rally, many people left. but even with information received from russia, i can tell you there s nothing close to euphoria there is no support for the war. that s why putin has to stage these kinds of events. it s patriotism on steroids. we all understand it s very much fake. you know what s not fake? what s happening in ukraine. thank you to all my guests. coming up, what exactly is a no-fly zone? and what it would mean for nato. we re going to clear this up once and for all. our guest is here to discuss why it s being rejected. people need to understand what is really involved here. later, one of our next guest is calling out what he calls the pro putin of the gop. republicans getting featured, guess where? russian state tv. the 11th hour just getting underway on a friday night.
and ukraine. that is my view. the soviet union, before russia, when it broke up, contained all of ukraine, including crimea. the country, itself, is not really a country. i need to be honest with you, i don t care what happens to ukraine, one way or another. putin is now saying it s independent, a large section of ukraine. i said, how smart is that? the guy is a strong leader. he has been in charge for a long time. and he won t put up with the nonsense that he is seeing in europe. it s a very pathetic display from the ukrainian president zelenskyy. remember, a zelenskyy is a thug. the ukrainian government is incredibly corrupt, and while she s pushing woke ideologies. no republicans should vote for any money for ukraine. zero dollars for ukraine. let s bring in charlie sykes. editor at large of the bulwark, and an msnbc political analyst.
let him or putin is watching tucker carlson, madison cawthorn, and marjorie taylor greene. they are thinking, this reflects what is close to the former president, and maybe a future president of the united states. keep in mind, the entertainment wing of the republican party is the dominant one. they are the end of the republican party. it is kevin mccarthy, and in the most important point, it is the leading, pro putin, or member of the republican party, is the leader of the republican party. there is no point even talking about this, if it wasn t for the fact that donald trump had this four-year-long bromance, with vladimir putin. it is the odds on favorite to be the republican nominee, and could be president again. republicans have to decide, who speaks with them? the international, we re standing with ukraine? or, these voices that, are right now, for the moment, in the minority, that are on fox
since the war had begun and even before the war had begun. the europeans and americans have been pretty close. so president biden wants to go there and demonstrate that putin cannot divide the western world through the section, but you re right, i think it would be a great deal of frustration on the part of the ukrainians, if there is not more to be done. president biden s gonna be under pressure to answer that question when he goes there next week to talk about with the next step is. how far will the united states, how far will nato go to assist the ukrainians? i know we re out of time, but gary, i just need to ask you about that staged rally putin through today. it looked like wrestlemania meets a trump rally. is this a guy who thinks he s winning in ukraine? a lot of people who were there didn t even know what they were going there for? i was not a fan of trump s rallies, but i doubt very much that donald paid people that gathered there. it s a paid rally. there are many people
keep bombing civilian areas. where do you think they stand tonight? i think the russian playbook, is that if they cannot occupy, they will decimate. they will try to hold populations hostage, hold officials hostage. they are trying to creep into the territory, in ways that give them strategic advantage. we have seen this playbook, of course, in syria, in chechnya. we know that putin is willing to be brutal, in his attacks, even if the ground forces are stalled. what is interesting here, stephanie, is the question of who s advantage, by the delays. people in mariupol are suffering. and under extreme duress. at the same time, the russian troops on the ground, they do not have supplies, they re running out of fuel. so, the delays here are not advantageous for other sides. they certainly put up a great fight, and in the absence of