into this. they lost maybe 24% of that. they haven t quite replenished everything that they lost. they are adding to the mix they had. that s one thing that s interest f ing from what admiral kirby said this afternoon. does the arrival of these our reporting is it s 11 battalion tactical groups. does that give us any timing on when this full assault could start in the shaping? do these groups come in right at the end, right at the beginning? what should we expect when this assault could start? let s go to the donbas map to give an idea because this is the theater of operations. if those 11 groups come in, what they would be doing is they would be there probably at the beginning of this. they are fresh troops, supposedly or reconstituted from some of the remnants of units
not say where this training would happen or who would do it for the obvious security reasons. colonel, was there anybody that jumped out at you first? a few things. they re going to be training somewhere outside of ukraine. i think what also is important to note is that there are supposedly about ten extra battalion tactical groups that we re adding this to the mix here. if we remember about the number of forces that we had here before. we think about a thousand or so troops per battalion tactical groups. that s an extra 10,000. they had about 190,000 going
French President Emmanuel Macron has become the latest leader to warn that a major Russian assault in eastern Ukraine is imminent. If that is the plan, its troops risk repeating at least some of the mistakes made in trying to take Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv.
According to European and NATO diplomats familiar with the matter, Ukraine’s allies see a two-week window to spirit in heavier weapons like tanks before Russian President Vladimir Putin unleashes an offensive designed to declare some sort of victory by the May 9 anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat in World War II.
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ammunition carriers within the ship and that caused the damage and smoke on the ship, but if reports are to be believed that that ship has leaned toward star board or port, i don t know, i m not a navy guy, but it s sinking fast. it has a crew of about 500 people. it had a lot of equipment on board, and it certainly was capable of reinforcing any actions that russia was perceived to have started in the odesa region. general, we saw the report showing us how tense the situation already is in eastern ukraine. france s military is warning russia could launch a large scale offensive in the donbas region, and that could happen in just a few days. how bad do you think this is going to get? i m not sure i agree with the french assessment, don. i really think the russians still having major personnel and logistics problems. they are trying to bring some of the battle tactical groups, battalion tactical groups, excuse me, that were attacking into kyiv and kharkiv earlier in