extrapolate from anti-war protesters saying putin is about to fall, about to cave, but what do these protests tell you about the nature of the russian regime right now. and what it is dealing with at home? we oftenng call pute an stro man. and this is a kind of weakness that he has to force people to shut up because they oppose him. now, i think there are significant elements of the russiansi population that do ba vladimir pute. and it s difficult to discern whether that s because they re constantly living in his propaganda machine, fed disinformation andpr lies or because they generally understand what isca going on i ukraine and they support. it i think you ve seen disturbing images of the sign z that is put on people s clothing as a nationalistic, militaristic symbol in support of vladimir putin and this shows youor how e russian regime operates, it is a culture ofte fear, it is a culte of fear in which you must show feel ty to the leader or face the consequences.
0 campaign like that. you ve got to planted. you ve got to execute it. that s reason number one. that might come back, by the way. they might be stunned at the moment, but that might come back. moment, but that might com back we re much better prepared, and there s a lot more peter pommerantsey, who has written several books on this topic, learned a lot from him, thank you very much for your time tonight. i really appreciate it. good evening. i m it is now midnight on the east coast as we continue to follow breaking news out of ukraine. russia is accelerating its offensive and more civilians are being killed in the attempt to seize control of kyiv. one senior u.s. defense official tells nbc news it made 100% of the military forces that vladimir putin mobilized for war are now inside ukraine. president zelenskyy remains in his country and he spoke to the nation from his office in the capital. zelenskyy amazingly posted this video to facebook saying he will not leave ukraine and he w