what some think america needs to do. that is, write a new constitution. and then he ll speak to one of the top scientists responsible for the web telescope and those awesome images it has captured. these videos show explosions that have happened in the last two weeks at russian military facilities in crimea, which has been occupied by russian forces since 2014. one attack at an air base destroyed at least seven russian warplanes. ukraine has claimed responsibility for that attack and two others, according to an internal ukrainian government document obtained by cnn. is this evidence that kyiv is launching a counteroffensive against russia? and could it gain back territory illegally overtaken by moscow? joining me now is retired u.s. army general mark hurtling, a national security and military analyst for cnn. good to have you on this morning. great to be on this morning, jim. first, let s speak about these attacks in crimea, territory controlled by russia for some eight
with a country that some think is what america needs to do, that is write a new constitution. and he will speak to one of the top scientists responsible for the webb telescope and those awesome images it has captured. these videos show explosions that have happened in the last two weeks at russian military facilities in crimea, which has been occupied by russian forces since 2014. one attack at an air base destroyed at least seven russian warplanes. ukraine has claimed responsibility for that attack and two others according to an internal document obtained by cnn. is this evidence that kyiv is launching a counteroffensive against russia and could it gain back territory illegally overtaken by moscow? joining me now is retired u.s. army general mark hurtling. and general grks tohave good to have you on. great to be with you. let s talk about the attacks inside crimea, this territory has been controlled by russia for some eight years now. does ukraine s ability to strike beh
about a large counteroffensive or a large-scale counteroffensive by ukrainian forces. i don t see that happening any time soon, because i don t think the ukrainian army, from what i used to see over there, dated for sure, but i still don t think they have the capability to conduct a large-scale counteroffensive. but they will continue to strike, continue to atrit, and do a lot of smaller scale counterattacks, which will drive the russians crazy. in kherson province and other places in the south. it s just going to cause more confusion on the part of the russian side. the pentagon announced this week a new yet a new nearly billion dollar assistance package for ukraine, including ammunition for the high mobility artillery systems known as himars. i have spoke on the you and others about this. they describe this as a
sure. in using precise military doctrinal language, a lot of people talk about a large counteroffensive or large scale counteroffensive by ukrainian forces. i don t see that happening anytime soon because i don t think that the ukrainian army from what i used to see over there dated for sure, but i still don t think that they have the capability to conduct a large scale counteroffensive. but they will continue to strike, continue to attrit as they have done and potentially do a lot of smaller scale counterattacks which is going to drive the russians crazy. in kherson province and other places in the south. and like i said, it will just cause more confusion on the part of the russian side. the pentagon announced this week a new yet another really nearly billion dollar military assistance package for ukraine, including ammunition for the high mobility artillery systems