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Haul. >> for you and all ukrainians, your mind the world every single day with the meaning of the word courage is. all sectors of your economy and all walks of life and it is astounding. astounding. it is priceless and worth fighting for for as long as it takes and that is how long we will be with you mr. president, for as long as it takes. >> reporter: has long as it takes is a message delivered on ukrainian soil when the largest war since the second world war shows no sign of ending. russia abandon early goals of capturing kyiv and all of ukraine . days grinding on and

If russia's losing, to deal. if it is a, for, moscow is kind of heads i win, tells you lose. >> it depends what you mean by or ukraine winning. the point is, ukraine has already won a great victory, which is putin had the intention of getting rid of the ukrainian government, capturing kyiv, and reducing uk -- that's over. we shouldn't underestimate what's a colossal thing that is, in historic terms. as a success for ukraine, and in defeat for russia. it means that, even if russia keeps some bits of ukrainian territory, the vast majority of ukraine will now move towards the west. the speed of t...

Ineffective. that's a huge number of the battalion tactical groups were considered combat ineffective. they have to break them down and recombine them. they are actually -- the original force is going to break down the longer it's in combat, the more it sustains the losses. any talk of going back to kyiv is fanciful. they will be lucky if they can set up a defendable perimeter in the donbas and hold on. >> it's incredible. you are talking about a quarter of the group. those are some of the most highly trained and prepared forces. colonel, u.s. and western officials say putin hasn't give up on ...

An ominous warning from nato's chief. despite russia's push east, putin still wants all of ukraine adding this war could last years. now western officials warn it's too soon to say putin has given up on capturing kyiv. major general paul eaton, thanks for joining us. let's look at the map here. even if russia is no longer focused on this region where we have the capital, if they are going into belarus to resupply, rearm, refuel, even if russian forces are able to get strength down in the southeast region where we're told they're focusing next do you suspect russia is going to take another run ...

I guess that's the easiest answer. i feel comfortable. this is what we do for a living, why we're here. so that's not an issue in situations similar to this before afghanistan, iraq, et cetera. in terms of ukrainians, there is an interesting dynamic. so if there were to be a russian invasion, even a medium-scale russian invasion, this city would likely be in the line of fire because it's between russia and the crimean peninsula. so if russia wanted to link its territory, link the separatist areas and the crimean peninsula, it would have to go through here. there are other scenarios where russi...