back some territory, russia defends a lot of it and they re stuck in a stalemate. it s hard to predict what is going to happen. i think the ukrainians have amazed the world in terms of their ability to fight back, their ability to exercise initiative, their commitment to the defense of their democracy, and that willingness to fight has rallied the international community in an effort to help provide them the security assistance so that they can continue to fight. they did a magnificent job early on. they won the battle of kyiv. we saw a bit of a slowdown, a stalemate as the battle transitioned to the donbas, and it was defined by long-range fires. but as the ukrainians began to
unquote, not cease. he didn t need to look to rise kyiv. he lost the battle of kyiv, he lost a battle of kharkiv. because he was losing to do this, now, it is having very dangerous results for him, inside of his own country when we talk about the people who are being conscripted into the army, i want to call your attention to a statement from the u.s. state department. advising americans to get out of russia, and, otherwise, are at risk of getting drafted into putin s army. russia, refusing to acknowledge dual nationals un citizenship, denying access to the consular assistance, prevent their departure from russia, and with military service. u.s. citizens residing, or traveling in russia, so depart immediately. what would cause the u.s. state department, to a level of concern, would cause the u. s. state department, to issue something like this. do you find it feasible that putin will try to draft u.s. nationals into his army? certainly, i hope he doesn t do that. i ve heard from th
thousands of russians fleeing the country to avoid having to fight his war in ukraine? without question. remember, they are fleeing, because he did something that he didn t want to do. he is losing this war. you are in a partial mobilization. he wanted 300,000 soldiers, and looked is mobilizing a lot of young men, and mobilizing to leave, maybe 300,000 by the time this is over. they promised the russian people, this is not a word, it is a special, military operation, inside of ukraine. he was losing, after seven months. t didn t overthrow the, quote unquote, not cease. he didn t need to look to rise kyiv. he lost the battle of kyiv, he lost a battle of kharkiv. because he was losing to do this, now, it is having very dangerous results for him, inside of his own country when we talk about the people who are being conscripted into
he promised the russian people. this is not a war. it s a special military operation inside ukraine. he was losing after seven months, right? he didn t overthrow the nazis. he didn t demilitarize ukraine. he didn t take kyiv. he lost the battle of kyiv. he lost the battle of kharkiv. he was compelled because he was losing to do this and now it s having these very dangerous results for him inside his own country. when we talk about the people who are being called into the army, i want to call your attention to a statement advising americans to get out of russia. otherwise, they are at risk of getting drafted into putin s army. russia may refuse to acknowledge duel nationals u.s. citizenship, deny access to u.s. counselor assistant and con script duel nationals for military service. residing in russia should depart russia immediately. what would cause the u.s. state department to what level of
susceptible to bullets and artillery shells and one of the shoulders said my command her gone through three cars in the course of the war, all of which had been blown up and the commander himself has been okay so what they re doing now and we saw this in the battle of kyiv where they were stealing, comman deering and repurposing russian abandoned military equipment, that the russians have left entire fields filled with very high grade weaponry, including tanks, armored personnel carriers, the ukrainians are taking this stuff, and when it is in good condition, they don t have to do very much with it and they can put it right back in the field to fight the russians, hen it is in a state of disrepair, they refurbish it and mcgyver these things and heavy machine guns on the back of flatbed trucks. if there were tubes attached to artillery systems they can strip that stuff out and repurpose it on their own vehicles. it is really kind of a diy