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Mistakes we saw carried out multiple times around kyiv. but they have yet to determine if they'll be able to do so. they're still seeing some of the same logistics and sustainment problems, and one of the key issues that will be very hard to fix is the morale issues. a senior defense official says the russians conscripts come in very amped up for the fight. they have been, quote, feasting on russian propaganda, only to find out that the battle on the ground in ukraine is going very differently. oren liebermann, cnn, at the pentagon. well, let's talk about what's happening on the battlefield....

Earlier on "morning joe," we spoke with pentagon press secretary john kirby about the challenges russia is facing as it moves into the new phase of the war. >> we don't believe they have overcome all their lo gist eks and sustainment problems, unit cohesion and morale, organization. all those problems are still bedevilling the russian military. air to ground integration is still not very good. that said, what they're going to try to do here is refocus on a smaller geographic area so we'll be able to apply all that available combat power, and they stim have a lot of it, in a smaller geographic ...

Sustainment problems and unable to have any great speed. so to what you were just saying, this is an opportunity for the ukrainians, is this also maybe on the other side of that an indication of just how long of a slog this will be as the russians have this difficult to bring those troops, the hardware in. >> you know, look, i think we need to understand that there is only one thing that putin understands and that is force. i'm not saying sanctions aren't important, or sanctions have their impact but make no mistake about it, what putin pays attention to is force. and our ability to -- with uk...

They've had logistical issues. they've had sustainment issues. they've run out of fuel, fuel shortages. food shortages. it speaks to problems that have slowed down this advance as well as the very stiff ukrainian resistance they have encountered as they tried to move. you want to move an army of this size, you have to sustain it. and the russians have not. why they have made that mistake is a much more difficult question. whether it's because they really thought this would be over in a matter of days as vladimir putin seemed to think, or whether their leadership isn't that good when it comes t...