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Neighbour and announces a deal on gas to reduce european reliance on russian energy. why a caribbean tour for the duke and duchess of cambridge has attracted controversy as well as crowds. and we meet the deaf actor troy kotsur — tipped for oscar success this weekend — as he returns to the deaf school inspired by his hollywood debut. hello, welcome to the programme. as the war in ukraine enters its second month, there are signs of a possible shift in russias military aims. amid persistent re...

They invaded ukraine as to what they were told they were going to be greeted as liberators, you know, fruit pies were going to be waiting for them. so all of a sudden thats not happening. so thats going to have negative impact on the morale. you saw the british gchq, the nsa equivalent, their signals intelligence people, talking about how the russians are in many cases, in some units in disarray because if you take the chernobyl guys who were responsible there, we had reporting earlier today tha...

I mean there are... but many, many difficulties as you have outlined but if i can as you have outlined, but if i can interrupt you there, the russian forces have taken a pounding, havent they, much more than they expected, from young soldiers to seasoned commanders. the economy is being hit as well. ordinary russians are feeling the consequences of this war in their pockets, so could that make a difference to vladimir putins approach? i think you are right, there is a glimmer of hope, and in a r...

The taliban using artillery, seeing the taliban using artillery, seeing the taliban using artillery, seeing the taliban using a sophisticated weaponry, they are using drones for example, these commercial drones where they attach hand grenades and other weapons and munitions and have been successful with adopting technology. we have had a deadly spate of track and car bombs over the last year or so and i would also say the afghan special forces, commanders, they have been misused to the point tha...

Been here a month now, barely any of the u.s. government weaponizes mandatory and aid has made it the country. ive got ukrainian commanders calling me personally asking, you know, where this stuff is. you know, theyre asking us for help. im witnessing this on the ground. so this aid is stuck in poland and people are playing games just like president zolensky that people are dying in your grip. there are real consequences to the humanitarian not coming in . the ukrainians need this these items no...

These rockets or these missiles flying into various cities, you know, i hate to get into the theory but violating every rule of war. what i mean by that is forces normally try and really focus on their objective, massing what their doing and using a very simple plan. russia has not done that at all. theyre all over the place. their piece milling forces and in fact, what i think ukraine has done in a very successful counter offense from an active defense mode is gradually putting the russians for...

>> trace: setbacks on the ground forcing russia to change its focus in ukraine. moscow now shifting its forces to the eastern donbas region. the move believed to be part of a larger strategy to isolate ukrainian troops there. mark meredith with more from the pentagon. >> both u.s. and ukrainian officials are closely watching every move russia makes in an effort to try to determine if vladimir putin is changing strategy pivoting in ukraine after a war that started with no end in sight. now over t...

Dangerous because theyre out here in the black sea, theyre at a point where they could potentially blockade odesa and also at a point where they could cut off any resupply efforts that come from a nato country, and that right there is a nato country thats rominnia. so those are areas that are of concern still to the people in odesa and the commanders, ukrainian commanders on the ground there. >> great information, colonel. thank you. we really appreciate it. >> you bet, don. absolutely. an ame...

There are orgs that have the ability to do that. there is capability to do so and i hope some of the -- >> carley: drones in order to do that, problem you are just talking about, you mentioned something i havent heard before. president biden announced military aid but you are saying it is stuck, not getting to the front lines so you are being forced to bring that aid into the front lines yourself? >> yeah, i mean, im sure it is getting somewhere, all i know, ukrainian commanders we are meeting w...

>> for some time. i hope its a matter of a week or a little more, which sounds callous, but thats a lot better than three weeks, four weeks. again, on the one hand, you are seeing the sharp point of putins spear in those missile attacks, precise missile attacks from long range. but in the east, we see his army hollowing out. we have reliable reports not just of mutiny, right, but of conscripts killing their officers, of some commanders who have actually committed suicide. this is a force thats r...