Fiona Hill weighs in on Ukraine crisis as Putin and the West trade blows

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February 23, 2022

Fiona Hill, former senior director for Europe and Russia at the National Security Council, testifies before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe Feb. 2, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The commission held a hearing on "Russia's Assault on Ukraine and the International Order: Assessing and Bolstering the Western Response." (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Fiona Hill is a career U.S. intelligence officer with multiple posts across administrations, most recently senior director for Europe and Russia on the National Security Council. She's currently a senior fellow for foreign policy at the Brookings Institution.

Host Lisa Mullins gets Hill's thoughts on the crisis in Ukraine as Putin orders troops into the eastern separatist republics.

This segment aired on February 23, 2022.

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