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ukrainians at the russian air force bases inside russia, and they re not feeling any pain from the ukrainian counter offensive against the strategic air fleet. so the situation is dire it s not just electric grid, the water grid, it s also the death of civilians throughout the country, from these cruise missile attacks. they may get worse, because the iranians are on the verge of providing essentially ballistic missiles which can strike deeper and faster but it is a tough situation. i think the end of the day, there s no question, putin has lost the strategic war already and will never be able to regain it but in an operational sense, we need to upgrade ukrainian offensive weapon systems, the missiles, the m-1 tanks, armed drones and hopefully let them
battlefield, and russia knows that. so now what russia is trying to do is trying to punish the economy, trying to punish everyday ukrainian citizens to try to destroy their will to fight and destroy their ability to even arm themselves through actually economic activity. and that s the next step that we need to do is give them the weaponry to number one defend their energy grid, their water grid. and number two, give them the capability to really reach out and touch the russians to the point where it makes them v very especially if they re trying to do a counter sbent int intensive. president zelenskyy was in b bakhmut today. what kind of risk is he taking, the personal risk for him, and also the risk being gone from his country for any period of time? well, i think it s going to be a very quick trip for president zelenskyy, and i think the risk is actually minimal.
we have been very, very tactical in how we provide weapons to ukraine. it s been extremely palpable. it clearly has been put to their advantage. they have put russia on its back heels. there needs to be more done. when i was there, just about a weekend a half ago, what i heard from ukraine military, ukraine civil government, is that, you know, they can defeat russia on the battlefield. russia knows that. now russia is trying to punish the economy, trying to punish every day ukrainian citizens to try and destroy their will to fight, and their ability to even arm themselves through economic activity. that is the next step that we need to do, give them the weaponry to defend their energy grid, their water grid, and, number two, give them the capability to really reach out and touch the russians, to a point where it makes some very vulnerable, especially if they re trying to do a counteroffensive, which is something we ve been hearing about. general clark, president zelenskyy was in bakh
resolve or another option as he just declared victory. he said, this was my objective all along. not to take all of donbas and continue this terror campaign that he s just started, no longer exclusively fighting the front lines but now starting a terror campaign against the electrical grid and the water grid and against the civilians. le do what he could, i would suspect, to hold off this counter offensive and make the ukrainians pay significantly for it. but i don t see him pulling him back and i don t see them pushing them out near the border. thank you so much. so as we were just discussing, the new krern offensive is testing the putin military strategy but we ve heard whispers of discontent in russia. joining me now is fiona hill, on the national security council under president trump.