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Battalion groups in that area with more than 60,000 troops spread out. but the pentagon also says that putin has lost about a quarter of his combat power. as we saw in the failed attempt to take kiev, there were morale and logistic problems. one thing we're watching is how fast that 800 million in u.s. aid can get to the eastern front. now, as for more aid, the e.u.'s president was here in kyiv with president zelensky touring suburbs today. he pledged 1.5 billion euros in military aid. we'll see how long that takes to get here. just a final note, neil. just moments ago, i got off the phone spe...

Can't resupply. this fight today, the shifting to the eastern part of the country is going to be primarily a fight for resupplying logistics, and i say that not as a logistician but it's hard to do especially over the very long supply line that ukraine will face coming in from the western part of the country all the way to the eastern part of the country, a span of about 700 miles. >> general, let me also then add a few more factors that have been mentioned for why donbas is different than what we've seen so far. the pentagon points out that russia is familiar with the training in the donbas a...

Able to cooperate that machinery very soon. also the russian ambassador to the united states now says he has not talked to vladimir putin since 2017. back to you in new york. >> thank you very much. with all edits bring in the secretary of state for george w. bush and former naval intel officer, robert. can you create withstand this defense? >> that's the question of the hour. i mean you've probably got five or six new facts. one is that russia is trying to regroup in these. the second is there basic combat power, their pdm strength and morale is falling. the third is their command-and-control...

Fought ukrainian forces on for the past 8 years. >> russian army is full figure the tasks set by the commander-in-chief. >> russia's invasion though is coming at a high cost for both countries. the pentagon believes moscow has lost a quarter of its combat power in ukraine, including soldiers killed or injured, tanks, armored vehicles, jets and helicopters. with an $800 million military aid package on its way from the u.s. to ukraine, russian defense minister sergei is making this accusation. >> the united states and western countries are doing everything to drag out the special military operat...

Time. it is really can they keep food, water, basic sustenance going. that's literally tying up all of russia's combat power at this point because they would like to deploy these to the north to donbas. kherson was one of the first places that the russians took at the start of the war, you see the ukrainian push back in blue. this is a stalled campaign for the russians, and i think there's a question how much more energy russia puts into this. across the board, everything that is happening is happening in the east and that's what you will see in terms of a buildup. izyum is where you are seein...