walsh. first to you, am ban dos . ambassador. if russia cannot defeat ukraine, why in the world would russia want to take on nato and the united states? i don t see the logic of that. i think there s a big question, not simply as to whether the united states continues to help ukraine, obviously it will, but the quality of the systems we provide. do we give certain offensive systems that will help them reach more into russian territory? that some people believe could raise the risk of escalation. putin always has the threat of nuclear weapons. bottom line, no, i don t think this changes the fundamental of
negotiate with the taliban s months before the taliban s taking over afghanistan and get access to the rights and in the process take over the entire economy of the nation. todd: you can t unring a bell but is the biden administration going forward to win back the trust and confidence of our allies so countries like china, russia cannot take advantage of what we do in afghanistan? you have to see it, but that shows you the importance of having a very strong military and also administration. what you see here effectively is the biden administration continuing to lack in leadership. what you see here with china and ukraine is now effectively showing the results of this lack of leadership. and effectively, you end up in a situation where we are now at war with china.
it s prescient in terms of what may happen in the future. this is a physics problem. russia cannot generate an additional force of 300,000 soldiers to come on the battlefield from a reserve force, especially since those individuals don t want to do it. we are seeing massive purchases of one-way tickets out of russia to territories of different aged men. putin just provided a new rule to all of this, saying 18 to 65-year-old men cannot leave the country. so what we are seeing is a forced conscription of individuals who have lost their will to fight and their capability to fight. remember, russian soldiers aren t trained very well. when you re talking about lapses in times of service, you ll get an arm that s just more cannon fodder, i think the russian people know this. john kirby hits it right on the
0 arbiters. poppy, despite the pressure from gop officials, there s no sign that card companies will back down at this point. it s a really significant change, and we ll watch it closely. matt egan, thank you for highlighting it for us. thanks for joining us today. we ll see you back here tomorrow morning. i m poppy harlow. i m jim scuitto, president biden will speak in minutes. our coverage continues with kate bolduan right now. hello, everyone. at this hour, we are moments away from a major speech from president biden, speaking before the united nations general assembly any minute in and out. we see the president entering the u.n. this morning, the who you says the they need to do more to support ukraine and firmly rebuke russia for its unprovoked war. biden s speech comes at a very interesting time. it s just hours after vladimir putin announced he s calling up 300,000 reservists, more troops to fight in ukraine s war. noteworthy as his remarks come after a string of humilia
them from melting down. the facility temporarily lost connection to the grid last week as well for first time in its history. ukraine says one person is wounded after russian rocket strike in the east. this was the scene in the city of kramatorsk on saturday. the rockets hit a local market. meanwhile, ukraine says it is pushing ahead with its new offensive in the south. military officials say they have been striking russian targets across the region. indications ukrainian troops have made modest gains on the ground despite russian counterattacks. president zelenskyy says russia is not only a threat to ukraine, but also to europe. here he is. translator: russia wants to destroy the normal life of every european, in all countries of our continent. it aims to weaken and intimidate all of europe, every state, where russia cannot achieve this by force of arms, it seeks to do this by force through energy weapons. it is trying to hit europe with poverty and political chaos, are