predates the invasion and goes on afterwards, it is a war between russia and the west. yes, that will go on for years. the fighting that we see now, that cannot go on for years at this tempo and pace because russia is running out of troops, running out of units, new units and fresh units. that s why they re going to foreign fighters and bringing in soldiers from their own foreign bases. so the fighting at this level is going to be over in a few weeks, maybe a month or more because russia cannot sustain this kind of combat. and so we ll see a cease-fire, maybe a frozen conflict. but, yes, the war will go on for years because it is a war between russia and the west. question, putin does not recognize ukraine as a country. we heard it in the public speeches, he used it as part of russia. if the immediate fighting ends in weeks, purely because russia can t sustain it at this level, is that a short-term pullback or long-term one?
it is it is in putin s mind he has gotten what he needs, which is land. he doesn t need the resources that are coming from this part of ukraine. he wants a buffer between himself and the west. and he doesn t care what shape the land is in. it can all look like mariupol as far as he s concerned. he is looking for the buffer. yeah. it can all look like mariupol. that s a frightening vision to imagine, the civilians bearing much of the brunt of that. so good to have you. thank you. just the outlines of this war, it shocks you every day. coming up next, the french representative to the u.n. joins me live ahead of the vote to suspend russia from the u.n. human rights council. we ll discuss whether his country is ready to cut off russian oil and gas. also ahead, i ll speak to a reporter who has witnessed the atrocities in bucha and borodyanka firsthand.
forth coming. and in the instance of that kind of support, we all we need now is more of it. yeah. and on that note, we heard this week, just from the chairman of the joint chiefs, general millie, say this war should be measured not in months, but in years. give than even if the weaponry is provided to ukrainians, most of it right now appears to be old soviet made weaponry for no other reason than they re familiar of how to utilize it. they re going to run out of those weapons. should the west, should the united states be leading the charge in providing more modern day weaponry, given how long this could go on? yeah, i think the united states can do more in that regard. we re being cautious and i understand that. and that s a good policy to have. but within that caution there is room for us to do more. you know, i want to caveat what i think is general milley is saying, there are different ways to look at at this. the war is something which
civilians. we want to warn you that the video, some of it you re about to see is disturbing. we consider it important to show because this shows the evidence of what is happening on the ground in this war. this particular video captured by drone operators who have been able to see those crimes or evidence of those crimes from the air. they re also using the technology to help the ukrainian army fight back. cnn s senior international correspondent frederik pleitgen reports from outside of kyiv. be careful. reporter: it is like a scene from the gates of hell. the dead lay strewn across this highway west of kyiv, some still next to the wreckage of their vehicles, as the dogs roam around looking to scavenge. this is what russian forces left behind when they retreated from here. they organize over there. reporter: oleksandr tells me these were civilians, gunned down from this position, where the russians had placed a tank. you
2.5-year-old son are living in a tent in tijuana, mexico. along with their husband, escaped the war in ukraine and are hoping to enter the united states. this is your son. one child? one. reporter: she shows me on the map where she says she once lived in western ukraine. before the russian bombs started to fall. how long did it take you to get to mexico? your travel? she tells me she traveled through four countries to get here. mexico was allowing ukrainians in with a simple travel visa. they just ran, she says, taking only a small suitcase and blanket for her son. she worries about him with temperatures at night. one of the ukrainian families camped out at the u.s. border with mexico, at the border crossing south of san diego. at the time of our visit, about 2400 people were waiting to enter the u.s., which has promised to allow 100,000 ukrainians in on humanitarian