used? think about the revenge of geography. in other words, you can change a lot of things on a battlefield. you can t change the terrain. thus, as you point out correctly, jonathan, out in the cities, onto the plains of ukraine. it s a vast think kansas. and as a result of that, that armor can move both the tanks, the armored personnel carrier, and yes what the russians envision is a sweeping set-piece kind of battle like we haven t seen since the second world war. we ll see, a, if they can deliver that, and b, ukrainians have plenty of firepower that we have given them to put a real sense of defense in front of the russians. so it s going to be quite striking to watch. about ten years ago, when i was supreme allied commander of nato, i spent a fair amount of time with my counterpart, general nikolai, and he would talk endlessly about thousand russians were going to specialize, get out of the conscript business, improve their logistics and technology, and we watched that
know. our focus is to respond decisively. many diplomats believe the putin-xi relationship will be a central factor in putin s calculation over whether or not to invade ukraine. u.s. officials have noted it was unlike me an invasion would occur as the olympics began. i think that probably president xi jinping would not be ecstatic if putin chose that moment to invade ukraine. so that may affect his timing and thinking. reporter: still the u.s. and nato allies are on edge. today secretary of state tony blinken meeting his polish counter part as u.s. troops arrive in poland to showcase the united states commitment to the nato guarantee that an attack on one is an attack on all. we re here at a time of real concern for european security because of russia s aggressive posture toward ukraine. all of this as the u.s. says it has intelligence that russia has plans to amass thousands more troops in belarus and could develop elaborate, fake video that they could use as a p
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of it, what happened in russia over the weekend, let s get started with five things to know for this monday, june 26th. the pig question, after the revolt in russia, what happens now? how strong is russian president vladimir putin s grasp on power and where is the leader of the wagner group who threatened to march his hearse nair army to moscow. he remains under investigation for inciting an armed rebellion. ukraine looking to take advantage of the chaos, gaining ground around bakhmut as it takes out air targets. severe weather across the country, 90 million people on the east coast under a threat of severe storms, 50 million people experiencing extreme heat. and this twister sending debris flying in indiana. the u.s. coast guard is conducting the highest level of investigation possible into that catastrophic loss of the titan submersible as questions mount over past red flags reportedly ignored by oceangate s ceo. what if you could just take a pill and lose 15% of yo