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February, and i was asking him naturally about what we were then calling the spring offensive. i suppose we will have to call it the summer offensive now. and i mean, he didn�*t give me any details, i wouldn�*t have expected that, but he was quite careful to say, it is going to take longer than we thought. the western powers have not been fast in supplying tanks or guns. it has taken them some time to get round to that, and the training takes a bit of time too. nevertheless, obviously you do...

And i think therefore that is why they are going to crack, crumble and perhaps actually collapse. and then if you can get the russian defences really moving, then i think there are opportunities even more broadly. let�*s talk now to lieutenant general ben hodges— he is the former commanding general of us army europe. he now works as senior adviser to human rights first, a nonprofit international human rights organisation based in the us. thank you for being with us. what is your assessment o...

Giving them those tools right now. they will be living hand to mouth as they fight out the spring offensive doing the best they can. training them is a good start, though. >> griff: i want to quickly play senator lindsey graham talking about how it ends. want to see if you agree? >> i want to end the war in ukraine by defeating putin. the counter offensive is a foot right now. the last 400 some days the ukrainians have defied every expectation and bloodied the russian army inside ukraine. they n...

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Ukraine has long been warning of a spring counteroffensive and despite next week marking a new season, Kyiv has a deadly warning for those Russian soldiers inside its border. 

Now, unfortunately, because of this war. why is it so significant? is it significant? when you mention the spring offensive, what do you think is the next step in that? what should we all be watching for? >> jen, one of the mysteries to u.s. commanders for months has been why the ukrainians were devoting so much of their blood and treasure to defending bakhmut, which is a modestly strategic point? it controls access to donetsk, one of the areass been bitterly attested. ukraine and zelenskyy said...

Fifteen months into the Ukraine-Russia war, foreign affairs expert Victoria Coates says she never anticipated the war would last this long.

Expectations of a russian spring offensive into expectations of a ukrainian cou nteroffe nsive. and i think one of the bigger reasons is that ukraine is still enjoying enough western support. it is still getting... ..quantities of western armaments that are sufficient to be used in this counteroffensive. the big question, though, is that, what do the russians have? do they still have enough missiles and manpower? does their command function effectively enough to counteract this ukrainian counter...

>> you mentioned that eminent counteroffensive rum ukraine it has been much hyped up, hasnt it? and that has concerned ukraine, that the expectations are too high. is that a worry? >> i think it is, i think a lot of commentators are saying that this is a war when he moved by ukraine, and it will be successful. and the ultimate goal should be to isolate crimea. and to prepare the ground for a great 2024 spring offensive, to retake crimea. but ultimately, i dont think the counteroffensive is neces...

Challenging task for ukraine. but we will already discussion training with a number of countries and we were discussing logistical training and support maintenance and support training and also there is discussions on the actual planes and infrastructure support. so this is a serious endeavour. we are talking about months of time so it�*s not going to happen tomorrow. 0r about months of time so it�*s not going to happen tomorrow. or even for these next couple of months but certainly somethin...