joining us now to discuss, mark hertling from the 7th army. have you on lieutenant general, to walk us through the latest developments here. a lot of questions for you. first i wonder, if you could give us a sense of where you think this war is right now? ukrainians made progress in the south, recapture kherson after making unexpected progress in the north a number of weeks agoarn kharkiv. russias that struck back by hitting more and more civilab targets. are russians retreating in this war? >> i don't believe that is the case, jim. i think what is happening right now is the donbas region we're talking about a artillery slugfest. there has been an exchange of towns, ukraine has gained a couple of more territories within that donbas reason in some tough fighting and artillery duels but it is tough to conduct a break through. they don't have the ability to break through the trench lines but quickly gaining it. if you go to the southeast, what we're talking about over last couple of months is we've seen some great advances by ukraine on the weste

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more perspective now from senior military analyst, retired army lieutenant general mark hertling.have heard that report there from will ripley. what is your reaction to the new strike on an air pace deep inside russian territory? >> let's call it what it is pam. angles to airbase near the city of sakharov, about 400 kilometers away from the front line, has several important factors regarding it. this is been an effective operational target now twice for the ukrainian military and it is important for multiple reasons. first, it shows russia they've no safe haven and they must defend their facility wherever they are. secondly it shows ukraine has a strike capability that russian didn't know about. third and most importantly, angles to his the base for the tee one 60 aircraft that. is something called the back buyer bomber and that airplane has a standoff capability and it is able to launch multiple cruise missiles. these are the missiles that have been launched from outside the territory in ukraine to affect the infrastructure within ukraine and that is why ukraine is targeting. but

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. >>> let's bring in now retired lieutenant general mark hertling, a cnn military analyst and formergeneral of the u.s. army, europe and seventh army. general hertling, thank you for being here. you heard the reports that china is now vowing more political cooperation with russia. but i think the big question that looms over all of this is that, will they try to creep into military cooperation? what do you see coming down the road here? >> i don't see that happening, abby. certainly mr. putin is attempting to shore up his partnership with president xi but i think president xi a long time ago realized this mission is making russia and mr. putin a pariah on the world stage. they have promised cooperation, political cooperation in the official statement, but as you saw, mr. putin was pressing it a little bit saying, hey, we want military cooperation so i'm sure there was an attempt to trade energy sources for some type of either ammunition or military equipment back from china. i'm not sure mr. putin is going to get that from the alpha male in this particular relationship. mr. putin is

. >>> i want to talk now with cnn military analyst with general mark hertling.om the front line and getting them the time to save lives. that golden hour is critical. >> yes, it is critical. it's a process. the first thing that normally happens is what's called buddy aid. if it's in a good unit, you have something called combat lifesavers, soldiers trained in advanced techniques. then it goes to a medic that does a triage to see what kind of condition you're in, saving the life, getting the blood flow going. if the medic can't handle it, they medevac you back to an aid station. if it even more catastrophic and you have to have to surgery, then those medevacs usually take you back further to the rear to a place called a combat support hospital. i explain all that because this is a technique the u.s. army uses. we have trained the ukrainian army to do that. their buddy aids and lifesavers have the kits they need to including tourniquets and bandages. scott kelly, the astronaut, has donated a bunch of ambulances to ukraine to make sure the golden hour is complete.

sanger, a white house and national security correspondent for "new york times," and retired general mark hertling. dave, first natasha was reporting, what are you hearing about this aggressor state decidingation? >> well, one of the problems with naming them as a state sponsor of terror, though they would certainly fit the bill, given the attacks on the infrastructure, then it triggers a whole series of additional sanctioning some of this may make it more difficult to have some flexibility in how you deal with financial transfers, so the administration was trying to avoid that, but still get congress a way to sort of vent their views on russia. this is the wording. it would carry with it a sense of the congress, but really would not trying er -- trigger any kinds of action. it's not an unfamiliar problem. >> general, when it comes to actionable support from the united states, which is what ukraine is looking for, of course, do you see the decidingation significant at all, or just window dressing ? >> just listening to your report that some congressional members say president biden isn't holding r

joining us now, cnn military analyst retired lieutenant general mark hertling.or joining us. first of all, china has not been providing support for putin's war. how much does putin need president xi's backing right now, even if it is only symbolic? >> well, as you just said, wolf, putin finds himself a pariah on the world stage and he's looking for allies, for partners. north korea, iran and china. and although xi and putin are both authoritarian leaders and we would think that they would be solid parties, xi is certainly the top dog in this relationship. there is not a deep relationship and the partnership is transactional and opportunistic and that is what you'll hear china watchers say. russia depends far more on china than the other way around and i don't think we'll see china giving much in terms of arms any time soon. china is concerned about their standing in europe. they don't want to alienate any of their european partners because they're actually probably providing about 10 times as much to european countries than they are to russia. so it is an econom

joining me now, general mark hertling. what do you make of the patriots? about this a while back and you talked about just the sheer cost of each patriot missile is incredibly huge, and it's a really complex machine to operate. >> it is, anderson, and that's what is troubling, and it's also -- you know, the announcement was made i think a little bit premature that the u.s. was considering it, and they were building the package. but i think one of the things president biden has told the secretary, before we approve this, you have to show me the training plan and what kind of targets they'll be firing on. because again, as we talk the cost of each of the missiles you see firing on the screen right now is between $3 million and $5 million. each launcher. not the missile but the launcher. and the kind of drones that russia is sending into the territory that they bought from iran cost about $20,000. you don't always want to do the payoff or the value on targeting these kind of things, because it is saving lives, but, you know, you would quickly run up a price t

and for now joining us, retired general mark hertling, from the u.s. and army and europe and seventh army. wonderful to see you. thanks for being up with us this morning. thursday missile attacks are one of the most massive ber anls since the start of the russian invasion back in february. i'm curious what this tells you about putin's mindset and if this is a response to the ukrainian counter offensive that has made progress in recent months? >> yeah, jessica, i think it is a reaction to the counter offenses in the east and the southeast. but it is also reaction of president zelenskyy saying no to the ridiculous proposal from president putin in terms of a cease-fire. he knows what is it going on there. zelenskyy does. but in terms of the strike itself, if i could do some analysis, once again no military targets. these were all civilian targets and no massing at any given point, but rather the missiles were fired all over the country and in an attempt by the russians to avoid ukrainian air defense. the missiles were both from sea and airborne russian pl

. >>> and "outfront" now, retired army lieutenant general mark hertling, who is a cnn military analyst. and also we have a 44 year veteran of the clandestine service. gentlemen, thank you for joining us. the ukrainian military says that russia is in the process of leaving -- and that the ferocious russian assault in bakhmut is not breaking the ukrainian's positions. those are two key cities in the east. does any of this mean we are any closer to some sort of an end to what is now a protracted war? >> not at all, sara. they're important milestones, certainly the retaking of those cities. but as president zelenskyy said today in his address to the country, there have been over 1,800 cities that have been retaken by the ukrainian military. cremini and bakhmut are certainly strongholds, and they are the key to other locations in the donbas region. but from a tactical perspective, you have to gain those territorial key points in order to make more headway. it doesn't mean the end. certainly there's a whole lot more fighting going on. but it does mean that the ukrainian forces have been cont

much i want to talk now with cnn military analyst and retired army lieutenant mark general hertling cant wounded soldiers away from the front lines and getting the medical tension and time to save their lives? because obviously that golden hour is critical. >> yeah, the golden hour is critical, anderson. and what i will tell you is it is a process. you know, the first thing that normally happens is what is called a buddy aid. if it isn't a good unit, you also have something called combat lifesavers, which our soldiers who have been trained in advanced medical techniques. and then it goes to a medic which kind of does a triage to see what kind of conditions you are in, saving your life, getting the blood flow going making sure you are getting an airway that's clear. and then of the medic can't and then if the medic can't handle it, they medivac you either by helicopter around and goes back to an aid station. if it's even more catastrophic and you have to have surgery, then those medevacs usually take you back further to the rear to a place called a combat support hospital. i have explain