forces are there. they re trying to take the rest of the donbas region. 42 the president of it is still 42 the % of it is still owned by ukraine. we ve looked at this very closely, we believe russia will fail in achieving this. they re going to take significant casualties. that will bring on an opportunity for ukraine to conduct an offensive probably in the may/june time frame. they ve been handicapped by the administration. i disagree with admiral kirby about this. it s commending what the administration has given to ukraine, but they have cone it piecemeal because they are overly concerned about the escalation of certain weapons systems and if russia will retaliate with a nuclear attack. i mean, by now after a year of providing all of these weapons piecemeal to ukraine, i think we know that that policy is a mistake. russia has not escalated, and they re not going to escalate. their threatening the use of nuclear weapons because they want to spook us, to be sure, but they re not goi
mr. putin might well have accepted retreat on terms that now glimmer out of reach. how do you assess a year in what we ve gotten wrong? can we right that? we are going to stay chit if committed to the ukraine going forward, and when you see the president go to poland next week, he ll make that case before the entire world to move forward. and we fully expect that it will. there s no sign at all that nato s cracking or there s any fissures with our allies and partnerses, so we re to going to the move forward in that regard. we have evolved the kinds of capabilities that we have provided ukraine as the war has evolved. the first few days as kyiv was under threat, a lot of attention on things like javelin anti-tank missiles. as he collapsed his geographic territory to the donbas in the east, it was long-range fire, artilleries. now air defense really critical because he s using cruise missileses and iranian drones to strike civilian infrastructure. we re in lockstep with ukrainians, t
a bad day is a young man with no legs. this is not ordinary things a doctor sees. it s something that people in war get used to. and reporter: you get used to it. you have to. [gunfire] reporter: the war might seem far away to americans, she says, but it s not. this war is quite close to everyone. if ukraine will not win, we ll get another big country which is not democratic, and it s the not good. shannon: our thanks to steve harrigan for that report. joining us now, retired rear admiral john kirby, communications coordinator for the national security council. admiral, welcome back to fox news sunday. good to be with you. shannon: wall street journal has this opinion place that says since the catastrophic collapse of mr. putin s initial plan, the west s cautious approach has in its way actually made the war safer for the russian president. if the u.s. and nato had immaterial policemenned a force the implemented a force,
president kamala harris says russia has committed crimes against humanity. in a moment, john kirby, the communications coordinator for the national security council, will join us lye. but first, we have us live. steve harrigan is in kyiv on the lasting impact of the war on ukrainian citizens, but first, trey yingst on where the conflict now stands. trey. reporter: shannon, good morning. with less than a week until the one-year mark of the war, russian troops are pushing bard with a multi-front offensive and capture aimed at capturing more ukrainian territory. on the winding roads toward the front line, ukrainian equipment is moved into place. soldiers here have endured nearly a year of battle defending their territory. the southern front line remains active. we ve heard ukrainian 1kwre9s overhead firing on russian positions. the russians continue to shell this area as heavy fighting continues in the zaporizhzhia region. russian troops are moving forward with their assault of
shannon: and i think the american people are inspired by their tenacity and their courage, but they also have questions about how this ends and what our commitment is in this measure. senator j.d. vance said this, before president biden sends another taxpayer dollar to ukraine, he must lay out a clear plan for ending the conflict in a way that advances our national security interests. no more blank checks, it is past time for the president to tell the american people how this comes to an end. how does the president, the white house define how this comes to anen end? first of all, every single item we ve sent has been in full consultation with the congress, and we have really enjoyed terrific bipartisan support, bicameral and bipartisan on capitol hill for support for ukraine, and we fully expect that that will continue. now, look, it could end 0d the, shannon, if mr. putin would pull his troops out of ukraine where they don t belong in the first place. obviously, your reporting on th