malpractice one bright spot. we discussed russia s aggression toward he ukraine, reaffirmed our share belief in the threat or use of nuclear weapons is totally unacceptable. strongest condemnation of russia s posture in ukraine we have heard from china albeit from biden s mouth the same kay biden s cia director bill burns turkey consequences if russia uses nuclear weapons in the first high level in person meeting since the invasion. in ukraine, president zelenskyy hailing russia s retreat from kherson as a sign. this is the beginning of the end of the war. one new promise, biden tried to elicit from xi reign in nuclear s nuclear aggression by framing it as a mutual interest and say going the trajectory continues the u.s. will have to step up its presence in the region and it would be, quote, in china s face. bret? bret: jacqui, meantime here at home, a federal appeals court
the russian u.s. taking the capital and toppling the government. it s that significant. and, really we know now after nine months of this war, russian occupation means raping women. it means torturing and killing men. it means shipping hundreds of thousands of ukrainians to russia and thousands of kids, so it s not just taking territories, it s liberation. that s why the emotion and the passion is so rich surrounding this thing. and why zelenskyy wants to come forward and do more of it. what i understand from my sources, he is staging to move in to this appear reiss zoo oblast and move down to mariupol and that s the next face of military operations. we have to encourage and support that the new generals convinced putin to pull the troops back. he is going to start an offensive more aggressively in the done nest region. anybody who thinks that the
russians are giving up here or some kind of stalemate its te o taking place here not happening. the winter months, yes, will operations slow down? but also the ground will freeze. and, as a result of that, operations are absolutely going to continue. putin, i don t think for a minute, has given up on his sass spur rargses really to take more territory inside ukraine, lately ukrainians are doing better. right. ukrainians wind at their bark and people behind them they know full well people are going to suffer this winter and russia is doing everything they can to shut down the electric grid to turn the heat off. to shut the water distribution of sewage and also just regular drinking water down. but, yeah, you have got to admire the steadfastness and the courage of the ukrainian military and its people who are supporting them under the hell that they re really going through. bret: general keane as always, thank you. yeah, it s great talking to