BBCNEWS HARDtalk June 4, 2024 04:35:00
The russians have no will for this fight. otherwise half a million men, military—age males, would not have left russia to avoid becoming mobilised. and we see so many different bits of evidence of russian soldiers that absolutely don't want to be there. yes, russia has mobilised... ..whether it's 200,000, 300,000, 400,000 people. they're not trained, they're not equipped. they're cannon—fodder. this is part of russia's attempt, again, to just string this out. so in terms of real capability, i don't see any improved capability for russian forces. their logistics system is exhausted and now ...