Marie Yovanovitch: “I was the target of a 'smear campaign' by the President and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani. I called Giuliani's work a…”

Putin has had an obsession about Ukraine, an obsession to get Ukraine back into the Empire.

Honestly, I never imagined such a whole scale invasion. When I was ambassador in Ukraine, I thought that keeping a low level war going in the east destabilizing Ukraine in that way with cyberattacks, assassinations, disinformation…

He's gone from being a comedian, to being a president to being a war hero, a world leader like I have not seen, you know, perhaps since World War II.

I think he needs to knock it out of the park with that speech, again, emphasizing western unity, American leadership and calling Russia out for what it is and then explaining once again why Ukraine matters, why this is a greater battle of…