putin is the state. the state is putin. do the check that are those or check the ones who are serving in the main government official posts or they merely informal group. no, no. the siloviki are for the most part, former senior officers of fsb, svr or ministry of the interior. check is by definition have to have been either kgb or the principal successor agency. now, the fsb. and as putin has said, once, a kgb man, always a kgb man. it's like la cosa nostra. once you're in, you're in. so as much as the soviet union is looked back upon as kind of the epitome of a totalitarian state, it looks like power is now even more concentrated in putin's hands compared to what the soviet union had. you know, it's interesting, because there isn't ideology doesn't factor into this. so at least, i mean, the soviet union in some ways was less aggressive than the russian federation today under putin, because for the communists, at least those who were nominally still still believers, the communists were engaged in in a war with the west, bu

putin gave exxon mobil the order friendship. recalled putin was fully, clothed. i remember thinking my god, i would been nominated to be the general counsel of the defense department. i remember thinking if i ever get confirmed i hope to god i never see this man again. he just hates me. after the murder board to lose this coming around and thanking all of us for participating. she puts her arm around me and says to the secretary designate, doesn't he play a great snarky democrat? [laughter] oh boy. this was not good. little did i know he seemed to like what i tried to do to him. it did not land a glove on him. a few weeks later i am preparing to go before the senate armed services committee i got a call to go meet with him. he said he wanted me tooar be hs pick as deputy terry evans date that's a big job. i've been the deputy general counsel at dod i been deputy secretary of commerce and the bush 43 administration. to be the general counsel for dod is an important child syndrome the attraction of the job is being able to work with secretary matos. changing the no

should we take president putin's threat| president putin's threat seriously? are idle threats and are more about the politics of it? figs idle threats and are more about the politics of it?— the politics of it? as a ukrainian, _ the politics of it? as a ukrainian, i— the politics of it? as a ukrainian, i would - the politics of it? as a ukrainian, i would say ukrainians were never believe what vladimir putin says. it is definitely true that he will try to continue the same kind of deterrence. therefore, ukraine is calling for a meeting which will convene on tuesday in response to russia's use of an experimental hypersonic missile against ukrainian territory. we want to say to our nato partners and allies that it is not the time to express fear, it is time to be a unit. vladimir putin wants to raise the stakes and test how much of the deterrence of the european security architecture is being produced. he is trying to use it through the calendar. he sends the same propaganda messages or disinformation attacks or cyberattacks simultaneously. it is a very complex a

i mean, if you look at the way putin's economy works, they are all part of the dna of putin's russia, they all control major sections of the russian economy and with putin putting the russian economy on a war footing. they're all feeding into that economy and i think that it soon became clear they were worthy targets of sanctions just on those grounds because if you're going to try to target sanctions to undermine putin's ability to maintain and finance the war, many of these figures, these billionaires are worthy of sanctions to try to degrade putin's war machine. >> yeah, i think that's a very important point. let me step back a minute. when cia director bill burns went to moscow in november of 2021 to warn russian officials and putin with whom, as you say, he spoke by phone when he was there, that, you know, the u.s. knew what russia was doing and to tell them that if they in fact did a full scale invasion, there would be very severe sanctions. there was a belief, i think, that this might have deterred putin, but it didn't. so, if you could talk a little about putin's own reaction

putin is the state and the state is putin. in the they were serving in the government official post for more of an informal group? >> they are for the most part former senior officers of ministry off the interior. they byy definition have to either be kgb were they principle successor and is putin has said once the kgb man always the kb g-man and once went to her and you are in. >> is much the soviet union is look back upon as the epitome of a totalitarian state that power is even more concentrated with putin compared with what the soviet union has. >> there isn't, ideology doesn't factor into this so the soviet union in some ways was less aggressive than the russian federation today under putin because for the communist and those who were nominally still believers the communist willing gauge in a war with the west but it was drivenid by ideology and their belief that the marxist theory that you dialectical materialism the less the capitalist would openly collapse so they had time on theirr side. the putin regime is not influe

so you do have examples of cronies around, putin scooping up western assets and putin handing them out to some of his inner circle order to keep them onside. but i do that the longer the western companies stayed, the riskier it became for them. they were continuing to pay taxes to the russian government. you know, the kiev school of economics has done some great research on this. i think in 2023 they were paying something like $6 billion in profit taxes to to the russian government. so it's not a good look for a western company that is concerned about their brand and what you was actually oil companies who cut ties more quickly because were seen to be more closely tied to russian government revenues. it was consumer companies that ended up staying arguing that well we're selling pet food or diapers. so that's unconnected to the war. even though they were paying taxes to the russian government and in funding the defense spending. so i many, many have stayed have gotten out. just recently we the case of unilever, a big consumer company, finally deciding get out and finding a russian buye

it mentions that vladimir putin referred chancellor schulz to putin's so—called peace proposal ofjunely read more like an ultimatum to kyiv, because under that plan, ukraine would have to withdraw from all four ukrainian territories to which russia lays claim, plus recognise crimea as russian plus ditch plans to join nato. plus, western sanctions would be scrapped. but basically, i think this call cements the kremlin�*s claim that attempts to isolate russia have failed. it makes the kremlin more confident. and so you can understand the reaction in ukraine, this sort of hang on, what on earth are you doing picking up the phone, calling putin reaction? a lot of concern that that will just embolden vladimir putin. in the last few hours, president zelensky has described the battlefield situation as �*difficult.’ let's speak to oleksiy goncharenko in kyiv. he's a ukrainian mp and member of the ukrainian delegation to the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe. good to see you, welcome to bbc news. let'sjust good to see you, welcome to bbc news. let's just start with that phone cal

so we're in the crosshairs of the war that putin has started.ust a big part of it now, but it's only part of it. given everything you've just said, how do you negotiate, then with russia and with president putin? if we're looking... there is no there is no negotiation. how do we bring an end to the conflict in ukraine? if you use the phrase negotiation with the negotiation with a westerner, if you use the phrase, the word negotiation with my colleagues, former colleagues at the state department, we think about we approach our counterparty in the kremlin and we uh, you know, we look for good faith gestures to establish a rapport and are planning for a give and take good faith negotiations. those are not possible with, uh, with putin and with the kremlin, period. now, don't misunderstand me. we need to talk to the russians. we need to tell them things. and importantly, listen to what they tell us. but there are no negotiations. what has putin never said that he would compromise on? nothing. he will never compromise his war aims, which are denazify

putin is an autocrat too but not like him. -- like kim. to remember there are interests with the political, economic, business elites and a senior military officers that i think would restrain putin in all but the very worst of situations from losing -- using these weapons because their interests would be at risk if he drew nato into the war directly. >> that is obviously one consideration. the other is that they would be firing them in their near neighborhood. how powerful are these tactical nukes that the russians were deployed? what follows would there be if they were used? >> yeah, so, they are variable. you can build them for different yields. you cannot build them that go all the way up to hiroshima style bomb. but most are designed, the theory of their youth -- use is to use them against heavy troop concentration, heavy nato troop concentratns, tens of thousands of divisions coming through. that is probably how you would use them. of coue they would release radiation. there were to be fought out from the dust. but, they are not part

even putin doesn't know whether he can use nukes, or he can't. it depends on his emotions. we know that he's a very emotional man, and the decision to begin this war was also an emotional step. these changes are designed, i think, at the very least, - to put pressure on western leaders who will now - have to decide, is- putin bluffing or not? 1,000 days of war — have wejust entered a new more dangerous phase of the conflict? today, responding to ukraine's first use of the long—range american missiles, the russians have lowered the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons. we will discuss the risks and the course of the war. also tonight — the rural revolt. british farmers descend on whitehall, to protest a planned hike in inheritance tax. and are we soon to make a breakthrough in wave energy? an experiment that could unlock the ocean's potential, is now being trialled in the united states. we will speak to the scientists behind it. welcome to the programme. ukraine has fired us made missiles into russia for the very first time in this conflict — a move the russian defence m

many of them also, like myself, for speaking out against putin's war in ukraine.od what was happening, cos there could only be one reason why all of us would be on the same bus together. so, in a matter of days, you went from being woken in the middle of the night, believing you were going to be executed. a couple of days, then, of complete uncertainty, and then realising you were to be free. that's why i say it's like a film. it's too much and too quick for the human mind to process it. it seems like some sort of a hollywood action movie, as opposed to something that happened in real life but, you know, here i am sitting in front of you. and what did you feel when you saw the people with whom you were being swapped? so, a prisoner swap, of course, means people like you, who have fought for human rights for a long time and who were punished for your political views. but you were swapped for russians on the other side. what did you feel about that? and seeing them? we only saw them from their backs when we were in that bus, where the exchange actually took place —

unless putin fails, all of our borders will not be safe. has now turned into iran, ballistic missiles, it has turned into north korea for foot soldiers. these are dangerous escalations that show exactly how desperate putin has become. today i can announce that the u.k. is sanctioning iran, sanctioning the islamic republic of iran shipping line, and we are determining the maximum pay for russia's industrial complex, it's marginal groups, and links to the kremlin, its shadow flee of course we are going after, and malicious cyber gangs and kremlin mouthpieces, and we will have more to say on that in the coming months. my message is very clear -- we will counter russian aggression at every turn. 1000 days in, we still stand for ukraine. 1000 days and, we still stand for international order. 1000 days and, we still stand for principles, which the united nations was founded upon. and 1000 days in, we are ready to face down this aggression. we've seen the wreckage, just today, that russia is capable of. humanitarian catastrophes. let us ensure tha

what was putin's response to that?fired -- he intentionally fired a missile and hit a children's hospital the day before the nato conference. the shot across the bell. it shows you how eve thill man is. >> no response from nato or the united states. >> no response. shameful. i think nato and the will -- nato in europe is, in many respects, stronger on ukraine than the united states is. >> yes. i think our time is up. it's been a real pleasure having this conversation with you, mr. chairman and we'd be happy to invite you back when you are free of those responsibilities. >> thanks for your service. [ applause ] >> who decides what content is harmful? and on what basis? ? i think that is where we are at as a country. there is not much agreement about what is harmful content and that has been true in most of u.s. history. we disagree with each other quite a lot. the idea that we could have a regime that says this content is harmful and therefore we are going to limit its distribution to children, i do not see that working

because in all these years putin would like to just erase us from the world map.existential fight and that's why, yes, he would like to freeze us, he is killing us, it is a genocide on ukraine. todayit it is a genocide on ukraine. today it is missiles. it is not going to stop. we realise that. because recently, before, the missile attacks we had shelling attacks every day, more than 80 every night. it means that especially after all these telephone calls by european leaders and other leaders, who probably they think that putin is thinking about negotiation. no, putin thinks about the capitulation of ukraine and democracy and that will be the capitulation of the whole democratic country. in this regard the best answer is more defence for ukraine, more missiles, more weaponry and ammunition for our armed forces, just to protect our people. and also i would like that the strategy about russia to defeat them should be one of the biggest weapons also. we see that unfortunately, yes, we absolutely appreciate the whole support we have, financial, military, humanitarian,

the contours of further retaliatory actions were outlined by mr putin.remains relevant, and mr putin remains open to dialogue and de—escalation, saying that the outgoing us administration is moving along the path of escalation. those are comments that have come in from the kremlin. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford has been looking at the world leaders' reaction to putin's speech. i think this is an interesting moment. the message from vladimir putin was clearly meant as a warning to ukraine and ukraine's western allies that russia is prepared to continue to escalate and respond to steps ta ken by ukraine and its allies. mr putin was portraying the use of this oreshnik experimental ballistic hypersonic missile by russia against ukraine as a response to the use of american and british—made missiles by ukraine to target russia. he was saying that that was his response and he said if there's a further escalation, russia decisively to that. the idea is that we are now at a plateau again. unless there's another step that mr putin decides is esc

victim of two attempts on his life, his criticism of putin's war on ukraine led to his arrest and trial. branded a traitor, he was sentenced to 25 years injail and sent to endure harsh prison conditions in siberia. well, at least now... his wife, evgenia, fought tirelessly in her campaign to secure his release. freedom came in a surprise exchange of prisoners that saw kara—murza go from solitary confinement to a reunion with his wife and children in a matter of days. now, vladimir and evgenia are trying to process what's happened but, above all, continue to dare to imagine that russia will one day be free. vladimir and evgenia, it's such a pleasure to meet you in real life. our viewers will remember hearing from you so powerfully when you were fighting for your husband's release. now you're free, does it feel real, vladimir? firstly, to you. it's very good to be on your programme and the answer to your question is very simple — no, it doesn't feel real at all. in fact, since the prisoner exchange, it has felt as if i've been watching some kind of a film. it's a very good one but it stil

what was putin's response to that?d -- he intentionally fired a missile and hit a children's hospital the day before the nato conference. the shot across the bell. it shows you how eve thill man is. >> no response from nato or the united states. >> no response. shameful. i think nato and the will -- nato in europe is, in many respects, stronger on ukraine than the united states is. >> yes. i think our time is up. it's been a real pleasure having this conversation with you, mr. chairman and we'd be happy to invite you back when you are free of those responsibilities. >> thanks for your service. [ applause ] >> friday, deputy secrary of state and other foreign policy experts discusshe biden administration's indo pacific strategy. you can watch it live at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, our free mobile app, for online at c-span.org. ♪ >> c-span now is a free mobile app featuring your unfiltered view of what is happening in washington, live and on-demand. keep up with the latest events of live streams of floor pro

but how will president putin respond?the views of the bbc�*s russia editor, steve rosenberg. what we do know is what putin has said in recent months on this very subject. he said injune that basically russia would consider this to be the west fighting a war with russia, and suggested that russia might, in response, arm western adversaries to attack western targets. is he going to escalate even further, knowing that in two months�* time donald trump is going to come into the white house, someone who has praised putin. of course, inevitably a lot of people that are watching all of this think the danger of a nuclear exchange is greater. but i've always had the impression that you, like me, like plenty of other people, don't actually think it will get that far. the nuclear sabre rattling goes on. but yes, i agree with you, john. i mean, you know, now that donald trump has won the election, someone who has had a difficult relationship with ukraine, someone who has always talked about wanting to get along with russia, to improv

this is vladimir putin testing the l is vladimir putin testing the west. and trying to scare is. a bit of context: this isn't the first time moscow has sent a nuclear capable missile into ukraine. it is really important to stay calm and not overreact. another important fact that has been missed: ukraine doesn't have endless storm shadows or endless french scalps were endless french scalps were endless attack missiles. the supply is pretty limited also. it is pretty scary for the west when you think that all of this follows, the use of the experimental hypersonic missile with a long range, it comes in the same week that russia lowered the threshold at which they could conceivably use nuclear weapons.- nuclear weapons. so, that decision — nuclear weapons. so, that decision on _ nuclear weapons. so, that decision on nuclear - nuclear weapons. so, that i decision on nuclear weapons nuclear weapons. so, that - decision on nuclear weapons was made back in september and was published this week. vladimir putin is very good at rattling the west. he is brilliant at this. that is what he is

what was putin's response to that?d -- he intentionally fired a missile and hit a children's hospital the day before the nato conference. the shot across the bell. it shows you how eve thill man is. >> no response from nato or the united states. >> no response. shameful. i think nato and the will -- nato in europe is, in many respects, stronger on ukraine than the united states is. >> yes. i think our time is up. it's been a real pleasure having this conversation with you, mr. chairman and we'd be happy to invite you back when you are free of those responsibilities. >> thanks for your service. [ applause ]

you know what vladimir putin has _ war. you know what vladimir putin has said _ war.you know what vladimir putin has said about that. . war. you know what vladimir i putin has said about that. what happens? you raised it as a possibility so what happens in january if the us simply cuts of military support? to ukraine. of military support? to ukraine-— of military support? to ukraine. , ., ., , , ukraine. first of all, this is the vladimir _ ukraine. first of all, this is the vladimir putin - ukraine. first of all, this is| the vladimir putin scenario. vladimir putin would be one beneficiary of this scenario, and believe me, this would never happen. ukraine will fight for ourfreedom and fight for our freedom and democracy and fight for ourfreedom and democracy and our independence in any case, under any scenario, and vladimir putin and russia will never win against ukraine but with this situation, i'm absently confident, i know donald trump and i worked with him for three years since 2016 until 2019 —— i'm absolutely confident. it was trump as president who delivered t

yeah, i think putin wants to _ ukraine? yeah, i think putin wants to try _ ukraine?o project - ukraine? yeah, i think putin wants to try to project a - ukraine? yeah, i think putinl wants to try to project a show of strength, of force, reminding donald trump who he's dealing with once he assumes power. if you're the ukrainians, you have to understand there is a window thatis understand there is a window that is rapidly closing on what the type of support you have had it is going to look like. that's going to end. republicans have taken power have unilateral power coming up in 2025. they've made it very clear that there will be no new money. they will not fund another dollar of spending. the ukrainians have between now and the moment that donald trump assumes the oval office to try to make as much advancement as possible before those resources will dry up. it’ll possible before those resources will dry urn— will dry up. it'll be interesting - will dry up. it'll be interesting to - will dry up. it'll be interesting to see | will dry up. it'll be - interesting to see ho

prices that were high because of the war putin started. didn't that's a central challenge until you get what the revenue is going to be really hard to hit the russian economy where it hurts. but, i also than the sanctions take time to build pressure. what you see t now is that pressure really starting to play out. inflation remains very high and russia partly as a result of the sanctions as well as putin's record is spending on the war. inflation is still roughly 9% interest rate chart 19%. likely to potentially go up further as a way to try to cool the economy. crucially russia is facing payment problems as a result of sanctions. there are delays in payments and particular problems with payments from china. you see in a russia see the shoot up partly because washington very effectively threatened to pose sanctions on financial institutions if they dide sanctions with the industrial complex and widened the threat in june. that did have an effect. you can see it in terms of the delays and payments in russia. bloomberg's own economists has p

you say and a defeat for putin. you say a defeat. _ and a defeat for putin.eat for putin. you say a defeat, but you _ and a defeat for putin. you say a defeat, but you are - and a defeat for putin. you say a defeat, but you are talking i a defeat, but you are talking about a deal with a triumvirate of russia, north korea and iran. the likes of ronald reagan would turn in his grave at the thought. i reagan would turn in his grave at the thought.— at the thought. i don't know it is true. at the thought. i don't know it is true- i— at the thought. i don't know it is true. i think _ at the thought. i don't know it is true. i think ronald - at the thought. i don't know it is true. i think ronald reagan | is true. i think ronald reagan was a pragmatist, didn't push for everything all at once. i think you recognise the value of small wins, and i do think stopping the killing, stopping this war, allowing ukraine to survive as an independent state would be a small window, and certainly better than where we are now, which is the russians taking territory from the ukrai

putin's isolation is also the pressure against him.only by weapons as you properly said by diplomacy. diplomacy is so important and the only diplomacy can end this war. >> but, sir, how can have you diplomacy without talking? >> no, no. we're talking but after you know what will be. what chancellor got after phone call? nothing. nothing new. >> trey: so your position right now is that western leaders should not be speaking with putin. >> intelligence or leader they had contact on the level of intelligence during this war with russian side. they had a lot. europe, united states, everybody. they had but it was not, you know, against the political isolation of putin. it was on the level of intelligence, why? because you have not recognized putin as the president because he is a killer. otherwise you will destroy these isolation, political isolation. >> trey: isn't putin the only one who can make this decision to end this war? [through translator] >> i'm certain as of today, it depends on putin, really a lot. he can do that. he can be will

what was putin's response to that?d -- he intentionally fired a missile and hit a children's hospital the day before the nato conference. the shot across the bell. it shows you how eve thill man is. >> no response from nato or the united states. >> no response. shameful. i think nato and the will -- nato in europe is, in many respects, stronger on ukraine than the united states is. >> yes. i think our time is up. it's been a real pleasure having this conversation with you, mr. chairman and we'd be happy to invite you back when you are free of those responsibilities. >> thanks for your service. [ applause ] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] >> the house will be in order. >> this year c-span celebrates 45 years of covering congress like no other. since 1979, we've been your primary source for capitol hill, providing balanced, unfiltered coverage of government, tak

what was putin's response to that?d -- he intentionally fired a missile and hit a children's hospital the day before the nato conference. the shot across the bell. it shows you how eve thill man is. >> no response from nato or the united states. >> no response. shameful. i think nato and the will -- nato in europe is, in many respects, stronger on ukraine than the united states is. >> yes. i think our time is up. it's been a real pleasure having this conversation with you, mr. chairman and we'd be happy to invite you back when you are free of those responsibilities. >> thanks for your service. [ applause ] >>> at 1:30 p.m. eastern c-span3 takes you live to the white house press briefing with press secretary karine jean-pierre. ♪♪ ♪ >>> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we're funded by these television companies and more including comcast. >> do you think this is just a community center? no. it's way more than that. comcast is partnering with a thousand community centers to create wi-fi-enabled so students f

with putin, it wasn't about nato enlargement. as a matter of fact it was an eu agreement that spurred the protest and everything else. it is about values, it is about the system of values moving towards russia's border. what would be a defeat for russia? i prefer to talk about ukrainian victory and our common victory than russia's defeat. as the admiral pointed out earlier, russia has already been defeated by the fact that have not achieved their primary goal to take ukraine within just a few days. and russia's economy will suffer for years to come. they have a huge demographic problem. acute problem is also we are avoiding these sections and the energy market has just shifted from delivering energy to the eu to delivering energy to india and other countries. again, we need to be a lot firmer on imposing not just the sanctions, but all of the postulates of the international law. that is what i said in the beginning, our common victory is really to win this war in the way we protect the international system and democracy. >> this

you can't separate the ayatollah from putin. to the kremlin right after october 7th. the alliance between xi and putin is clear. north korea's now sent 10,000 troops into the conflict. so, all these four dictators, we don't choose our enemies, they choose us. and you know, when i gave my closing argument on the floor, it was, do you want to be -- think about this vote, because it's historical, and do you want to be remembered as chamberlain or churchill? because at the end of the day, that's the decision that we had to make. there were a lot of courageous members that did the right thing. there were members who were afraid of their own shadows. but you know what? we didn't get the blowback that everybody said we were going to get when we went back home. in fact, i had more people say "thank you for standing up against putin and what he's trying to do." and so, i don't know if that answered all of your question. but again, i view them all in this together. you really can't separate them. you can't say, gee, i'm against communist

like putin has been has he?able to poison and kill his way around the world for over a decade now with just some sanctions put on his government. >> i'm cecelia vega. has mysterious russian death syndrome come to america? our story when we come back. unitedhealthcare knows you've got your whole life ahead of you. ♪♪ it's nice to know you're free to focus on what matters, with reliable medicare coverage from unitedhealthcare. >>> the expression mysterious russian death syndrome is a grim turn of phase used to describe the falls from top floor windows, poisonings, and unsolved shootings of president vladimir putin's enemies. since the invasion of ukraine two years ago, he has used these methods to go after more of his critics on western soil. last month, the head of britain's spy agency, mi-5 said russia is on a, quote, sustained mission to generate mayhem as part of what u.s. intelligence officials call putin's war on the west. tonight evidence of this in one of the most brazen assassinations ever committed outsi

you're giving putin exactly what he wants. an imperfect solution, and i think it's an offensive solution, but i think it's the only solution. there was an opportunity to push russia out of ukraine in 2022, but the us and its european allies did not give ukraine those weapons. the russian troops then dug in. they're in a situation right now where this has become a long—term war of attrition. i would like to have a different approach that would push russia out of all its territory, bring putin up on war crime charges. if you have a proposal to do that, i would like to hear it. but we live in the real world, where ukraine is going to lose a war of attrition. i think the best solution, and i believe this is where trump is, is to stop the war now, start a diplomatic process, freeze the borders along the battle lines, understand that there will not be a full solution to this conflict until putin leaves the political scene. thing is, mr fleitz... i don't see an alternative. yeah, sorry to interrupt, mr fleitz, but if i may say so, th

-- from vladimir putin. have over time, from vladimir putin. time, again, refused to - from vladimir putin. have over| time, again, refused to provide weapons — time, again, refused to provide weapons in a timely fashion because _ weapons in a timely fashion because they were fooled by, intended by putin's nuclear threats, _ intended by putin's nuclear threats, then they got accustomed to the concept of giving — accustomed to the concept of giving the weapons and they finally — giving the weapons and they finally gave them, and that has consistent to this decision now, _ consistent to this decision now. it _ consistent to this decision now. it is _ consistent to this decision now, it is nothing new, and to call— now, it is nothing new, and to call it— now, it is nothing new, and to call it a — now, it is nothing new, and to call it a major escalation i think— call it a major escalation i think is— call it a major escalation i think is simply wrong. the major— think is simply wrong. the major escalation is the introduction of at least 10,000 nor

i have president putin, he just said it is not russia. say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. >> as russia continues its full on invasion of ukraine, gaining ground especially on the eastern front, the president-elect still saying he would be able to end the war fast. >> they are dying. rrussians and ukrainians i want them to stop dying, i will have that done in 24-hours >> if we had a real president, a president that was respected by putin he would of never, he never would of invaded ukraine. >> reporter: the ukrainians fear trump might cut off military aid to ukraine all together forcing the country into a de-facto surrender and loss of territory. >> every time zelenskyy comes to the united states he walks away with $100 billion. he is the greatest salesman on earth. but we are stuck in that war unless i am president. >> reporter: when pressed to answer if he even wants ukraine to win the war, trump simply will not say. >> i want the war to stop. i want to save lives. >> you know, erin, putin also say that if trump were to ca