point. martha: we her from chancellor stoltz says nato won t get involved. the other thing i want to ask you about is potential for negotiation. the spokesperson for the kremlin, he said the ukrainians are dragging their feet. we re ready to work around the clock. he thinks they re not at the same pace. what does that tell you where the russians are and how do you read that statement? i the read the russians of being in a position where they understand they re bogged down militarily on the ground. a point that isn t being made much here like the firing in to mariupol, the russians are now using stand-off missiles, right? some of these long range cruise middles are being fired from
Russia uses Bastion-P Anti-Ship Missiles on the battlefield of Ukraine to bring shock and terror to pro-Kyiv forces, a missile system that the west will fear.
u.s., we now have images of that pair of air force b-1 bombers that flew from qatar under fighter escort and launched 19 stand-off missiles. russian and syrian state media claim they shot down dozens of the allied missiles, but the pentagon says the russian guns remain silent, adding syria fired 40 surface-to-air missiles wildly into the air after the u.s. missiles had already hit their targets. syrian response was remarkably ineffective in all domains. probably the best answer i can give you. they had no material impact on the strike. as secretary mattis said last night, the russian disinformation campaign has already begun. there has been a 2,000 percent increase in russian trolls in the last 24 hours. despite a lot of bluster, russian forces did not engage u.s. or allied ships or planes and failed to protect the assad regime. that according to pentagon officials. arthel? arthel: jennifer griffin, thank