the will to fight. there s an anecdotal reporting about the lack of will we said from the russian forces, but we know the ukrainians, in the military and civilians are going to fight. general zwack, thank you. kim dozier, thank you as well. > we ll be right back. so anyone who says lactaid isn t real milk is also saying mabel here isn t a real cocow. and she really hates that. let s go on the open road with a safe stay! now get double best western rewards points on every stay. and with rewards points that never expire, you get free nights fast! book now at bestwestern.com. [upbeat acoustic music throughout]