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Individuals will to fight until the combat starts and were the ukrainians going to have that will to fight, clearly theyve exceeded all expectations and candidly, the russians, in terms of their will to fight has been weve probably overestimated some reports of russian soldiers. second, i dont think anybody could have predicted how poorly the russians planned some of the logistics. that may have been because putin kept the information such close hold that even all of the on the ground commanders...

Why do i get call from ukraine commanders who havent received aid on the front lines and sitting in front of commandos in the ukrainian army wearing tennis shoes. people are getting frostbite. it is ridiculous. they are doing doctors on the front lines are doing surgery without the proper medications. people are dying here. i confirmed through a reliable source the switch blade drones are not even in country yet. im dealing directly with the people who would be using them and it has been cricket...

Military would. their commanders arent necessarily talking to one another. and coordinating air to ground. we have seen tension between the air forces and the ground forces about how well or how poorly theyre supporting one another. the same could go in the maritime environment and having troebl with command and control. having trouble talking to one another physically talking to one another. resorting to the use of cell phones in some cases. so, theyre definitely struggling. thats why i think w...

Here in the hague. its about the commanders on the ground who are receiving orders, working out where those orders came from. the issue with this case which has been launched by the international criminal court is that russia is not a member of the icc, but ukraine is not a member, either. ukraine accepted jurisdiction, which means that those commanders who are on the ground now committing, possibly, war crimes, can be held accountable, could be arrested and could be extradited to face justice i...

Gunshot related. personal firearms. one of the things that he wants to do is work with commanders on storage of firearms in the home or on base. make sure that we have that well-in hand. and then the other thing, travis and that is why i think youll see in the memo that the secretary is putting forward, a list of some initial installations that he wants visited by the end review commission, is the geographic isolation in some of our assignments and where our troops and families are working as we...

Shooting intercontinental ballistic missiles. as you start to close in on the enemy as happened in mariupol and kyiv, places like that, technology provides you less of an advantage and what becomes more advantageous in close-in block by block fights morale, training, leadership. if i was an in an urban fight, which i have been, and i have a choice between an hypersonic missile and unit with good leadership and good morale. i would take the good leadership and good morale any day. >> brian: right...

To ukrainian lines. a professional ukrainian soldier was shot in the shin in a fire fight a few miles from the hospital. shares her contempt for russian forces. their commanders are sending their soldiers to the slaughter, he said, these bastards are sent to their death, officers dont pity them, count their losses. these civilians do. he had been helping his brother, beekeeper, attend his hives when russian shells fell among them. dead on arrival, leaves a wife and three kids. said these arent p...

People in the dock. at the moment, everyone is wondering will we ever see vladimir putin in the dock here in the hague? it feels a long way off. but, of course, there have been cases in the past where people who have seemed untouchable one day, heads of state, have appeared here in the hague. its about the commanders on the ground who are receiving orders, working out where those orders came from. the issue with this case which has been launched by the international criminal court is that russia...

Aggression of russia in season crimea, in order not to provoke russia, and they had just attacked ukraine again. how can you guarantee that would not happen? these are reasons to be very sceptical. many, many difficulties _ reasons to be very sceptical. many, many difficulties as _ reasons to be very sceptical. many, many difficulties as you _ reasons to be very sceptical. many, many difficulties as you have - reasons to be very sceptical. many, many difficulties as you have just i many difficul...

Back to you. >> don, thank you very much. joining us now to discuss everything that we just heard in our reporting, we are army major mike lions. and thank you so much. so is this something that ukraine would do, fly into russian territory, fly over russian territory and launch missiles on this fuel depot and then not claim responsibility for it? >> i think so. i think theyre being ambiguous right now for a reason. it is likely they got help from the united states or somebody from the intellig...