girls, women, they killed civilians, they burned them. it is terrible things, absolutely terrible. 50 is terrible things, absolutely terrible. ., ., terrible. so how do you explain it? given terrible. so how do you explain it? given that terrible. so how do you explain it? given that the terrible. so how do you explain it? given that the reason - it? given that the reason moscow says it has invaded ukraine, is to unite fellow slavs? i ukraine, is to unite fellow slavs? ~ ., slavs? i think that their reasons slavs? i think that their reasons are slavs? i think that their reasons are just - slavs? i think that their reasons are just to - slavs? i think that their reasons are just to kill. slavs? i think that their i reasons are just to kill the ukrainian nation, to erase us, because they have state policies that they should just clean our nation from the face of the earth. i am absolutely sure that this is genocide against the ukrainian nation from russia side. absolutely. do yo
they have what appeared to be what a remarkable victories. either real victories with a force that the russians or places where russians are bogged down, at a fuel, and motivated, not quite sure what they re doing it and have orders to back out. there is a sense that there is not a battlefield commander here, somebody on russia on the russia side, a battlefield genius. ukrainians have that. they continue to recruit. more civilians are joining the civilian defense. they re getting more weaponry each passing day. for the moment, it is exhausting, the pressing, but they are not demoralize. ukrainian forces seem ready to continue to fight. the fear of course is that this is not a matter of weeks or months, it might be substantially longer. extraordinary resilience. ali velshi, thank you so much for joining us tonight. with that, i want to bring in this evenings experts. aaron schmidt, a senior writer for the new york times covering
viewers sometimes that this cannot get much worse, it looks like it could get worse in eastern ukraine in the coming days. then let s talk about that. there is this feeling that things are getting worse. if russian troops are regrouping, whether ukrainian forces doing? ukrainian forces are emboldened. they have what appeared to be what a remarkable victories. either real victories with a force that the russians or places where russians are bogged down, at a fuel, and motivated, not quite sure what they re doing it and have orders to back out. there is a sense that there is not a battlefield commander here, somebody on russia on the russia side, a battlefield genius. ukrainians have that. they continue to recruit. more civilians are joining the civilian defense. they re getting more weaponry each passing day. for the moment, it is exhausting, the pressing, but they are not demoralize. ukrainian forces seem ready to
russia. absolutely. do you think now there is a moral imperative russia. absolutely. do you think now there is a moral imperative to stop . there is a moral imperative to stop buying russian oil and gas? money to russia and russian buying russian oil and gas? money to russia and russian budget buying russian oil and gas? money to russia and russian budget to - buying russian oil and gas? money to russia and russian budget to finance | russia and russian budget to finance this crime, this killing from russia side. 50 this crime, this killing from russia side. , this crime, this killing from russia side, , ., ., this crime, this killing from russia side. , . ., , this crime, this killing from russia side. , ., ., , , , side. so they have to stop buying oil and gas? side. so they have to stop buying oil and gas? absolutely, - side. so they have to stop buying oil and gas? absolutely, because this is money oil and gas? absolutely, because this is money for oil and gas? absolute
just yesterday that number did top half 1 million, now i want to talk about putin. u.s. officials have notice that what they see is a different pattern of behavior from him. and miss bc news is reporting he s frustrated, he s lashing out at his inner circle. frustrated by his military struggles over the last few days. how worried are you about putin? his state of mind, and what he might do now? it s worth being worried about. don t forget, he s got his finger and the trigger of the largest nuclear force in the. world anything is possible. we have to remember, this guy has been in business a long, long time. he first ascended to power in 1999. there is a brief period when he was not in power. but he was effectively running a puppet government in moscow. and has been a thorn in russia side, if not the west side, for over 20 years.