Economy. i remember one of the guys on the joint chiefs of staff during a war game asked me to give me a definition of russia quickly. yeah, it is he a nuclear armed gas station run by the mafia has a mini mart that deals in diamonds and gold. simple but it s true it makes it easy. the question is, who s winning? it s hard to say because ukraine has become a killing field. they re going to kill everything there. they re going to destroy the country completely. and the question is, what is survival mean? is putin going to be able to survive a backlash in his country? i m not sure what winning really is anymore. and so maybe again we go back to definitions. maybe it s time for a new definition of what winning and losing, victory and defeat really is. greg: yeah. i think that ukraine, rob, could win this war but lose millions of people. right? rob: yeah. i mean, that s what it looks like.
Which is struggling financially. as a diplomatic agreement is falling apart, the u.s. is threatening another round of economic sanctions. they vowed today that russia can go it alone economically becoming less reliant on the international banking system and sell more oil and gas to china. gop leader john mccain dismissed russia as a power. russia is a gas station masquerading as a country. all they have is gas and oil. i take that back. it s a gas station run by a mafia that is masquerading. originally i thought it was a little rough. i m glad you stopped there. reporter: since this weekend the u.s. expanded those military deployments from eastern europe from 300 troops to 600 troops going to the four nato allies. at the same time u.s. officials considering another round of economic sanctions against
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In fact, senator john mccain was on late night with seth myers and slammed russia s president, vladimir putin. listen. russia is a gas station masquerading as a country. all he s got is gas and oil, and that s really all that is sustaining them. i take that back. it s a gas station run by a mafia that is masquerading originally i thuought it wasa little rough of course, russia exports natural gas to ukraine. ukraine pays russia for those resources. do you agree with senator mccain? well, 70% of the russian exports are oil and gas, and it s 52% of the budget for their military and their government. so the prime support for putin right now is the monopoly they have. principally in eastern europe on oil and gas. so if we were to export gas into
From the army s 173 airborne based in italy to nato allies for military exercises. we ve been constantly looking at ways to reassure allies and partners. reporter: the white house announced a $50 million aid package for ukraine which is struggling financially. as a diplomatic agreement falls apart, russia s prime minister talked about selling more gas to oil and gas to china. they dismissed russia as a declining and economic political power. look, russia is a gas station masquerading as a country. that s really all that is sustaining them. i take that back. it s a gas station run by a