we are joined by anatol lieven. a senior fellow at the quincy institute for responsible statecraft. his latest piece is headlined "six months after russian invasion, a bloody stalemate, a struggle for peace.” anatol welcome back to democracy , now! start out by laying out what you think has happened over these six months since russia invaded ukraine and what needs to haen. anatol: it is pretty clear that militarily the more has turned into a stalema. that is due to heroic ukrainian resistance, western help, russian military failures. something else we need to look at is how military technology has changed recently. almost like the first world war, the power of the defens particularly in urban areas, has greatly increased compared to the offenses. if you look at the history of sweeping military victories going back to 1939, they were achieved with tanks, backed up by aircraft above all. what we have seen in ukraine is that anti-tank and missile weapons have caused blocks on damage to rushing armor, ground attack, and

amy: friday, we interviewed anatol lieven, senior fellow at the quincy institute for responsible statecraftsparity, about how ukrainian refugees are treated here, how many are accepted, and how afghan refugees are accepted or not. this was his response. >> the response to ukraine and ukrainian refugees has been vastly more gerous. not giving a silent two people who worked for the united states and britain is obviously disgraceful, dishonorae. i have to say, when it comes to much larger numbers of refugees from afghanistan, as we have seen from previous generations of migrants to the west, there has been often real problems with integration, even in first-generation, let alone second-generation, with some of these people that come to the west as refugees and then turned to extremism and terrorism. simply saying we must accept anyone who wants to leave afghanistan and can, is not a solution. ukrainians, like pols and others, are much easier, frankly, to integrate, to be successful in western societies. that sounds harsh, but i'm afraid it is a fact. amy: hey fact, nijab aminy? nijab: i am per