Can physically go. there are follow on forces that will capitalise and exploit and maintain the momentum and continue this. i think he hit the battlefield. you make it dynamic. then the russians have to react, they have to move to try to reestablish the defensive line somewhere in the rear of where they are and where they were. it noting that on the russian side, this is a force that has been battered, many of these units have beenin battered, many of these units have been in constant combat for well over a year. they re not pulling units off line and reconstituting them. in other words, units off line and reconstituting them. in otherwords, replacing units off line and reconstituting them. in other words, replacing what losses, the people and equipment and retraining them, they are just adding people to the front lines. that s not the way you produce a cohesive, coherent, well disciplined organisation. i think therefore that s why they are going to crack, comparable and perhaps even c
This is a force that has been battered, that many of these units have been in constant combat for well over a year, they are not pulling units offline and reconstituting them, in other words replacing the losses of people and equipment, they are just adding people to the front lines. that is not the way you produce a cohesive, coherent, well disciplined organisation, and i think therefore thatis organisation, and i think therefore that is why they are going to crack, crumble and perhaps actually collapse. and then if you can get the russian defence is really moving, then i think there are opportunities even more broadly. with more on this, the bbc s world affairs editor, john simpson. what do you make of that confidence, john? he what do you make of that confidence, john? , ., ., ,., john? he is the man who saved the american presence, john? he is the man who saved the american presence, such john? he is the man who saved the american presence, such as - john? he is the man who sav
Battered, that many of these units have been in constant combat for well over a year, they are not pulling units offline and reconstituting them, in other words replacing the losses of people and equipment, they are just adding people to the front lines. that is not the way you produce a cohesive, coherent, well disciplined organisation, and i think therefore that is why they are going to crack, crumble and perhaps actually collapse. and then if you can get the russian defences really moving, then i think there are opportunities even more broadly. as you can see, that sounds pretty confident. he said that was realistic, it was an awesome optimistic or pessimistic. we will see for the the obvious question is why are they going out? his answer was straightforward, he said look, what they are just waiting for the sunshine to do its work and dry the ground more so the armour and the tags can move. he also said that
Coast into crimea. we achieved combined arms effect during the fight to baghdad, and it is terrifying for the enemy, and the difference this time from kharkiv last fall, where the ukrainians did carry out a very successful attack, is that when the lead elements culminate, after 72, 96 hours, as far as you can physically go, there are follow on forces that will capitalise and exploit the momentum and continue this. and then i think you get the battlefield, you make it dynamic, the russians have to react, they have to move to re establish a defensive line somewhere in the rear of where they are, and where they were. and noting that on the russian side, this is a force that has been battered, that many of these units have been in constant combat for well over a year, they are not pulling units offline and reconstituting them, in other words replacing the losses of people and equipment, they arejust adding people to the front lines. that is not the way you produce a cohesive, coherent, wel
Year~ constant combat for over one year. they constant combat for over one year. they are not being reconstituted, they are not retraining them they are just adding retraining them they are just adding people to the front lines adding people to the front lines. that is not the way to produce lines. that is not the way to produce a lines. that is not the way to produce a cohesive, well disciplined organisation and therefore that s why think they re therefore that s why think they re going to crack, crumble and perhaps collapse. and then if you and perhaps collapse. and then if you can and perhaps collapse. and then if you can get the russian defence if you can get the russian defence is really moving then there defence is really moving then there are defence is really moving then there are opportunities even more there are opportunities even more broadly. there are opportunities even more broadly. that was retired us general more broadly. that was retired us