From the Abraham Lincoln radio studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center,

Jakar Mstrand, Henshow, Gettyshow, the Armstrong and Gettyshow.

In the East, where this crisis was at its most acute, Russian forces have struggled to make advances.

In Karkiv, the country's second largest city, the Kranun's troops met what's emerging as a defining feature of this conflict.

Stiff unified and resolute Ukrainian resistance.

USA, Ukraine, USA, Kranun, Ukraine.

Today, the Ukrainian people may have the world support and more weapons, but they're in this fight alone.

Now, a US official telling ABC News a $350 million package of lethal defensive aid will also include portable surface-to-air missiles.

Welcome to the new Cold War.

USA, help Ukraine.

They were chanting there. I've been looking forward to talking to my clients all weekend because I have questions that only he can answer.

Michael Zubatchler, a science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He served with various military organizations in both the United States and Europe throughout his career.

And knows what he's talking about. Mike Lines, welcome back to the Armstrong and Gettyshow.

Hey, thanks for having me. Great to be back.

You know, we've talked to you. I don't know, it four times in the last weeks because so much changes in any 24-hour period, so much changed over the weekend.

First of all, your initial impressions of how the weekend went.

Good for Ukraine. Ukraine wins by not losing and seeing more evidence that this was really a very poorly planned strategic operational mover by the Russians.

They looked at this more. I've seen now as a special op. Not necessarily this. Let's create attack in multiple echelons, bring everything to bear at once, combined arms, Navy, air, strategic weapon. Not what happened.

They ended up coming in for Ukraine on main roads. We were going to wait for the ground to freeze and have them be able to travel across the countryside.

None of that happened. They decided to come in on the roads. They've been picked off. They've been bogged down. They've run out of gas.

There are logistics and communication lines have all been broken.

So Ukraine has clearly exceeded expectations. It's not over by any stretch, but there's no question that the Russians are clearly bogged down right now.

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