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Offensive that the russians have tried to — offensive that the russians have tried to establish so far.- tried to establish so far. these ictures tried to establish so far. these pictures are — tried to establish so far. these pictures are from _ tried to establish so far. these pictures are from donbas, - tried to establish so far. these l pictures are from donbas, odesa pictures are from donbas, 0desa hasn't fallen but we are looking at what is happening in moldova, and in trans nhs are. andrew asks how do the russians supply their troops there, given there is no access to there, given t...

But i told i don't need your unit... i don't need a ride, i need a your ammunition. telling, as he oysters, ukrainians to remain calm and that ukrainians to remain calm and that ukrainian army would fight. that ukrainians to remain calm and that ukrainian army would fight. at least we've been talking _ ukrainian army would fight. at least we've been talking about _ ukrainian army would fight. at least we've been talking about the i ukrainian army would fight. at least| we've been talking about the russian invasion. assuming that it is ultimately successful that they do defeat the ukrainians th...

It is, this is the disputed region the republic declared independent. where he most directly had grievances you would expect to see more forces a raid there. so the concern was already real. much before december of 2021 that putin's ambitions were much broader than just eastern ukraine. let's fast forward to time now. as far as forces. it became clearer and clearer and clearer, unless it was an absolute bluff by vladimir putin that his ambitions were far beyond just this disputed mostly russian speaking area, which has been, frankly, under contest and war since 2014. they have been in conflict...

Logistics lines, make sure he has to get further away. and get into an area not comfortable. in ukrainian speaking area instead of a russian speaking area. and maybe not russian-supporting but russian speaking. so get him out of his comfort zone. get the russian army out of their comfort zone and put them in an area that's actually getting closer to nato so the level of concern also rises on his part. these are all tactical and operational decisions you have to make you have to operate on current level. operational army and strategic level that's president biden. >> steve: very sobering words....

Kyiv and chernihiv. and western intelligence says russian troops are mainly relocating to eastern ukraine. their goal is to take control of the donetsk and luhansk regions. let's hear more from frank gardner. the first phase of this war is over. russia hasn't won it, but it hasn't necessarily lost entirely because it has made huge territorial gains in the south. they have more or less sealed off this land corridor they wanted in the south now. so they control pretty much two thirds of ukraine's black sea coast. three things are happening. they are refocusing their efforts on the donbas, which ...