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This is all indications we're kind of getting as you read into the news that continues to emerge out of there, it feels like it's just -- the last moments of being able to hold on in that city. >> yeah. awful reports coming out of there. th thank you. let's go to the pentagon. >> that's artillery, rotary, aviation, helicopter support, command and control enablers and we do believe that they have reenforced the number of battalion tactical groups in the east and the south of ukraine. we can't say specifically where all these battalions, these tactical groups are going but we have seen over the ...

These appear to be chronic difficulties that they have had with command and control, unit cohesion, integration of air to ground, all problems that they still suffer from. so it remains to be seen whether they have, quote, fixed these problems and are ready to execute in a more efficient way in the donbas. our assessment is that they are still struggling with a lot of these problems. part of the reason we're talking about shaping regions in the donbas is because russians are trying to learn from their mistakes. in the last few days we've seen them move in. command and control enablers, aviatio...

Chronic difficulties that the russian military had in terms of logistic, sustain and control, unit cohesion, integration of air to ground. all problems they still suffer from. our assessment is they are still struggling. part of the reason we're talk about shaping operations in the donbas is because the russians are trying to learn from their mistakes. in the last few days we have seen them move in. command and control enablers, aviation support, largely helicopters. moving in artillery units ahead of what would be massive ground movement by troops or larger ground movements by troops. it appe...

Have seen the ukrainians move against russian positions and we believe they have been able to resecure some of those towns and villages in the donbas. we're not disputing that there's not combat going on in the donbas. what we're saying is we're seeing -- we still consider what we're seeing to be is shaping operations. they continue to set the conditions for what they believe will be eventual success on the ground by putting in more forces, putting in more enablers, putting in more command and control capabilities for operations yet to come. >> do you believe the russian offensive in the east ...

Unit cohesion the you need to be an effective fighting force. this is a huge factor that disadvantages the russian army. >> yeah, and speaking of morale, all have to do is look at the ukrainians. they're fighting for their country, they're fighting for their existence, and that is making the difference in the battlefield, without a doubt. stephanie, the new york times published an extensive piece on view on the hill. she's the intelligence expert that testified that trump's first impeachment. he'll actually explain the things that she learned back then, including the way trump privatized forei...