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Down here, there have been attacks and activity around kharkiv, as well as attempts to advance here in the east, in effect extending the battlefield, really several hundred miles here. what does that show you about ukrainian capabilities? my understanding from u.s. officials is that theyre doing this deliberately so that russia cannot move forces to the south down here to protect this area where the bulk of the offensive is. >> jim, if you took your two green dots from kharkiv to the tip of the ...

It, there are very few strategic gains here because now they have to move north into the interior lines and the fact that theyve been five weeks, six weeks, seven weeks trying to besiege this one city really turns around to be more of a strategical -- whats called an emotional victory for ukraine. and you can hear from the desperation that ali reported that if theyre ready for a third country to come in and strike a peace deal thats a really bad sign that this thing is about to turn. but again, ...

When russia tried to take kyiv. ukraine has a more disciplined force, they have more interior lines where they can create redundancies, right? we all know where russia is coming from. the lines are very clear on the map where they need to go and where they need to resupply. those are what we call lines of communication. ukrainians dont have that problem. you and i talked about this last time. although lviv clearly will be a target, they know where weapons come through. after you get past that, t...

Jump into a phone booth and jump out as superman how they fight. the problem with their strategy is they continue to violate the principle of mass. they dont concentrate their efforts. theyre trying to attack on a 1200-mile front. the greatest likelihood of success would be to pick one spot, probably toward donetsk, attack through already held russian separatist areas, utilize interior lines to keep their supply lines open, and use brute force, mechanized warfare, heavy artillery, to try to push...

States took advantage of russias moment of historical weak weakness in the 1990ss risk appetite has grown as his grip on russias titans. eric: are we doing enough to face russia and putin retired general is here is the author of the book chasing the lion and joins us now. general deprived administration is sending more material, armored personnel carriers, sending helicopters. but they have not greenlighted the mig 29s. what would you do to try and help ukraine more kuester. >> hey eric great to...

With mounted warfare. when you look at this train in slovyansk, that will be the key epicenter. izyum is the access from the north west. here youll see the separatist forces from luhansk advance over. in slovyansk down to here, youll see them trying to advance. this is wide-open terrain. thats why those new weapons are super important for the ukrainian military. >> clint, obviously the ukrainian military has fought so valiantly and stood up so well to a much larger military out of russia. what d...

That it will take to fight this amount of russian forces, and theyre pushing in in donbas, too. theyre trying to push in that direction as well. we need thousands and thousands of artillery rounds. theyre burning out their artillery guns. they need more artillery guns. this is a much more lethal open warfare fight thats coming. >> this is why many think, and i tend to agree with them, you can correct me if im wrong, that i think its going to get worse, and there is a false sense of security in t...

Logistic supplier lines to ukrainian forces. plus they have something called interior lines. they can move a lot easier in the different directions that theyll be attacked from. they can reenforce with reserves to the north, to the south, to the east. however, theyre going to be required to have fast moving and adaptable forces. they have shown excellent military bearing throughout the first part of this campaign by conducting hasty attacks. theyll have to build large reserves and get great inte...

Surprise is everything. there is no surprise where russia wants to go. now, ukraine needs the long-range capabilities, like artillery, long-range rockets, tanks that, you know, that can see for miles because -- but the intelligence is what they need so they prevent surprise. now, there is problems but there is also kind of advantages. ukrainians own ukraine. they have what is called interior lines and thats why that rail head being hit is concerning because russia has to come from outside, from ...

Fixed, meaning they know and theyre opposite each other. russians have -- are on what you call interior lines and expectation is its going to be a big, hard, ugly, brutal push and, again, this is -- >> so, general, how -- general, can -- what can ukrainian forces do then? weve seen them use sort of, you know, their wiles and their will in the areas outside of kyiv, using drones to target tank columns. how can they repel that kind of pinscher movement and activity by the russians? >> along the fl...