one thing remains certain, the security of our continent depends on ukraine security of our continent depends on ukraine winning this war. i commend the foreign ukraine winning this war. i commend the foreign secretary for hosting ukraine the foreign secretary for hosting ukraine recovery conference last week ukraine recovery conference last week following discussions with foreign week following discussions with foreign ministers. is he confident ukraine foreign ministers. is he confident ukraine will get the humanitarian support ukraine will get the humanitarian support it ukraine will get the humanitarian support it needs in the months ahead question support it needs in the months ahead question mark and when we going to -et question mark and when we going to get on question mark and when we going to get on with question mark and when we going to get on with not just freezing but seizing get on with not just freezing but seizing russian state assets as ou
a matter of hours they took control of a key military base in southwest russia. they got as close as 120 miles from the russian capital. their leader struck a sudden deal agreeing to go into exile in belarus and avoid prosecution. antony blinken calls the weekend s events extraordinary. we haven t seen the last act. we re watching it closely and carefully. 16 months ago russian forces were on the doorstep of kiev in ukraine thinking they would take the city in a matter of days and thinking they would erase ukraine from the map as an independent country. now over the weekend they have had to defend moscow, russia s capital of mercenaries are putin s own making. it raises profound questions and shows cracks. putin has more to answer for in the weeks and months ahead. sandra: a former russia ambassador said it is a fresh reminder of a long-held nuclear fear. he is known quantity. hardened adversaries of the united states. the alternative could be worse. i think the biden a
spilled. several helicopters and a fixed wing plane of the russian air force were shot down by his fighters. according to russian media 13 russians soldiers were killed and still on the hot seat with russia. he sounds like he is still defiant. back to you. sandra: the latest developments at this hour. headlines on russia s internal rebellion. the u.s. needs a diplomatic blitz to fill the power vacuum the wagner coup leaves behind. one says americans know victory in ukraine matters. a win for ukraine is very or somewhat important to our own interests. the party breakdown shows it is bipartisan that opinion. 86% of democrats, 71% of republicans agree on the matter. retired army colonel davis joins us now. cull, thank you for your time.