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>> what is your assessment of russian forces now? are they stalled? are they regrouping so that they can increase their assault or increase their violence on ukraine? what's your assessment of the russian military? >> it's hard to tell, don. i think, you know, they have not progressed as quickly as they would have liked to. i think they envisioned that they would move rapidly and very quickly seize the capital city. they've not been able to do that. they've struggled with logistics, so we've seen a number of missteps along the way. i don't see, you know, evidence of good employment of tactical...

Russian forces and in their attempt to overtake ukraine. >> what is your assessment of russian forces now? are they stalled, are they regrouping so that they could increase their assault, increase their violence on ukraine. >> -- what is your assessment? >> it is hard to tell, don. i think, they have not progressed as far -- as quickly as they would have liked to. i they they envisioned that they would move rapidly and very quickly seize the capital city. they've not been able to do that. they've struggled with logistics, so we've seen a number of missteps along the way. i don't see, you know,...

So this makes them easier targets. and it's one of the reasons why the ukrainian defense has been so successful. >> general, had the distinct honor of traveling around the region with lloyd austin. i got to ask him about his assessment of the russian military. let's take a listen to it. >> what's your assessment of the russian military? >> it's hard to tell, don. i think, you know, they have not progressed as quickly as they would have liked to. i think they envisioned they would move rapidly and very quickly seize the capital city. they have not been able to do that. they have struggled with ...

Russian forces now? are they stalled? are they regrouping so that they can increase their assault or increase their violence on ukraine? what's your assessment of the russian military? >> it's hard to tell, don. they have not progressed as far as they would like to. i think they envisioned they would move rapidly and quickly seize the capital city. they've not been able to do that. they struggled with logistics. we've seen a number of missteps along the way. i don't see, you know, evidence of good employment of tactical intelligence. i don't see integration of, you know, air capability with th...

Helicopters, it's extremely significant for several reasons. chief among them is that, first of, all it shows that ukrainians have the capability to go across and do something like this. and take the battle into russian soil. but at the same time, it also challenges russia's narrative of the war. fiercely challenges it. the russian propaganda machine has told the russian people and the world that, basically, they are in control. that they have destroyed the ukrainian air forces and the air bases. and so this attack literally shows that the russians were wrong and that they don't have the war u...