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Turned out like that. at an operational level, its been a disaster. its also been an international humiliation for putin in particular, but for russia more generally. because it has exposed all the faulty thinking. so, just why has it gone so badly for russia in these first few weeks of the war? well, there are a number of reasons. there is the strength of ukrainian resistance. most of the population has rallied round their government. the troops are using western—supplied weapons like javelin...

Taking massive losses. some of the footage i watched from the weekend russian tank units basically destroyed, vehicles abandoned. you are hearing essentially about troop resistance going up against commanders on the russian side. so im not even confident they can advance at all. i wouldnt be surprised if somewhere in the background in russia putin is thinking, i need to secure whatever gains i can get because if i dont do it now i might be pushed back on all fronts. i think the east and the sout...

Conflicts and times, even when there was an uncivilised war and we are discussing the processes to finish the war. despite their success in repelling russian attacks against kyiv, ukrainian commanders say russia seems to preparing for a large scale assault. our kyiv correspondent james waterhouse has been assessing russias buildup of the capitals outskirts. if you ask uk defence officials, they are thought to be more than ten miles away. we do know there is heavy fighting a half—hour drive fro...

Because the commander in chief is not taken seriously. maria: well, you are the first green beret elected to congress. tell me about the training of the ukrainians by the green beret commanders and our help in terms of the training there. has it made a significant difference as we watch the courage on display there? we heard from the klitschko brothers earlier in the show. >> well, it has. green berets have been training the ukrainians since they were first invaded by russia, since 2014. and i t...

This invasion. the general, also, said some 1,300 russian troops had died in the fighting. the first casualty update in some time. ukraines president, though, and nato officials believe the actual russian death toll is far higher. >> translator: the number of russian casualties in this war has already exceeded 16,000 killed. among them are senior commanders. there have not been reports about killed russian colonels, generals, or admirals yet. but the commander of one of the occupying armies and ...

Husband to ukrainian lines. maxim, a professional ukrainian soldier, was shot in the shin during a firefight a few miles from the hospital. he shares her contempt for russian forces. their commanders are sending the soldiers to the slaughter, he said. these people are just send to their deaths. the officers dont pity them. they dont even count their losses. civilians here do. andre arrived at the hospital when we were there. he had been helping his brother. he was a bee keeper. morali morality, ...

Creek advance into ukraine. and that they would topple very quickly and as the west would have to accept that kind of change of regime. and what instead has happened, he has met huge resistance and that has perhaps been met by massive western sanctions and isolation. he was not expecting that, and that has ended up a huge strategic air. and the question now is, are his generals, his advisers who have ill advised him, are they now telling him the truth, are they saying to putin at the games offic...

And the russians didnt lose that many people in georgia and, you know, afghanistan was a many long-year war. this is a high level and a lot of senior commanders killed. >> so, amy, you write in "foreign policy" the ukrainians are listening, russias military radios are getting owned. you write in part this. ukraines security service, the governments main counterintelligence arm, has intercepted dozens of calls among russian soldiers, their higher units and relatives. in one captured call, a russi...

>> it is a combination i think. we have been hearing since january at least, that there were many russians who were skeptical about what they saw as putins plan to invade ukraine as -- as the plans were -- were being made, as the u.s. was beginning to discuss detailsment we heard reports of distention from some frontline commanders. there is obviously more of that. what we are seeing now i think is a new dimension and what you can only call the information war that the united states has been run...

Kind of amazing. ive read attacking their own commanders. sabotaging vehicles. getting rid of the gas. this speaks to the really dismal state of affairs of the russian military. >> dr. jim stocker, appreciate it. thank you. up next lawmakers got a closed door briefing on the ce center.