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Russia was gonna go, in there is gonna be a blitz, they're gonna take everything and it's gonna be over. simple, we all know now that that hasn't happened that way at all. there is an analysis from a lot of western military experts say, this is going to be very methodical now. having said that, are any of the circumstances on the ground really changed. is it significantly different, the will of the ukrainian people, the morale problems within the russian military, and maybe most of all, the organizational problems that they have. how do you see this playing out? how does this look to you? as w...

Driven by people who are not in a position really to do it. >> and yet, again, i come back to this assessment by the u.s. that there have been no major territorial gains for russia since the start of this new push in the donbas region, and all along we've been reporting that they were much more positioned to succeed in this area. so what do you think is russia's problem on the ground there? are you surprised that they aren't making more progress more quickly there in terms of their objective? >> surprised is eroding over time with the compounding and competence demonstrated by the russian army...

>> reporter: i'm barbara starr at the pentagon. biden administration officials say they see recent evidence of continuing poor morale problems inside the russian military that the troops inside ukraine are disillusions. they feel they were not prepared for what they are facing in this invasion. but also that the russia officer corps is frustrated with the performance of the troops and the performance of their own colleagues. we will have to see how this all plays out as thousands of troops are expected to move into the donbas in eastern ukraine for continued fighting. i'm kylie atwood at the...

Russia. >> general, last question to you. it seems pretty clear the russian military has had to recalibrate their efforts. now senior defense officials believe that russia is actively trying to recruit some 60,000 new troops. intelligence forces shows they have not solved some logistics and sustainment problems how do you read in in the context of the russians and their capabilities? >> i think the intelligence is fairly accurate. the russians have had morale problems, they've had logistics problems. they've had a lot of problems, command and control problems, but russia, still, even with thos...

Pivotal race earlier in 2021. and i'm looking at georgia to see the raphael warnock race get flipped back to republican hands. whoever it may be, potentially herschel walker, i see georgia as a big pickup opportunity. and certainly other states across the country can galvanize and focus on what we see as low morale problems with the democrats. and also low accomplishment in terms of democratic policy agenda accomplishments. so those are key places and ways we can look at turning over the senate from democrat to republican. >> and, maria, where on the map are you looking? >> first of all, boris...