airplanes and turning poland down? he also believes that putin has not been held accountable. he doesn t believe that he will escalate to the use of nuclear weapons. and he also believes a no-fly zone and i m paraphrasing here. but if you heard him, what s your response to his response? look, i think the united states should lean forward, should be more aggressive. i think they re debating in each of these cases in washington what is the most effective way to do what needs to be done. those planes are russian planes. by which i mean russian manufactured. maybe there are better ideas to do it. i get the sense the administration is trying as hard as it can to supply the ukrainian military with all the best weapons they can get. on the no-fly zone i still do think that, you know, something that we developed during the cold war, which was the idea of
so, you know, these are the sorts of tactics they re using very effectively. yeah, taking out individual tanks. they took out an artillery position the other day. the west has certainly shocked russia with its unity and the strength of the sanctions. even stronger sanctions coming in all the time. i m curious your thought on how delicate the risk balance is. is there a tipping point when the strength of punishment combined with a lack of battlefield progress becomes an existential threat to putin and could cause him to lash out even more. i think that is a real danger, and it s likely to be a danger that grows in the next few days, potentially into the next couple of weeks, you know, as we ramp up the intensity and the effectiveness of sanctions. in particular, we stop buying russian oil, for example. that s going to start placing real pressure not only on putin but also the people around him, the oligarchs.
who don t show the z could be targeted by the state. reporter: and in this highly produced propaganda video russian men wearing that letter to declare their support for the invasion, chanting. for russia, for the president, for russia, for putin. an aerial shot shows a giant z made from the orange and black of the st. georges ribbon, of military glory, usually associated with victory over nazi germany. by accident or design a character that doesn t feature in russia s alphabet has become an iconic symbol of putin s invasion and the propaganda campaign to win support among his people. phil black, cnn, london. or the places we didn t go. (music) at aetna® we re shifting medicare coverage
to be propaganda mechanisms for their war. it is dangerous when small little symbols become proxies for being a loyal citizen in an au authoritarian regime because those that don t wear it could be targeted by the state. reporter: in this highly produced propaganda video, russian men wearing that letter declare their support for the invasion, chanting for russia, for the president, for russia, for putin. an aerial shot shows a giant z, a traditional symbol of russian military glory, usually associated with victory over nazi germany. by accident, or design, a character that doesn t feature in russia s alphabet has become an iconic symbol of putin s invasion and a propaganda campaign, to win support among his people. phil black, cnn, london.
southern port city of mariupol. instead ukraine claiming russian forces fired on a convoy. the city has been without water and electricity for days, and a u.s. official calling it isolated. meanwhile, russian forces have seen their share of setbacks, but the u.s. intelligence community says it is not likely that russian president vladimir putin is deterred. the u.s. estimates between 2,000 and 4,000 russian troops have been killed in the invasion so far. numbers on the ukrainian side harder to come by. the u.n. reporting at least 474 civilians have been killed, including 38 children. the cia says that toll will undoubtedly rise. putin is angry and frustrated right now. he s likely to double down and