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Manpower, unlimited. and also they dont count people. theyre using people as cannon fodder. so that is a very russian soviet style of offensive. i cant tell you the exact number but they are musing now but what i can tell you for sure, i spent christmas —— matt i met this christmas with our troops and what i saw there, field full of bodies of russian soldiers. its hard to believe what you see. that is something which i saw in the fields of the first world war, just full of bodies. the casual...

Like this man, who until a few months ago, was driving tractors. he says hes sure these british tanks will make a huge difference. "its exactly these kinds of weapons we need to push "russia out of ukraine." theyre notjust learning how to drive them and fire their guns, but also how to keep them running and maintained. all in a matter of weeks. but so far theyve impressed their british instructors. they�* re incredibly bright. they pick up a lot of the more technical skills very quickly, which...

Going _ this war when yes of course there is going to _ this war when yes of course there is going to be — this war when yes of course there is going to be on the other offensive at some _ going to be on the other offensive at some stage by the russian army which _ at some stage by the russian army which on _ at some stage by the russian army which on the basis of all that weve seen _ which on the basis of all that weve seen so _ which on the basis of all that weve seen so far— which on the ...

The cost in soldiers�* lives has been immense. ukraine is thought to have lost as many as 100,000 dead or wounded. for russia, its been much worse — as many as 200,000 casualties with a much higher proportion of those killed. the west has sprung to ukraines defence in one of the most remarkable efforts of its kind ever seen — from anti—tank weapons that began to flood in early on, to sophisticated artillery systems that allowed ukraine to go on the offensive, and tanks and armoured vehic...

The meeting with bucharest 9. what are you expecting. >> reporter: he says that the u.s. remains committed to the nato alliance and he called it the most consequential in american history. and many of these countries are watching the invasion of ukraine, very an issues about where vladimir putin may have his sights on next. so president biden will want to reinforce his support for nato. but i think that he will also want to steele the allies for what is to come in ukraine. and you heard that las...

Now they need to be followed up with action. you know, we have complained over the last 12 months about foot dragging. appropriations have been made. weve urged them to give weapons, more, quicker, and better. and so i hope once the president gets back, his order to the pentagon is, lets give all the ammunition they need, the long-range missiles, the air support, the things that zelenskyy needs to actually win this spring offensive. >> so yes, youve been critical of what you say is the unnecessa...

This frontier with minimal gains, sometimes measures in yards per day. now, the focus in recent weeks has been discussion of a russian offensive, a spring offensive. you heard a lot of advertisements of this particularly from the russian side. but the u.s. military side of this, i have spoken about the u.s. assessment of russian capabilities is that is more aspirational and realistic because though russia amassed a large number of forces here, they dont have the quality of forces, the training, ...

That back and qualify it, saying that it could take years. and thats the real concern, wolf, for ukrainian officials is that they dont have years. >> yes, they dont. all right, there is that, standby. we will get back to you. i want to get back to chip pseudo-right now, taking a closer look at the next phase of this war, we are anticipating rushes spring offensive to begin as the weather gets better so it can expect from putins next move? >> well, the focus of fighting in recent weeks have been ...

Extract that heavier weaponry thats more difficult for the u.s. to agree to? we have seen the uk agree in principal to start training ukrainian pilots on uk fighter jets. although, they did row that back and qualify it by saying that it could take years. and thats the real concern, wolf, for ukrainian officials, is that they dont have years. >> yeah. all right. klarissa, standby. we will get back to you. i want to get back to jim sciutto and take a look at the next phase of this war. were antici...

Knows, perhaps they will eventually get the planes as ambassador taylor said may not need them right now, but. but the most important thing is that the ukrainians need the ammunition to go with the weapons systems they have right now. this is the most important and crucial thing that is sort of not flying under the radar because the europeans and nato are trying to address this. but the production capacity in nato is not as fast as they would like right now. they need shells and ammunition for a...