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russian federation _ translation: the armed forces of the russian federation took _ translation: the armed forces of the russian federation took full _ translation: the armed forces of the russian federation took full control- russian federation took full control of the entire territory of the kherson region. the troops of the self—declared donetsk people's republican continuing offensive broke through ukrainian nationalists, took control of one area and reached another. fiur area and reached another. our corresponding _ area and reached another. 0ur corresponding jenny hill is in moscow. we heard a short extract about what the defence minister has been saying —— our correspondent jenny hill. been saying -- our correspondent jenn hill. . , ., been saying -- our correspondent jenny hill-— jenny hill. can you tell us more? the defence _ jenny hill. can you tell us more? the defence ministry _ jenny hill. can you tell us more? the defence ministry here - jenny hill. can you tell us more? . the defence ministry here continues to deliver rather upbeat daily updates on state television here, he said the entire kherson region has now been surrendered, that is significant because it is north of crimea and we are starting to see russian gains along that area, we assume part of the russian military strategy is to try to take a load of
into this. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has this assessment of the russian advance. russian military strategy has changed since the war began. when they first invaded nearly a month ago, the russian forces came in broadly on three fronts, from the north, from the south and from the east. the aim seems to have been for lightning strikes to take key cities. but instead they met more fiercer resistance than they expected and that strategy effectively failed. so what has happened since then? if we look at the capital kyiv, they have been trying to encircle the city, but they've not managed that entirely and it doesn't look like they've got the combat power to go in and take the heavily—defended capital. so instead we have seen these kind of missile strikes on it. but the russians are regrouping and bringing in reinforcements. if we next look at the south, they have made more progress here and we've heard a lot in recent days about mariupol and you can see the strategic importance of that city because it would allow the russians to connect up some
what does that tell us about russian military strategy right now? are we heading into a syrian phase of the conference, if we can cause that crudely? >> it certainly seems like that, don't forget that russia expected to march right in and take over, and that's not quite what happened. as a result of that, and because the russians are not particularly consistent i conducting operations of any kind, they have a tendency to be terribly brutal, they've reverted to their plan b is to encircle the city's. and lay siege to them. and then kill anybody could possibly tries to leave. that's exactly what's happening now. don't forget their forces, that were coming down from belarus, were stymied in their move to get into the ukraine. and so their plan didn't work, initially. the result is, far more brutality than anybody ever expected, and it's not over yet. in the meantime, you can expect
back to the war in ukraine. winning the battle for the city of mariupol would be seen as a success for russia, giving it much control —— much of the control of the southern part of the country. russian military strategy has changed since the war began. when they first invaded nearly a month ago the russian forces came in broadly on three fronts. from the north, from the south, and from the east. the aim seems to have been the lightning strikes to take key cities but instead they met fierce resistance than they expected and that strategy effectively failed. what has happened since then? if we look at the capital kyiv, they've been trying to encircle the city, but they've not manage that entirely. it doesn't look like they've got the combat power to go in and take the heavily defended capitol so instead we have seen these kind of missile strikes on it. but the russians are regrouping and
to leave their homes, according to the un, almost a quarter of the population, all wondering if or when they will be back and what they will return to. james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv. winning the battle for the southern port city of mariupol would be seen as a major strategic success for russia, giving it control over much of ukraine�*s south coast. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has this assessment of the russian advance. russian military strategy has changed since the war began. when they first invaded nearly a month ago, the russian forces came in broadly on three fronts, from the north, from the south and from the east. the aim seems to have been for lightning strikes to take key cities. but instead they met more fiercer resistance than they expected and that strategy effectively failed. so what has happened since then? if we look at the capital kyiv, they have been trying
promised despite increased calls for ukraine. neil: thank you. you have heard about a change in russian military plans a month into this, frustration that the strategy is not panning out as the russian president hoped. looking at securing the danbas province, locking it down and taking it from there, might be a quick knee-jerk read of what the strategy might be, but the strategy has not gone to plan. let's get the latest from lviv. what are you seeing, jeff? >> reporter: russian forces might be changing their shift in focus on what they are targeting as some of them are pushed out from the capital city of kyiv. many cities throughout ukraine,
pentagon. we have our national security analyst clint watts tracking the troop u. m movements on screen us. richard, this is what officials had sort of warned you and us in different ways that the russian military strategy sometimes when they're not making progress is to be a bit more brutal. are these attacks on food storage facility assign of that? >> reporter: i think they are. it seems that the russians are going after the civilian population because they're not having success going against ukraine's military. they are still attacking the military, but the russian forces are not taking new territory. in some places they are actually being pushed back. so they are going for a different kind of tactic, which is punishing the population, trying to drive this country toward some sort of peace agreement, a surrender
in the western part of the country, there is a different strategy in russia. >> that is a continuation of the strategy. we have been warning, flattery putin will not stop his aggression, on the polish border is not just the message to go in further. just receiving messages after messages from colleagues in lviv, everyone has been made to go underground. shifting more targets, whether this attended or not but in any
who warranted to stay or tried stay but it got to the point where they had to flee. here with me to discuss further is global affairs analyst aaron david miller, and senior fell low at the atlantic council, thank you both for being with us this morning as we hear about even more brutal and horrific attacks coming from russia on innocent ukrainian people. aaron, i want to start by talking about this use. russia's use of a hypersonic missile against ukraine last week. and this is a really significant moment, because it's the first-known use of such missiles in combat. is there any way for ukraine to defend against these teamypes o missiles? >> the russian military strategy is failing. in four weeks they've failed to
up, we had seen that on the energy and commodity markets. in fresher defaults on its debt than european banks will be quite badly hit, but the gamble is if you can't take military action against russia then you can take economic action. there will be a cost but hopefully the cost for russia will be much greater. cost for russia will be much creater. :, :, , :, greater. theo leggett, really great to talk to you. _ greater. theo leggett, really great to talk to you, thank _ greater. theo leggett, really great to talk to you, thank you. - russian forces claim to have taken full control of the kherson region. 0ur correspondentjenny hill is in moscow with the latest. the defence ministry here continues to deliver rather upbeat daily updates on state television here, he said the entire kherson region has now been surrendered, that is significant because it is north of crimea and we are starting to see russian gains along that area, we assume part of the russian military strategy is to try to take a load of the land along the eastern