types of battle equipment they re pouring in right now, and this idea of pass having its own value. this is where that kind of thing plays out is in terrain like this. and so my feeling is that despite these problems that they have, that mass is going to have a momentum that it will start off with. and if ukraine can blunt that momentum, hold them, make them bloodied, kept supplied by the west so that mass begins to attrite and becomes weaker, then we might have a chance, the west might have a chance. ukraine will have a chance to see that russian offensive stall out. but it s going to be the next week, week natch where they re going to ukraine s going to have to hold on, is going to have to blunt in mast and the momentum behind it, bloody them so attrition then can take place and those armored vehicles and
ukrainians. over time, look, the russians outnumber 10 to 1 mass does apply. right now they re stalled out. i give the edge to the ukrainians. that s what should concern putin. my concern with him, what will he do next when he sees this whole offensive stall out, which it is. dana: last night cnn had the putin spokesperson on and asked about nuclear weapons and this is what he said. i want to know whether you are convinced or confident that your boss will not use that option. well, we have a concept of domestic security for nuclear arms to be used. so if it is a threat for our country then it can be used in accordance with our contract. dana: all right, general. let s get your thoughts on that. in some ways the story was quite overwritten. you would imagine they would say everything is on the table.