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for more, we're joined by michael mcfaul from the u.s.o russia, during the obama administration. he's an msnbc national security, and international affairs analyst. ambassador, this week, you tweeted that the amount of the aid package, 33 billion dollars, is actually, more than half of russia's 2021 military budget. if approved, how could this change the war for ukraine? >> those are big numbers. remember, we are not the only government in the world giving military assistance to ukraine. the summit they had, that ramstein air force face, there are a lot of countries pledging military assistance, as well. this is weeks, and weeks, and they need this big weaponry. that the long-range artillery, in particular, have a chance to push back on russia's offense, in donbas. and now, they're gonna get it. it's not there, yet. it will take some time, but once we are there, i think, we will see, tragically, a giant conventional military fight between ukraine, and russia. this time around, i think that reddit has a ukraine has a real good chance. >> i

and joined by michael mcfaul, former ambassador to russia and msnbc international affairs analyst. give us the state of play on the ground there, erin. >> hey, katie. analysts say that ukraine has won the battle for kharkiv. but based on what we've been seeing and hearing, russia is not backing down. there's been a number of strikes. it seems concentrated on a suburb where i'm standing now. they struck a zoo and a veterinarian clinic and other locations. it's not clear if those were the intended targets of the strikes. ukrainian officials say they're trying to regain ground they lost. they have been unsuccessful so far. president zelenskyy saying everything has been destroyed in donbas. comparing the situation there to, quote, hell. all eyes are in a city where russian forces have been wus pushing closer and closer. killing 15 civilians and a strike on a school, in a shelling, killing civilians in that school, three killed there. ukrainian officials say if they manage to successfully take that city, it will mean russia occupies the whole of the region, which is effectively half of

michael mcfaul, former u.s. ambassador to russia. msnbc international affairs analyst. his book titled, from cold war to hot piece. an american ambassador in putin's russia. gentlemen, thank you. we need you all after the week we just. had general, russia is now focus on mariupol in the east. what do you expect we're going to get over the next few days from russian forces? >> me? >> yes. >> stephanie, let me just put it in context. the war has clearly turned in the favor of the ukrainian armed forces. russia's in a strategic dilemma, there's no easy way out of. it their military has proved to be competent. it's been amateur wrist. they are trying, now, on a single access to attack ukrainians from the east. we are giving them better technology, not adequate yet, but some artillery with long-range ammunition. mariupol defenders, who had fought valiantly for a couple of months now, have -- and destroyed in the south. throwing the whole effort to control the land bridge and see the west coast, including odessa... the situation is unclear. russians aren't giving up. monday,

i want to bring in lieutenant twitty, former commander of european command, and michael mcfaul. kelly cobiella, after weeks of failed attempts those civilians being evacuated from the steel plant and now city council saying evacuations are on hold and there was shelling in the last 24 hours so what is the latest you are hearing? >> andrea, we understand there are two different evacuations going on. one is the effort by the city council in mariupol to get people to different sites there and get them on the buses and out of the city. that evacuation is on hold right now. it's unclear why it's been delayed, but it has been delayed several times in the last 12 to 24 hours or so. at one point we heard it was delayed because of safety concerns but did not hear anything more about that, and then there's the evacuation from the steel plant in mariupol, and you are seeing those pictures now. about 100 people, civilians were able to get out of the steel plant yesterday. they were taken on buses. this was coordinated by the united nations. the international committee of the red cross. it's

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mariupol and all others today a special group of international experts under the chairmanship michael mcfaul andriy yarmak was offered a road map of energy sanctions, this is a detailed document that describes what needs to be done to make it really difficult for russia to finance this war, but at the same time so that the global economy does not suffer losses due to restrictions on russian energy resources, this is a rational document, and today we started working on its implementation, and today i want to end this appeal with a tragic thing. the first president of ukraine, leonid makarovych kravchuk, died today. he was not just a politician and he was not even just a historical figure, he was the kind of person who knew how to find wise words and say them so that all ukrainians could hear them, especially in difficult crises moments when he can leave the future of an entire country to the wisdom of one person. leonid makarovych showed just such wisdom at the end of the 1980s. when the ukrainian movement was emerging, he passed the 91st year brilliantly, and it can only now look as if it wa

well, michael mcfaul, for example, the former ambassador wrote today that, in fact, there are chances that this war will drag on for weeks in such a positional exhausting exhausting status quo and he and he says wouldn't it be much smarter for putin to simply declare now that they have already won, everything worked out and will simply grow back home as far as this is an option optimistic do you believe in him later, but we must remain realistic and our realism must be purely pragmatic, which consists of one thing: we must protect our state and nothing is more important for us, so there are no scenarios that can develop, whether it is on the ninth of may or maybe immediately after the ninth of may, they consist of one thing: we have to defeat this damned aggressor, what uh, we have to defeat him, and that's it. the pact, conditionally speaking, of party division and mutual fear was to be rejected immediately on february 24, after the beginning, not a single party and not a single faction allowed themselves any attacks or criticism of the actions of the current government, we said that

today, a special group of international experts, chaired by michael mcfaul and andriy yarmak , proposedrgy sanctions. this is a detailed document that describes what needs to be done. so that it becomes difficult for russia to finance this war, but at the same time so that the global economy does not suffer losses due to restrictions on russian energy resources, this is a rationally compiled document and already today they started working on its implementation and the tragic thing about which today i want to finish this address today the first president of ukraine leonid makarovych kravchuk died, he was not just a politician and not even just a historical figure , he was the person who knew how to find wise words and say them so that they were heard all ukrainians are especially important in difficult crisis moments when the future of the entire country can depend on the wisdom of one person. leonid makarovych showed just such wisdom at the end of the 1980s, when he appeared he brilliantly passed the 91st year of the ukrainian movement, and it can only now look as if it was easy for him

they will give us these emls but such a range that will not allow striking deep into russia , michael mcfaulted this, i’ll remind you, it’s simple. on our border with them, where it is available to us, it is now in the sumy region, for example. well, just a fighter who can simply throw a grenade on the territory of russia already falls into the territory of russia, such discussions are a little bit strange to me, in fact, these are some strange discussions, because we have our own weapons , a salvo missile system, the same, play the same hurricanes that can shoot in the direction of the russian federation. if desired, therefore, the question here is most likely a simple one, that the salvo missile system that is in the united states, which we are offered these mars and m-270, they have a wide enough arsenal of ammunition that can be used there. that is, there are unguided ammunition of 227 mm caliber and guided ammunition . these guided munitions caliber 227 mm are m-31 or m30 that can hit at a distance of up to 80 km. that is, we have such a large arm with sufficient movement, at the same t

ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul, director of the institute for national studies at stanford and an international affairs analyst. and also with us, with the cia, mark polymeropoulos. mark, let me start with you on the question of these leaks first to "the new york times" about the generals and then this morning to nbc news with the story that united states provided intelligence about the location of the moskva and it was ukraine that carried out the strike. as someone who has been involved in some of these conversations during your time at the cia, i take it this doesn't surprise you that the united states is doing that, does it worry you that it is made public, show? >> sure. it is not preferable when you see kind of intelligence and secret operations splashed across the front pages, of essentially every media outlet in the world. i think back to what the israelis do, the model is to carry out operations and then not comment on them and that kind of ambiguity instills more fear in our adversariesch but in terms of the substance, i don't think this is anything that the russians

the former ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul, has been vocal about in his view the need for rocketsy into russia but deep into russia. who do you agree with, president biden or the former ambassador? >> well, i think that president biden is probably correct, is correct, and i think he's working with our u.n., our eu allies. what has been happening that i think that president biden and history will record is keeping our allies united. as we have seen they have had constant conversations and working together and compromise at times. so that unity stays together. the one thing that putin did not count on was the unity between the eu countries and nato. he thought they could split them, but president biden's leadership has kept them all together and slowly but surely began to up the ante in regards to sanctions as well as weapons that are necessary. so i think that president biden has been doing a great job, and we just need to hold the pace and keep allowing him to do that job that i think that now we're into a third month when many folks did not think we would be here after three days

also with us, the former ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul. carol, let me start with you and these new details we're learning about the first lady's trip to the border in eastern europe here. a significant trip for her. a real step on to the international stage. >> it really is, hallie. and so if first lady's going to spend four days in eastern europe and she'll start in romania where she'll meet with u.s. troops at an air base there as well as some u.s. and nato officials and so that's where she'll begin the trip. then she flies over to, she meets the romanian first lady, who is someone who has continued to work since being first lady, in education. she's also a teacher. from there, the first lady will go to slovakia where she'll visit a refugee center and public school that's hosting refugee students. then she'll make the very important trip to the border that you mentioned. while there, she's meet with aid workers and refugees. she then meets with the president of slovakia and wraps up her trip. she's the latest high profile u.s. official t

yes, i am, well, this is how the real world works, guys, this is the real world, in the past michael mcfaulin which preparing a new generation of american politicians denis davydov nikolai koshkin and denis lisitsyn news of the week from the united states continue the american theme. they have long been accustomed to the oddities and reservations of the 79-year-old president biden. on thursday, former us president george w. bush spoke in his style about the causes of the ukrainian conflict, he said that the result was the absence of checks and balances in russia and the decision of one person to launch a completely unjustified and brutal invasion of iraq, i mean ukraine, bush decided laugh it off, they say the old one became 75 years old misspoke. well, according to freud, what bush did in iraq was really scary. hundreds of thousands of cubes of the country still can not head. here is the invasion of the americans, however, the united states behave unceremoniously and cruelly. wherever the foot of an american soldier steps and bears, they are far from peace and harmony. what the united stat

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