rates and the lack of artillery support. one russian mp criticized his audio link as a political show but there s been no official push back on its content. i had no way to lie in your name, in the name of my fallen comrades, so i outlined all the problems which exist. reporter: it feels like another swipe at russia s beleaguered defense minister, sergei shoigu seen touring this. his chief of staff signed the order to have popov removed. there are unmistakable echoes of the criticism made by the wagner
they trained and equipped themselves. and it maybe they are saving them up, they may well want to give the impression of giving everything everywhere all at once and continuous attacks on the front line but they may have assembled concentrations of several brigades, anywhere between three and six, which maybe used for a big blow with concentrated artillery support to try and penetrate the russian supplies, breakthrough and fan out. talking about brigades, that s 3000, 5000 troops in each. talking about brigades, that s 3000, 5000 troops in each.- some | 5000 troops in each. correct. some the have 5000 troops in each. correct. some they have committed. 5000 troops in each. correct. some they have committed. we 5000 troops in each. correct. some they have committed. we have - they have committed. we have zaporizhzhia on the map, the site of the huge nuclear plant. given what we ve seen with the dam is there a danger there? we ve seen with the dam is there a dangerthere? of we ve see
on the tactical battlefield, they will be used not as a triple but as a cloud and that sell used tanks. and to be used as a time of surprise, and to use impact and when they can assemble all the forces around the tanks because the big risk of putting tanks into the front line is that they get picked off and the way that we saw ukrainians picking off the russian tanks a year ago when they came across and try to invade ukraine. and the reason he got picked off is because the russians were not using the tanks and in allarms russians were not using the tanks and in all arms combat orchestration with proper reconnaissance and proper support come with an air support, with artillery support and views of those things together, do you do not get the tanks picked off by infantry hand held weapons like the in most of us are being used at
you may ask whether tanks can really tip the balance. this war is, after all, vast, stretching across eastern ukraine. when russia invaded, it had more than 3000 tanks and many more in reserve. nonetheless, some analysts argue western tanks do matter, if they are used well by ukraine. ., , , ukraine. come the summer when they tried to counterattack, ukraine. come the summer when they tried to counterattack, if ukraine. come the summer when they tried to counterattack, if they - ukraine. come the summer when they tried to counterattack, if they are - tried to counterattack, if they are kept together this is very significant. an armoured brigade of 100 tanks supported by 100 infantry fighting vehicles and artillery support is incredibly significant. to make a difference, the tanks need to be part of a broader range of attacking options, and there is also an advantage that comes with germany s decision of the leopard. the meaning is they are popular. poland the meaning is they are p