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Street in the last few days of februaryjust after the invasion. a long column of russian armour was destroyed as it pushed forward towards the capital. these were elite airborne troops, mostly in armoured vehicles light enough to be carried by aircraft. once again, anti—tank weapons and attack drones made them no protection at all. this is the graveyard, one of the many graveyards of russian hopes for capturing kyiv. it was early in the war, they were advancing. and then the ambush happened. panic must have ensued. look how this armoured vehicle has ended up ramming that one. they had no ide...

Really between russia and ukraine. we wouldn't dictate the terms. >> as i understand, military tactics when you retreat, you leave forces in place to cover the retreat. so are the movements that you're seeing so far, are they consistent with what a retreat from kyiv would look like? what would it take to convince the pentagon that russia had given up on its intent to seize kyiv? >> too soon to tell on the first question, this is hours old here that the russians made this announcement. we've seen small news of troops begin to move away from kyiv. way too soon to make a judgment on covering forc...

People in kyiv are not safe. and there are shells and missiles raining down on them still as we speak. and that there are still a tremendous amount of combat power russia can bring to bear. the question is is can they fight more effectively than they have over the past month? >> colonel kearney, your takeaways. >> i tend to agree with those comments. the challenge for the russians right now is no matter how they describe it, the pentagon also describing it, is essentially what we have is a retrograde movement on the part of the russian forces. and some of that makes very much so in terms of ta...

Have started on this suburban street in the last few days of februaryjust after the invasion. a long column of russian armour was destroyed as it pushed forward towards the capital. these were elite airborne troops, mostly in armoured vehicles light enough to be carried by aircraft. once again, anti—tank weapons and attack drones made them no protection at all. this is the graveyard, one of the many graveyards of russian hopes for capturing kyiv. it was early in the war, they were advancing. and then the ambush happened. panic must have ensued. look how this armoured vehicle has ended up ram...

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