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Invasion began, are taking things into their own hands. they are being armed by their government, their morale is extraordinarily high, they are against a conscript force although i would grant that russian airborne troops are usually volunteers, not in all cases, so their morale is going to be a little better than what we have seen so far. but this is going to be a fight.- is going to be a fight. what are your — is going to be a fight. what are your views _ is going to be a fight. what are your views about - is going to be a fight. what are your views about the i is going to be a fight. wha...

Is needed like a leader from zelenskyy. the russians are not going to be able to take kyiv. i think that the ukrainians are going to continue to repulse these inroads. i mean, the russian forces, as you pointed out, 7,000 dead, twice that many injured, and with the devastation of a lot of their forces coming in, they are a weakened and bloody force. and this is a conscript force, and we have a lot of reports about russians who are surrendering, who are just abandoning their vehicles and going into the forests. and so, i think the russian -- the ukrainian people know, and the ukrainian forces k...

Born, we think, largely from the fact it is a conscript force. these are largely draft these, young man who had no idea that they would be invading another country. they thought they would be going on a training exercise. they were not fully prepared and ready for actual combat. we know they're having problems like that. they are also having leadership issues, commanding control. not only the ability other generals to talk to one another, but the willingness to talk to one another and coordinator operations between say, air and ground. there is very little of the joint effectiveness that you'd...

Evidence that at times in a places, russian soldiers have simply given up, they simply walked away from the fight. that they, in some cases, sabotage their own vehicle so that they would run out of fuel and not be able to replace that fuel. we know that they have had morale and cohesion problems. born, we think, largely from the fact it is a conscript force. these are largely draft these, young man who had no idea that they would be invading another country. they thought they would be going on a training exercise. they were not fully prepared and ready for actual combat. we know they're having...

The armed forces. this is this twice annual call-up as i understand it. putin has said, of course, initially that conscripts wouldn't be part of this invasion, but how these troops could ultimately be used is a big question. >> yeah. >> well, i think it is. the russians say there is no conscript force in ukraine, but all indications are that is not correct. and there are a fair number of conscripts. and, look, in today's world as always a conscript fighting force is very difficult, these people are not there of their own free will, they are literally conscripted, they are brought in on a manda...