I think the good points on this are nato came together very quickly. we ve got full leadership attention. we are going to have to look at our air defense protection of poland as well as air defense protecti we acknowledge that we don t have a complete anvil for protection. there are additional assets, additional reconnaissance efforts. and maybe the air defense assets should be moved forward into poland where they could guard against this kind of an accidental or something more intentional. but, you know, i think the real teaching point here is first reports are sometimes wrong, don t overreact, get the information out and then learn those appropriate lessons. how i mean can russia
We don t know. but, you know, the likely thing is that it was a deflected air defense missile that somehow went off course. those things do happen. i think the good points on this are that nato came together very quickly. got full leadership attention. we are going to have to look at our air defense production of poland, as well as the air defense protection of ukraine. we acknowledge that we don t have a complete envelope of production. there are additional assets, there are additional reconnaissance assets that can be brought. in nato other area radars can be moved
Day 51 and what happened? the loss of that russian warship. general, how much of a military setback is that? is it really just symbolic and huge emotional or morale boosting win for ukrainians? or is it serious business in terms of the loss? well i think it s also a huge boost for ukrainian morale. by the way, i have no doubt in my own life for having followed this for the last 24 hours, ukrainian sunk the ship with two neptune missiles and a deception operation. it was a very clever aggressive move. and there s also unconfirmed rumors that much of that ships party were lost at sea. so we need to listen to it in the coming day. but look, that was the flagship, that was not only pounding ukrainian civilians with cruise missiles for 1000 miles inland, it was also part of the air defense protection of 21
Party were lost at sea. so we need to listen to it in the coming day. but look, that was the flagship, that was not only pounding ukrainian civilians with cruise missiles for 1000 miles inland, it was also part of the air defense protection of 21 russian combatant and am fed ships. that s how the logistics of getting the support russian army fighting mariupol. so this is a big hole, knocked in their capability. the rest of the fleet has now withdrawn 80 miles away from the coast. so this is a real military setback to the russian putin s forces.
0 tonight s last word is the 11th hour stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, russia s lead battleship some. ukraine says it fired a missile responsible in a potentially major blow to putin s war. then, he argued trump made him do it, but the jury did not buy it. a new verdict for the january 6th case and what the judge said tonight about the former president and future of our democracy. and what s in the world s elon musk s endgame in his bids by twin or as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. as the war on ukraine moves into day 51, there are more signs the kremlin is preparing for a new more lethal onslaught. a senior u.s. defense official says russia now has 65 operational battalion tactical groups in the east and south with more military equipment still incoming. clearly, what the russians are doing is trying to do what we call shaping. they re trying to set the conditions for success in the donbas for some future