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They can meet up with forces coming down from kharkiv. meanwhile around kyiv, is very slow and very steady and i know there is a lot of upbeat propaganda coming from the ministry of defence and the russians are not making much progress but they are very slowly and steadily surrounding key evan on the ukraine is fighting very hard, i think the next week, one can only be fearful about what will happen to civilians and ordinary people.— will happen to civilians and ordinary people. and also in th...

Commanders who know nothing about how to operate these facilities or dangers of their attack. >> im going to ask a question with a lot of ifs in it, if radiation leaks into nato countries because of russias actions would it be considered an act of war forcing nato to strike back? >> i think it represents a real risk were running by inaction in ukraine. that russia clearly is quite reckless not only with human lives but reckless with where its striking so yes, i would say if youre talking about a...

Nato membership and said it is a truth and it must be recognised. thousands statement to the military officials but as we are seeing, nato continues to support ukraine in this conflict in the defence minister says president putin did not count on this type of unity. the west is united. he did not believe _ unity. the west is united. he did not believe that. _ unity. the west is united. he did not believe that. yet _ unity. the west is united. he did not believe that. yet the - unity. the west is...

Extremely acute effect on the civilian population. aside from your role within the _ civilian population. aside from your role within the halo _ civilian population. aside from your role within the halo trust _ civilian population. aside from your role within the halo trust and - civilian population. aside from your role within the halo trust and yourl role within the halo trust and your view of the consequences you are describing of these tactics, you are also a retired army general. as you ass...

Taking care of the 2 million, 3 million refugees that are scurrying out of their towns because of the terrorist attacks that russia is executing. thats where it starts getting tough. and just like russia doesnt have a whole lot of manpower to actually occupy these cities, theyre going to continue to bombard them from afar, so ukrainian forces have to make that decision between fighting the russians territorial defense and solving the humanitarian crisis that putin has distributed to this nation....

The response has been good. but i think we need to do more. i think we need to be creative on how we can provide greater assistance, greater support to ukraine. nobody wants to push putin over the edge. but on the other hand i think that the question i have is how long can we stand by while ukraine is being destroyed. thousands of people are losing their lives. and we do have the means to stop it, or at least to help the ukrainians stop it. we cant let vladimir putin decide or set the conditions...

Orders from the kremlin or under the orders of a local commander, is difficult to fathom. bearing in mind russian communication hasnt been particularly good as they move further into ukraine. >> they really lost some high level commanders. generals, lieutenants. this invasion is not even a month old. they are taking some heavy, heavy losses. at very high levels of the military. why do you think that is? whats going on there? >> part of it military leadership and every country and nation is at le...

Residents, he told me about allegations that russian soldiers were shooting civilians for fun, civilians who were not offering food or giving up food to soldiers. is not something you have witnessed? t not something you have witnessed? i can confirm similar cases in kyiv region, in the suburbs of kyiv a number of volunteers work delivering food for people who were sheltering and were killed by russians. 0ne food for people who were sheltering and were killed by russians. one of them, the mayor o...

Before. it does show theres some sense they cant find and access and prioritize the military targets they want to hit or they realize this is a societal struggle and the ukrainian people are not going to just welcome the russians in as their propaganda alluded to. therefore they have to erode the moral of the ukrainian people. eroding the moral of the ukrainian people involves essentially state terrorism. it involves attacking civilians. it involves war crimes. and if were seeing more and more o...

Working with russian troops. but more importantly their soldiers, their troops are poorly led. they dont have an nco cord to discipline them. they dont get enough training repetition in their one or two-year conscription grid and dont adjust to mission-type orders. so they get on the road as i said so many times before nose to butt in their vehicles and they just keep rolling. you add to that -- lets add one more thing to all that. these troops have been under harsh conditions in ukraine for two...