kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. what is putin s off ramp? where does he find a way out? where does he find himself where he does not lose face but significant power? his military is, you might say, significantly underperforming. cnn s fred pleitgen is in kyiv. fred, significantly under performing. there are voices inside russia saying the same thing right now. reporter: there certainly are. i think those voices are growing. we ve also seen a lot of in fighting, if you will, between a lot of the power sectors of russia, especially at the top of the country. one of the interesting things we ve been seeing over the past couple of weeks, christine, the ukrainians believe there is a threat, that russia might at some point use tactical nuclear weapons in this conflict. the threat of which keeps rising all the time. however, the ukrainians are saying that is not something that will have those counter offensive. here s what we re finding. dangerous battles for ukrainian force
saying that is not something that will have those counter offensive. here s what we re finding. dangerous battles for ukrainian forces as they continue to press counter offenses against the russian army. this video, the authenticity of which cnn cannot independently verify, prepare to show an infantry vehicle hit by an anti-tank. the soldiers scramble and return fire. ukrainian missiles say they re making headline south. i do not name the directions butch nearly 400 square miles