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thank you. significant information indeed. let s get more on what is going on. joining us now, the hoeflt of fareed zakaria. how important is that it this billionaire is speaking out against putin and pleading with the west to give putin a clear exit to save face? i wouldn t read too. into it. tinkov has made his money more from the traditional commercial side of russia, retail, banking. not oil and gas and things like that. i think more importantly, fundamentally misunderstands the axis of power in russia. putin does not depend on these people for his support. they depend on him. they are courtiers in his court. putin s power comes from the security services, from the army, and from oil rev news. remember. putin will get $320 billion in ....
Saw from him, and barbara is reporting there, was broadcast to russians. and the announcement of this missile test to the russians. this is to reend force the message that the army is capable, it is a modern army, a modernizing army. that it can continue to fight. and this, if you will, will try to scorch over all the little bits of bad negative information that are slowly, slowly filtering out to russians, that the war in ukraine is not going well. however, the kremlin tries to spin it. they have had to pull out of kyiv. they ve spun that to their population. putin talks about the fight in terms of a noble cause. trying on re-rally troops and put more people into the fight. it is all part. narrative that the russian government is still on track with its military goals and pose as threat to its enemies. on that point, nic, how desperate is putin for any sort ....
Cnn diplomatic editor nic robertson joining us from brussels right now. what message is putin trying to send with this intercontinental missile test at such a key turning point in the ukraine war? there are two messages. to the international community, that despite how the war is going, we continue to test and develop our newest improved weapons systems. that we can do this while we re actually fighting a war. the war is going on to the west of russia. this missile test was from the north of russia, all the way to the far east russia. so there is a message that the army is capable, it s functional, it can do multiple things, and fire these very big new sophisticated systems upgraded from the soviet era. but it is more important for putin at the moment, part of this, the message that we just ....
Key cities in the north after ukraine pushed back the russians. when you look at the homes flattened, the water and heating infrastructure completely destroyed. just how absolute is the devastation that was committed by putin s army? thank you, wolf. first of all, i would like to say the refugee crisis and humanitarian disaster are deepening because ukrainian civilians are deliberately targeted by russia. moscow s clear objective is to destroy ukrainian nation as a viable political entity through the war of obliteration. we are facing a terrific, terrific numbers of destroyed assets, destroyed buildings. and i have visited the number of regions, the number of occupied regions, and they are facing very, very tragic situation. i can tell you that 10 million ....