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Destruction across enormous areas. tactical nuclear weapons — are designed for use in battlefield situations at much closer range. they are smaller than strategic nuclear weapons but still they cause enormous destruction. experts say these would be more likely be used inside ukraine. there is a clear distinction between these two types of weapons, but not really any distinction on how the other side would consider their use. even the russians believe a nuclear strike, regardless of whether it ...

Think twice. this is psychological warfare as much as anything else. taking a look at the campaign itself, the russian campaign. they started off thinking this would be swift, it would be sharp and it would be in and out or rather an in—state and pretty quickly. what is how its gone tell you about the command structure and is actually in control of the whole thing? than control of the whole thing? in interesting question. usually control of the whole thing? fifi interesting question. usually a...

Again, other theories suggest they were there to raise morale and push some of the younger troops that were pretty demoralized forward. either way a big coup for the ukrainian armed force, taking ous senior commanders and what that does for the command structure and also in the propaganda war and dont underestimate the value of the propaganda war, and to that end, we must, whenever examining claims of small victories and small scouts on the other side, be aware that you do have the propaganda of...

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2014, have a look at several roads on donetsk, a site of major fighting. russia has been pushing around them steadily. weve been focusing on kyiv. hat around them steadily. weve been focusing on kyiv.— focusing on kyiv. not one of the names weve heard _ focusing on kyiv. not one of the names weve heard so _ focusing on kyiv. not one of the names weve heard so often. i focusing on kyiv. not one of the . names weve heard so often. thats the big deal— names weve heard so often. thats the big de...

Over 15,000. and russia itself just interesting enough, hala, last week im sure you remember may have accidentally revealed casualty numbers themselves when one of the state news companies accidentally put out a report saying the defense ministry concerned that there are almost 10,000 russian soldiers who have lost their lives. that was quickly retracted. so far the official estimate hasnt been really updated for a couple of weeks from russia when it said that there were hundreds of soldiers who...

Far. >> thats true. and that goes back to their command structure with everything being centralized and top heavy in their decisions. your junior soldiers are just told to move a direction and they dont know why. they shall expected to use initiative and discernment. >> lieutenant colonel darin gaub who has been involved in the training of the ukrainians, thanks very much. jon: the war ranges on in ukraine and the refugee crisis begins to build. nicorette knows, quitting smoking is freaking hard...

Make excusing for me, whether theyre inside russia or people too complimentary of him outside russia. >> neil: is this the case of the emperor having no claws. and having a reaction to every provocative action we take is unfounded. if hes having to difficulty that hes having in ukraine, the thought of going in to another former country that was part of the soviet union is unthinkable. what do you make of this? >> this is a lesson in strategic leadership. im sure hes not hearing everything that p...

The russians, on the other hand, have shown very little ability to adapt quickly to the changing nature of the battlefield. the very top-down-driven command structure, youve seen very little initiative which is probably why weve lost so many russian generals. arthel: and speaking of that, putin, i mean, is he he retreating or is he stalling to regroup, reinforce and fortify his military? whats likely to happen next, general? >> well, war is always a very fluid and die name manic back and forth -...

Finger-pointing and blaming within the russian command structure as to whos at fault for what general repass described as a poorly planned and insufficiently resourced operation to take ukraine. somebody told vladimir putin that this could be done in a matter of days or weeks with the forces they had arrayed, and it hasnt worked out that way. >> yeah. it appears that this intelligence underscores the case the general was making that the russians went in, anticipating a very different fight. kim,...