weapons. what is your take on that threat level? so, on the first point of sweden and finland and the threat to deploy nuclear weapons, they already deployed nuclear weapons in the russian enclave of kaliningrad. they have been there for at least ten years that i know of. that s just a reinforcement of the actual threat that exists today, so no change, just an emphasis of the point they have the ability to influence the area with tactical and nuclear weapons if they want to do so. the probability of them using them over there is pretty low. particularly since nato would have a very strong response to that because a lot of that nuclear devastation would essentially cause problems for nato up in the baltic states in particular. estonia, latvia, lithuania. in regards to mr. burns comments, we lived in this shadow for a while of russian
air raid sirens are sounding across ukraine. cnn teams report heavy shelling in the donetsk region in the east, as ukrainian officials say nearly all areas there are now under attack. russian forces are claiming significant advances in the besieged port city of mariupol. as the last two ukrainian military units in the city try to fend them off. and senior u.s. defense official telling cnn the city is in, quote, a dire position right now. that s despite putting up stronger than expected resistance in recent weeks. the washington post says russia sent a formal diplomatic note warning the u.s. to stop supplying arms to ukraine, saying that some weapons shipments are adding fuel to the conflict. all of this as russia faces renewed scrutiny, top prosecutor at the international criminal court has declared ukraine a, quote, crime scene, after visiting the devastated towns of bucha and borodyanka. let s begin this morning with
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ukraine from the south and the black sea, maritime economy, that s all shut off. now the ability to do that is somewhat degraded. a good indication that it was a short-based missile that hit the ship or two missiles is the black sea fleet has moved out farther away from ukraine. having said that, it also demonstrates a couple of things, they have to be considering now. any thought of an amphibious landing in odesa has gone out the window. finally, the most interesting point, according to ukrainian intelligence that reported three special flights from moscow to far north of russia, i think those were people going up to assess the ability to recover the ship or weapons on that ship in the black sea because that s where the navy hub is really at up there for technical recovery and salvage up there.
foreign influence campaign, and i think we re going to see a lot more of this as part of the justice department s kleptocapture unit has really gotten going. it wasn t just president trump at the time that took sort of the softer stance, more pro russia stance towards vladimir putin, but clearly there were a number of politicians here doing the same thing. interesting here, kara, thank you, appreciate it. jim? joining me to discuss, former u.s. ambassador at large for war crimes issues, clint williamson, now senior fellow at the mccain institute for international leadership. ambassador, good to have you on this morning. my pleasure, thank you. i d like to ask you about the whole picture here. the icc s chief prosecutor described ukraine as a crime scene. based on what you ve seen so far, i know there is a lot of evidence that needs to be gathered, eyewitness testimony, but based on what you ve seen so far, do you see hard evidence of war crimes and if so, how