The Russian Military's Failure to Prosecute the War in Ukraine

If indeed they have taken that town, that is a huge blow to Vladimir Putin's reputation and his fight in Ukraine. If Russian forces are acquiescing and letting them sort of roll towards Moscow, then this is an extraordinarily serious challenge to Vladimir Putin. And as Kelly was saying earlier, he probably faces very little choices, but to completely eliminate a Pragosian and all of his troops. Either way you look at that, that's really bad for Vladimir Putin. He could lose up to 25,000 fighters on the frontline. So a bad day for Putin. Iran is suddenly a very, very, even bigger friend to Russia this morning.