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so, is the world going to watch what putin is doing to us? is he is the world going to say, okay, we are to protect but not you guys? so, putin was very clear of what he wants ukraine to do to stop this. he said, give up your aim to join nato. give up the aim to join eu, and then i will stop. and we are saying, no, we are not stopping. this is what we want to do. and while we did this, while we are standing up to him, the alliance that we want to join is saying, yeah, no, we are not ready for the war. the war is already there. everybody s involved. it s like in hundred years that happened after hitler made exactly the thing. it seems like the world learned nothing. it seems that people still live in the illusion that it will somehow, somehow will go away. it won t go away.
i m sure that at some point, nato countries will come along, but it may be too late for ukraine. it may be just too late. kira, what do you make of the explanation you re hearing from western leaders, saying they cannot institute a no-fly zone because that would feasibly mean nato forces, western forces shooting down a russian plane, engaging in warfare with russia, which could mean world war iii. i think it s an illusion that this war has not began. because what s happening right now is putin is trying to conquer the countries up to the borders of the soviet union or russian empire, and he was very adamant that after ukraine, there will be poland. there will be baltic countries, and what does nato going to do next if that comes to it? and i don t see right now any
possible on to this train. a lot of families we spoke to said they decided this morning to pack up their house, come here to the station, and just head west. oksana is taking her 1-year-old. they re leaving her husband behind with no idea where they ll eventually end up. we re at war, she says. we have to get the children out. oleksiy, staying behind to fight, told us saying good-bye to his wife and son was the hardest moment of his life. these images, just heartbreaking. thanks to richard engel for that incredible reporting as always. joining me now, retired major john spencer, chair of urban war studios at the modern war institute. thank you so much for joining us on this. we appreciate it. a few things i want to tick through and i first want to start out with an analysis of the russian military. i want to bring up some numbers here, comparing the russian military to the ukrainian military, and i think the obvious truth here is that the
since the fall of the soviet union. to them, that is what they are preserving. yasmin? all right, as always, nbc s matt bradley for us, thanks for your reporting on this, my friend. we appreciate it. with that, want to bring in former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, bill taylor, currently u.s. institute of peace vice president for russia and europe. ambassador, it s great to see you, as always. so you were just taking a listen, obviously, to our correspondent on the ground there, matt bradley, who has been doing some incredible reporting from ukraine. it s there s this conversation, obviously, over the no-fly zone. zelenskyy driving it home once again earlier today. saying, pleading with the west to institute this no-fly zone and saying, if you don t do this, you re giving a green light to vladimir putin. vladimir putin saying, if this no-fly zone is, in fact, instituted, you are participating in this war. break this down for people that are watching as to why this is such a difficult