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Almost everything weve seen from russia on the battlefield so far has been a deliberate ploy, a destracz to weaken and divide ukrainian forces. he said russia is approaching these big cities, encircling them, not because it wants to destroy them or take them but as a way of tying them down so russia can concentrate on what it really cares about, what he says is the eastern donbas region of ukraine next to the russian border. this is all very different, of course, to what western governments and ...

Eastern ukraine. this is all very different to what western governments and experts believe that russia has been trying to achieve here. the common assessment is that russia believed it could essentially win a lightning invasion within a few days very quickly taking the capital. that hasnt capped. so in that context, its difficult to accept these latest explanations at face value. they could simply be an explanation, or messaging if you like to a russian domestic audience over the limited recent...

Sunshine in between, some stay in completely dry. in the north or north—easterly wind, another cold day. temperatures may be of a degree orso day. temperatures may be of a degree or so on face value. in the wind it will feel every bit as chilly, especially in the south—east corner. feeling colder, as the wind touches 40 or 50 mph in the close. away from that, with lighter wind, we go through thursday night with a widespread frost that will be back again. cold start of friday morning. a fairl...

Was a multi—fronted invasion and so the western diplomat�*s diplomat�*s view is, it is not going to plan. if taken at face value, the east becomes the focus of the fighting. two big questions remain. what does it involve when you look at the route to crimea? does it mean taking mariupol and possibly odesa? is that still part of the plan and what becomes of the northern troops? do theyjust sit and wait until there is perhaps agreement, and finally, the third option from the point of view of...

Russian casualties. their own figures. and also the evacuation of ukrainians to russia, in the hundreds of thousands, some people look at that as a kind of kidnap, to russia, and also this. the second reading from this western diplomat, just remind you of the map of russian—controlled ukraine. it is a multi—fronted invasion. a suggestion that the fighting is only going to focus on the east, if it is taken at face value, things are not going to plan. so what could happen next? the east become...

About their activities elsewhere, effectively what they said is what were doing outside eastern ukraine is designed to occupy the ukrainian military, to degrade the capacity wage war, and you could see the strikes here targeting fuel, targeting a military installation, as part of that general picture and trying to make it harderfor as part of that general picture and trying to make it harder for the ukrainian army to fight back. as yet, we have yet to see any sign that what was spoken about in t...

Control of kyiv, kharkiv and the rest of the country. if they can convince the russian people that by simply taking parts of eastern ukraine, donetsk and luhansk, these areasjust ukraine, donetsk and luhansk, these areas just near the russian ukraine, donetsk and luhansk, these areasjust near the russian border, is a victory for russia, and it potentially means that we wont see a war that encompasses the whole country, that russia will attempt to take all of ukraine. that is if we take all of uk...

Still in key evan had to be evacuated in the kyiv and had to be evacuated." joe biden has been talking in a very loud voice of a potential invasion of ukraine. seemed prepared for it. nobody in washington even biden himself really thought it was going to happen. and when it did happen, an official concluded that putin must be insane. in other words, there is a reason, a good reason none of us saw this coming. biden just snapped. hes a rational and impossible to predict. a lot of people took it a...

Actor, even if he gets a slice of the country, that he wont come back for the rest of the pie. considering hes made that commitment before and you see where we are today, is that possible ukraine could ever take at face value a commitment from vladimir putin? >> never. of course never. if hes ready to sign a paper that would give us some time of peace, we shouldnt be too arrogant not to sign it. of course we dont trust russia ever since they broke their promise to respect our borders indef indef...

To end the conflict, but i think people are well advised to be wary about moscows intentions, and is thisjust about moscows intentions, and is this just a ruse to try a fresh advance further down the line? i think we have to wait and see, but at the moment, we have to taken at face value and hope this leads to some of breakthrough. it is interesting _ some of breakthrough. it is interesting as _ some of breakthrough. it is interesting as well, - some of breakthrough. it is interesting as well, i...