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Without water, and 80% of ukraine is plunged into darkness. theyre trying to restore the electricity, but its proven very difficult. so knowing all this, nobody wanted to do anything about it. only eight nato countries are contributing now into the collective defense kitty. and so we didnt take our opportunity to develop a counterstrategy, and this is why right now were not in a very strong negotiating position. and were depleting our own weapons supplies. we have now spent on some missile syste...

Negotiations. when you listen to the two leaders speak, im told its very much reflective of what happened behind the scenes. one french official saying that president biden and president macron agreeing that more battlefield gains by the ukrainians are critical to put them in a better negotiating position in the future. and president macron making very clear explicitly, not hedging at all, that there should be no negotiations. there will be no negotiations without the ukrainians saying it is tim...

Meeting, one french officials say the president biden and president macron agreeing that more battlefield gains by the ukrainians are critical to put them in the negotiating position or a better negotiating position in the future. and president macron making very clear, explicitly, not hedging at all, that there should be negotiation, no negotiations, there will be no negotiations without the ukrainians saying it is time for that to move forward. no sustainable peace otherwise. and also, preside...

Surprising staying power. they refuse engage the ukrainians in direct tactical combat because they get kicked. they get kicked around. so what they do is they offset and use artillery to their great advantage and this has become a test of wills. russia is going to -- the infrastructure is going to the power and going after the water and going after the ability, theyve weaponized fuel and theyve weaponized food. theyre now weaponizing power. so it now becomes who has the staying power in order to...

Somehow negotiate now because of these threats is he hasnt offered a negotiating way forward. meanwhile, though, he may present himself as negotiating constraints, as your reports have indicated, its actually a negotiating position thats weakening as ukrainian forces liberate more territory. >> in the meantime, weve seen the mobilization efforts continuing. we talk about those troops being potentially ill-equipped, poorly trained. not to mention, suffering from a lack of morale. but can they sti...

Point, a limit soon. and then the question is whether the ukrainians can strike back. i think his message was it is important for the ukrainians to strike back, there is an opportunity there. it does not mean that they will be able to take it, part of it will depend on if they get enough support and weaponry from the west. his view was its important for morale, notjust in ukraine but in europe to show that the ukrainians were able in some way to push back at this crucial moment, particularly ahe...

Where does the fight stand? >> it stands pretty centrally at thist, willie, in that southeast piece of land that vladimir putin is now fighting to permanently control. youre showing it on the map there. and his objective at this point is no longer to run the table to sweep across ukraine to put a bucket regime. he knows that will not happen. hes going to try to grind out a few more kilometers in the center of that red strip. and then towards the end of this this year, i think this burberry, his ...

Part of the russian playbook that weve seen before.— weve seen before. and what everybody — weve seen before. and what everybody watching - weve seen before. and what everybody watching wants i weve seen before. and what everybody watching wants is | weve seen before. and whatl everybody watching wants is a solution — how do you and this, how do you stop the slaughter of innocent civilians? —— and this? thats the question wed all like to know the answer to. we heard president zelensky ...

That puts them into a strong negotiating position, at which point putin has to decide, he can do one of two things. he can say, right, weve liberated this area, were not giving it back, but were prepared to negotiate and stop fighting, etc. thats a problem for ukraine and the west, because ukraine is not going to give up that territory. it may possibly give up crimea. its lost it, really. its lost, but they may give up the hope of trying to regain it is what im saying. but its a problem for nato...

You like, the russians are incrementally gaining ground. not very quickly. its causing enormous damage. theyre doing it with excessive use of artillery and missiles, with excessive damage to the civilian infrastructure. what do you think is russias aim? 0bviously, they want as much territory as they can get, but will they go on to attack other cities and towns? they havent yet decided. their current strategy is pretty clear. its to take as much territory as possible in the donbas. that puts them...