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Ukrainians with as much as we possibly can, munitions like antitank javelin missiles, anti-air stinger missiles. i think we should also be trying to get them more of the planes that they know how to fly, migs from eastern europe, that could enable them to be much more effective in protecting the skies, but also going after this tank column. there's nothing more vulnerable than a tank column sitting there massed together. >> you're talking about this convoy. here it is. this is a 40-mile-long russian military convoy. here is the map of kyiv right here, and i guess the question is, here is this ...

They show some elements, most note by the artillery, are seen taking cover in a sparse batch of trees nearby in lubyanka. ten mails west of the base, a number of fall trucks and what they say appears to be multiple rocket launchers are seen in a field near trees. add tom what we already know, that russian forces have drawn closer to the capital with the closest elements about nine miles away. they are being met so far by serious resistance. take a look at a video of a tank column being ambushed on the eastern edge of town. the speaking voices you hear are in russian. [ speaking in foreign lang...

Do this right away because this is this is basic armor doctrine. you know, i served for almost six years in germany, most of it in armored units and fought in desert storm and tank on tank battles. and these are some of the basic elements that you do. you don't just stop on both because it makes you so vulnerable. and i think they had been hit so many times by by ukrainians fighters interdicting it that they finally just said let's get off the road, get into defensive positions, which makes it harder to attack them and easier to defend several of these units. as your correspondent just mention...

Assume that was an ambush as seems likely. are there many routes in russian forces can use? >> reporter: i mean there are, i think. 3 million people, 360 degrees you can get in by various different routes but, yes, of course the ukrainians know which routes they are traveling along. it's hard to hide them. they have their own drone intel, human intel and i suspect intelligence from western sources as well. i don't know that for a fact but i suspect they are. one of the easiest things to do if you want to lose a tank column is drive in with an army waiting for it with javelin, u.s.-provided ant...

Officials describing it as armageddon, and say 1500 people have died because of the blockade. >> no way out, anyway out, russian troops do not allow even for humanitarian help. >> one sliver of good news, the pregnant woman seen in the aftermath of that strike on the city's maternity hospital, she gave birth to a baby girl, and named her veronika. tonight, there are signs that russia's momentum is slowing. and a meeting with his defense council, russian president vladimir putin gave the greenlight for mercenaries from the middle east, mostly from allied syria, to bolster russian ranks, the ukr...