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he pleaded. this after russia warned if nato further arms ukraine with battle tanks and long-range missiles, it will lead to a whole new level of war. it s been nearly a year since the russian invasion t. united states perspective has shifted during that time. remember the unwillingness to be a participant in a three-way deal that would have had the united states backfill poland s fleet of fighter planes after they give mig 25 fighters to ukraine? the biden administration said no. they were willing to acknowledge providing stinger anti ar craft missiles. with a passage of time has been a softening of the biden administration s reluctance to go all in. today ukrainian are in oklahoma being trained on the system that the u.s. is supplying. as part of a new and massive $2.5 billion aid package. reports suggest a u.s. willingness to green light efforts to target crimea, annexed illegally by russia in 2014. what accounts for this change? has the western perspective changed f ....
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Ukraine s north down into much closer to kyiv or even ukraine s western border, than the fighting that s currently going on. and the russian regular forces did, in fact, mount such an attack at the beginning of the war itself. it would an unwelcome develop for ukraine, of course. if this threat further to the west and further to the north would be renewed. really appreciate your expertise on this, nigel gould davis, thanks so much for talking to us. france could face a national reckoning after a person of color was killed by police. ahead, we ll discuss how the death is fueling a social movement which is drawing comparisons to the george floyd protests of 2020. and the writer s strike, which has paralyzed some movie and television productions for as long as two months could get some backing from another major hollywood union. stay with us. ....
I should also mention, cukim, tt according to a u.s. official, bill burns reached out to his russian counterpart to say that the u.s. had nothing to do with the insurrection in russia that we saw a few weeks ago. we have seen previously american diplomatic efforts to do the same with their russian counterparts, with a similar message. the kremlin, though, has yet to comment on this. all right. thanks so much, scott mclane in london. appreciate it. so for more analysis, we re joined by nigel gould davis. thanks so much for being here with us. first of all, cnn spoke with you over a week ago, i guess, as all of this, the wagner insurrection was unfolding. could you ever have guessed that this was how it would all play ....
Russian military war effort inside of ukraine so certainly on friday this was a very tense and unfolding situation that the white house will be monitoring. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. we are joined by nigel gould davis who is a senior for russia and eurasia at the institute for strategic studies from 2010. he served in the uk s foreign and commonwealth office where his roles included serving as head of the economics department in moscow as well as ambassador to belarus where we are delighted to have you with us. start with how serious of a challenge is this to putin s rule? at least one russian general called it a coup, front royal says it s not a cuvce search for justice. how worried do you think vladimir putin is right now? there is a sense of panic in moscow right now. we have seen that through the generals that have made successful appeals to wagner ....