WTH is going on with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? Gen. Jack Keane on Biden’s response and the ramifications for US national security
What the Hell Is Going On
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4.4 • 633 Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin officially recognized the independence of the Moscow-backed breakaway Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk and ordered Russian troops to enter the Donbas. After what President Biden (ultimately) called the “beginning of a Russian invasion,” Russia’s blatant violation of Ukrainian national sovereignty has triggered a wave of sanctions from both the US and our European partners. With tensions rising and no sign of Putin being deterred, hopes for a diplomatic resolution continue to fade while the likelihood of more serious confrontation in Ukraine grows by the hour.
General Jack Keane joined Dany and Marc to discuss Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, Moscow’s recognition of two breakaway regions in the Donbas, and the ramifications for US national security if President Biden fails to act.
General Jack Keane is a retired 4 star general, the chairman of the Institute for the Study of War and Fox News Senior Strategic Analyst.
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| 0:00.0 | What the hell's going on? |
| 0:01.7 | What the hell is going on? |
| 0:03.0 | What the hell is going on? |
| 0:04.1 | I don't know what the hell he's talking about. |
| 0:05.8 | You don't have to know what the hell is on it. |
| 0:07.7 | What hell's the matter with these guys? |
| 0:09.2 | We don't know what's going on. |
| 0:11.0 | What hell's going on? |
| 0:12.0 | Who in God's name knows what it's all about. I am Danielle Pekka. |
| 0:27.9 | And I'm Mark Dyson. |
| 0:28.9 | Welcome to our podcast. |
| 0:30.3 | What the hell is going on? |
| 0:32.4 | Mark, what the hell is going on? |
| 0:35.8 | What the hell is happening, Danny, is that Vladimir Putin has invaded Ukraine. |
| 0:39.7 | And at a time like this, we all really want to support the president and rally around the president. |
| 0:44.5 | We all really want, I'm really pulling for him to do a good job. |
| 0:48.0 | And boy, has the last 24 hours been disappointing. |
| 0:50.9 | I mean, first of all, they started out by denying that it was an invasion. And it wasn't |
| 0:56.2 | just like a senior administration official quoted in one newspaper. They actually had a conference call |
| 1:01.1 | with a senior administration official who repeatedly refused to say that the decision to send, |
| 1:06.0 | quote-unquote, peacekeeping forces into these Russian separatist back areas was an invasion. They said that moving |
| 1:13.2 | Russian troops into Donbos, this is a quote, would not itself be a new step because Russia's had |
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