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Casualties since december, about 700 killed or wounded per day. that's a big day, 35% increase from what was a highest estimat number in the fall. is it real? >> our estimates are similar to that. it's important to note that the russians have lost more soldiers in ukraine, this is another example, than they lost in all wars combined since 1945. the second issue is russian offensive operations, they can't do these kinds of things effectively. we haven't seen a lot of improvement in russian ground operations. they're struggling badly. >> thank you very much, seth jones. i appreciate it. >> thank...

Of the offensive operations that they're doing could really benefit from a chinese reply effort. and if that happens, that would be a considerable escalation. it would also provide the russians with a lot more firepower than they currently enjoy. >> so that's the russian offensive, as it stands. the u.s. view is that they don't quite have what is necessary yet to make significant moves. we've heard of a ukrainian counteroffensive coming. any sense of timing? and is it your sense that they have the weapons, particularly with these tanks going in that they need to make progress? >> yes, so it's ...

Important american assistance is, how great it is, the american leadership in the world, understand how it's a key fact of our future victory. but we need ammunition, we need air defense, we need long range missiles, and we need armed personnel carrier, together with a tank, for providing offensive operations. we shouldn't give any tiny chance to russia to rebuild -- a counteroffensive. every single day of delay ammunition and weapons would make our soldiers task difficult, and we will pay more of a price. so, first of all, as the supreme commander and chief, as the fifth president of ukraine,...

Battlefield greetings from near bakhmut. >> translator: congratulate all of the guys fighting here on the front lines, in the hospital, the military fighting for our mother land, volunteers those who work hard. >> reporter: ammunition and weapons remain issues hampering their offensive operations. se sergei markov tells me -- >> there are 300,000 soldiers, but they have been not youth in attacking on them because they have not been equipped by weaponry and enough staffers themself. >> reporter: support from what the kremlin calls its special military operation remains strong. even as a few str...

As the war goes on you lose your best people, best equipment. so it is a challenge to replace those individuals in order to be capable of conducting offensive operations. i think like any military they face shortages when it comes to equipment or ammunition. if you look over the past year, a lot of western military assistance has been critical but it has come at a point where we're just in time for ukrainian needs rather than leading them. that remains an enduring challenge in this conflict. >> mike, sticking with you, ukraine has finally gained the western takes and that has received a lot of...