something as you said europeans have really been wanting to do and pressuring the united states to do. exactly right. exactly right. because, in fact, there is a fear that ukraine might run up against sort of a wall here, that they re running low on munitions, the arms are in short supply, and that at some point that they are not able to continue the momentum that they had going strongly in the last winter against the russians, leaving a stalemate situation that nobody wants to see. that the europeans want want ukraine to push the russians out without necessarily escalating it, nonukrainian borders, and what we re looking at now with this counteroffensive is a frozen conflict that could last for years. ali vitali and peter baker, thank you both so much for being with us this morning. up next, disney delivers what could be a major economic blow to the state of florida. and governor ron desantis.
invasion of this war. we ve seen that there have been missile attacks. there have been bombardments leading up to the 23rd and 24th? what do you expect we will see over the next 72 hours? i think russia will continue more or less the strategic attacks. there s a stalemate on the battlefield right now, on those front lines in the east and in the south. there were reports this morning of ukraine attacks that were deep into russia. when you have a stalemate situation in history, the way one side wins or the other, they start affecting the other side s ability to wage war. ukraine really doesn t have that. unless those other strategic weapons come from the west, the f-16s and the like that will allow them to attack ammunition depots inside of russia, and so they don t have that capability. russia still can go on some kind of offense, with the kind of people that could show up at the battlefield. if you put ukraine on the offensive, they ve got to be very selective as to where they
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ireland is in that stalemate situation which it has been many times situation which it has been many times before. my guess would be the dup won t times before. my guess would be the dup won t go back into a power sharing agreement because they will want power sharing agreement because they will want to power sharing agreement because they will want to hold out for another election will want to hold out for another election which will automatically happen election which will automatically happen in 24 weeks if they don t go back in. happen in 24 weeks if they don t go back in. and happen in 24 weeks if they don t go back in, and say, we have got your nressage, back in, and say, we have got your message, we will fix the protocol, but vote message, we will fix the protocol, but vote for us and we can get back to where but vote for us and we can get back to where we but vote for us and we can get back to where we are. and the other thing on the to where we are. and th
a senior nato official says signs are pointing to a stalemate in russia s war on ukraine. from ground forces to combat aircraft that have fail today achieve the advantage in the air. but the official says russia isn t backing down. it s assembling reinforcements as it continues to resort to less precise and more brutal weaponry against civilians. a similar assessment from the pentagon spokesman, who says russian forces have failed to achieve many of their objectives on the ground. he says russia is increasingly turning to long-range strikes from cruise missiles to artillery fire. and earlier, i spoke with steven hall, senior fellow at the center for european policy analysis about the possible outcomes of a stalemate situation. peace talks that are ongoing and what s been reported to be coming out of them are very interesting. i think and even in his remarks to the u.s. congress where