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More after organizing hundreds of thousand of men for a likely spring offensive. but this gunner says the paratroopers are ready. it will be hard he says, it will be tough, but we will hold because we stand here for our land. if we dont do it, nobody will. there is a visceral hatred toward moscows leaders among these men. in russia they have a terrorist dictatorial regime he says, so now the civilized world is fighting against this wild medieval dictatorship. as we prepare to leave, incoming gre...

Strong adversary but the elements as well. the snow, the mud and the cold make fighting here even tougher. and ukraines leadership believes the russians will soon escalate even more after mobilizing hundreds of thousands of men for a likely spring offensive. but this gunner, who goes by the name deputy, says the paratroopers are ready. it will be hard, he says. it will be tough. but we will hold, because we stand here -- for our land. if we dont do it, nobody will. there is a visceral hatred tow...

Population about the figures of losses. but to quote the head of the russian douma defence committee, he says the kremlin must stop lying to the russian people about the state of the war and casualties, do you agree? it is a war so we did not know... my estimate is the casualties are heavy but again, i am not happy about that. ukrainians are losing 8—10 times more but that is terrible because it is a war. in many ways, a civil war. i want to talk a little bit about the state of the conflict. d...

Describing close call for he and his team, and narrowly missing a russian strike, and another colleague of ours sam kiley have had a close call in ukraine, and so as you can see that it is not just a close call, but it is a massive build up for something to come, and of course, the spring offensive that everyone is warning about, and what are you hearing at this moment? >> well, kate, what we are hearing is that the spring offense may be mid or late february offensive. we heard president zelensk...

NATO delays in delivering tanks and other armored vehicles, as well as longer-range missiles and combat aircraft have hampered Ukrainian plans to launch new offensives to force Russian forces out of more Ukrainian territory Russia is taking advantage of

Yards away, hidden in the snow and fog, but constantly firing at the entrinched ukrainian. the enemy uses small arms, heavy machine guns, artillery, mortars, rocket launchers and aviation, as well. but so far, the ukrainians say they havent lost an inch of territory here. the ukrainians say the situation here is reminiscent of some of the worst times in world war ii where they are not only fighting a strong adversary but the elements, as well. the snow, the mud, and the cold make fighting here e...

NATO delays in delivering tanks and other armored vehicles, as well as longer-range missiles and combat aircraft have hampered Ukrainian plans to launch new offensives to force Russian forces out of more Ukrainian territory Russia is taking advantage of

To put it mildly. so, you know, impossible for us to know the truth of it. the kremlin have absolutely, as your report described it as lies. its very difficult to take boris johnson absolutely at his word is all i would say. >> on the floor side, vladimir putin is not exactly, you know, an honest person. i want to move on. the same kremlin spokesperson that said this was rubbish, ukraine keeps demanding new weapons and the west is encouraging the weapons. its a dead lock. its an escalation and m...

Ukraine? nor those tanks, do you think, getting to that far too late? >> i would like to have seen those tanks gets there earlier, by this point i think that provides that they are sent to ukraine in time to counter the russian spring offensive, and to enable the ukrainians to have their own counteroffensives, i think they will still be timely. i think 200 battle tanks, the german versions of those main battle tanks, will make a big difference. and as you can tell on the ground, the russians are...

Perfect example of it. adding the tax is going to be just in time for, in other words i think we will get those leopards, certainly, and i think the abrams will come very quickly behind the british challengers. that is going to be just in time supply chain, if you will, is a will make a big difference because they can be masked, they can crunch through the russian lines, they can defend against a potential spring offensive from vladimir putin, but, that is just in time scheduling. we need to get...