Vladimir milov in vilnius, lithuania. Welcome to hardtalk. Great to be with you. Thanks for having me. Well, its a pleasure to have you on the show. You know as well as i do that this war has now lasted for more than 18 months. It has turned into an attritional fight, which is proving to be terribly, horribly costly on both sides. Would you accept that that suits Vladimir Putin right now better than ukraine . On one hand, yes, because putin wants western patience and ukrainian patience to be exhausted and he still has a lot of resources to fight a lengthy war. On the other hand, there are a lot of bad news for putin. His army and personnel is becoming exhausted and depleted, too. Resources are also not endless. And here is where the western sanctions are working. So in the longer run, i think the odds are that ukraine is set finally to win this battle. But we need patience and we might see a protracted conflict. And patience is the key word here. Just on the question of the levels of s
it s almost christmas which means it s the season to be a hater. alvin toback, the 90 this has a waiting list, everybody is angry, there s so much tension could cut it with a knife. christmas spirit is falling fl flat. you re a mean one. mr. grinch i do like the grinch. how did we get to this? there are more ranges than who will, who billions who people, what is a who? it s all about the holiday gators like this guy, apparently on security camera ceiling history off the roof of the car in the store s parking lot. he cuts down, shows it into his own suv and that is lower than low, even the grinch is like bro, come on man. what s causing all of this? is it mainstream media or is it the devil? this is evidence that there is a real gavel including your family members. auto, maybe it s the eggnog. how did we get through the holidays without driving each other crazy? the biden administration is no help, they set up guidelines insulting how the country spending even mo
it s almost christmas which means it s the season to be a hater. alvin toback, the 90 this has a waiting list, everybody is angry, there s so much tension could cut it with a knife. christmas spirit is falling fl flat. you re a mean one. mr. grinch i do like the grinch. how did we get to this? there are more ranges than who will, who billions who people, what is a who? it s all about the holiday gators like this guy, apparently on security camera ceiling history off the roof of the car in the store s parking lot. he cuts down, shows it into his own suv and that is lower than low, even the grinch is like bro, come on man. what s causing all of this? is it mainstream media or is it the devil? this is evidence that there is a real gavel including your family members. auto, maybe it s the eggnog. how did we get through the holidays without driving each other crazy? the biden administration is no help, they set up guidelines insulting how the country spending even mo
it s almost christmas which means it s the season to be a hater. alvin toback, the 90 this has a waiting list, everybody is angry, there s so much tension could cut it with a knife. christmas spirit is falling f flat. you re a mean one. mr. grinch i do like the grinch. how did we get to this? there are more ranges than who will, who billions who people, what is a who? it s all about the holiday gators like this guy, apparently on security camera ceiling history off the roof of the car in the store s parking lot. he cuts down, shows it into his own suv and that is lower than low, even the grinch is like bro, come on man. what s causing all of this? is it mainstream media or is it the devil? this is evidence that there is a real gavel including your family members. auto, maybe it s the eggnog. how did we get through the holidays without driving each other crazy? the biden administration is no help, they set up guidelines insulting how the country spending even mor
joey: we begin this hour with a fox news alert. a senior red cross official reportedly telling sky news he is not confident a third the round of hostage releases will happen today. however, an israeli diplomat says he expects hostages to be freed. rachel: 13 more israelis were released yesterday bringing the total so far to 26. todd: trey yingst on the ground in tel aviv with the very latest. trey? reporter: yeah, hey, guys, look, good morning. this is an incredibly delicate ceasefire and one that will have a lot of ups and downs. but system more good news to report from oversight, 13 additional israeli hostages release ared bringing the total to 26 since the ceasefire went into effect. i want to just show you hostage square here where so many have gathered to really bring attention to the situation and call for all of the hostages to come home. we do know that that report is out there indicating today there could be some more trouble, but israeli officials say this is goin