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Have a numerical advantage. they outnumber the ukrainians in forces. they certainly have a lot of capabilities left. i would go so far, of the amassed power mr. putin had available pre-february 24th, he has a lot left. >> tell us what youre hearing again. there are reports that russian soldiers are refusing to fight and follow orders. >> we continue to get indications mostly out of the donbas fighting. not only junior enlisted soldiers but some officers are disobeying orders, refusing to fight. ...

Here. what we would tell you this morning, we still assess mariupol is contested, that it hasnt been taking by the russians and there is still an active ukraine yann resistance. so they continue to fight for that city. . >> we are hearing, john, of these audio recordings that the ukrainians have intercepted of russian troops talking how they are killing prisoners of war. are you confident they are authentic and is the u.s. working with ukraine to verify them? . >> we have not been able to verify...

Military and the challenges that theyre even having now as they try to move into the donbas? >> yeah. you know, its a great question, joe. you saw that they announced a new general whos going to be sort of running the whole show now. its clear that they are trying to learn from the mistakes that they made in the early days and weeks of this war, command and control, unit cohesion, operational maneuvers, trying to make sure theyre maneuvering forces in a more efficient way. the integration of air...

Those missiles and rockets land. >> lets talk about whats happening in mariupol. the control of that city comes down yto ukrainian forces holdig down to a dozen groups. how can ukrainian fighters do that? >> yeah, the news from mariupol continues to get more grim by the day. there is a steel plant where were told a deputy city official there says that about a thousands people are holed up in this steel plant holding on for as long as they can. cocomplicate matters even worse today, russians were...

Logistics and sustainment and still have command and control problems. again, it remains to be seen. david. >> you say that the russians are conducting shaping operations. i have also said that theres been active operations going on in the donbas since the beginning of this invasion. for the last eight years. we absolutely have seen and we have acknowledged that we have seen offensive and defensive operations by both the russians and the ukrainians in the last several weeks. theres no question. ...

This is all indications were kind of getting as you read into the news that continues to emerge out of there, it feels like its just -- the last moments of being able to hold on in that city. >> yeah. awful reports coming out of there. th thank you. lets go to the pentagon. >> thats artillery, rotary, aviation, helicopter support, command and control enablers and we do believe that they have reenforced the number of battalion tactical groups in the east and the south of ukraine. we cant say spec...

These appear to be chronic difficulties that they have had with command and control, unit cohesion, integration of air to ground, all problems that they still suffer from. so it remains to be seen whether they have, quote, fixed these problems and are ready to execute in a more efficient way in the donbas. our assessment is that they are still struggling with a lot of these problems. part of the reason were talking about shaping regions in the donbas is because russians are trying to learn from ...

Chronic difficulties that the russian military had in terms of logistic, sustain and control, unit cohesion, integration of air to ground. all problems they still suffer from. our assessment is they are still struggling. part of the reason were talk about shaping operations in the donbas is because the russians are trying to learn from their mistakes. in the last few days we have seen them move in. command and control enablers, aviation support, largely helicopters. moving in artillery units ahe...

Have seen the ukrainians move against russian positions and we believe they have been able to resecure some of those towns and villages in the donbas. were not disputing that theres not combat going on in the donbas. what were saying is were seeing -- we still consider what were seeing to be is shaping operations. they continue to set the conditions for what they believe will be eventual success on the ground by putting in more forces, putting in more enablers, putting in more command and contro...

Unit cohesion the you need to be an effective fighting force. this is a huge factor that disadvantages the russian army. >> yeah, and speaking of morale, all have to do is look at the ukrainians. theyre fighting for their country, theyre fighting for their existence, and that is making the difference in the battlefield, without a doubt. stephanie, the new york times published an extensive piece on view on the hill. shes the intelligence expert that testified that trumps first impeachment. hell a...