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Down here, there have been attacks and activity around kharkiv, as well as attempts to advance here in the east, in effect extending the battlefield, really several hundred miles here. what does that show you about ukrainian capabilities? my understanding from u.s. officials is that they're doing this deliberately so that russia cannot move forces to the south down here to protect this area where the bulk of the offensive is. >> jim, if you took your two green dots from kharkiv to the tip of the arrow that you have down in the south, and if that corridor, if the russians could push in that sou...

It, there are very few strategic gains here because now they have to move north into the interior lines and the fact that they've been five weeks, six weeks, seven weeks trying to besiege this one city really turns around to be more of a strategical -- what's called an emotional victory for ukraine. and you can hear from the desperation that ali reported that if they're ready for a third country to come in and strike a peace deal that's a really bad sign that this thing is about to turn. but again, it's taken the russians such a heavy cost to do this and it affords them very little strategic p...

When russia tried to take kyiv. ukraine has a more disciplined force, they have more interior lines where they can create redundancies, right? we all know where russia is coming from. the lines are very clear on the map where they need to go and where they need to resupply. those are what we call lines of communication. ukrainians don't have that problem. you and i talked about this last time. although lviv clearly will be a target, they know where weapons come through. after you get past that, there are multiple roads that the ukrainians can use to get in. oh, by the way, they're getting a wh...

Jump into a phone booth and jump out as superman how they fight. the problem with their strategy is they continue to violate the principle of mass. they don't concentrate their efforts. they're trying to attack on a 1200-mile front. the greatest likelihood of success would be to pick one spot, probably toward donetsk, attack through already held russian separatist areas, utilize interior lines to keep their supply lines open, and use brute force, mechanized warfare, heavy artillery, to try to push them out. >> you're talking about the city of done hetsk, is adjacent to t separatist-backed area...

States took advantage of russia's moment of historical weak weakness in the 1990s's risk appetite has grown as his grip on russia's titans. eric: are we doing enough to face russia and putin retired general is here is the author of the book chasing the lion and joins us now. general deprived administration is sending more material, armored personnel carriers, sending helicopters. but they have not greenlighted the mig 29's. what would you do to try and help ukraine more kuester. >> hey eric great to be with you. that $800 million worth of equipment i think is too little too late. russia contin...