to operate these jets. it is an important point. if the ukraine air force were to have more to backfill in the opening hours of the conflict. that could make a difference. that could make a difference to control the air space. and potentially to go on the offensive with status targets, such as the convoy stalled to the north of kyiv. i think the other thing i would quickly mention here as it goes to air defense and the ability of the ukrainians to defend themselves from russian bombers which will be increasingly important here, over the past weekend there is been continued efficacy of the air defense systems with the ukrainians downing several russian attack helicopters and russian fighter bombers in the past few days.
world war ii. 10% of the overall force, if it s 7,000 russians killed in action, that could imply another 20 to 30,000 wounded in action, and then at company or battalion level, the losses may be severe along with the equipment. they have been nailing helicopters and russian fighter bombers, and so i think the russians are not just stalled but they have been damaged. they have top-down leadership structures. that doesn t work in a decentralized battle. they are also an artillery army, and rockets and 152 artillery. smart munitions. the russians are in a terrible mess. the ukrainian civilians are dying or being injured by the
performance will russian air force which is not been a major part of this fight. i would have to say, i was shocked. i assume they ll go after the ukrainian air force. but, two thirds of the ukrainian air force is still flying against supposedly a superpower. i still think the big problem for the ukrainians is a stepping fired from the ground, at ground units, and civilians rather than what s coming from fighter jets or fighter-bombers. charles, to bring you into this. whether or not it is the thing that what turned the tide the most. do you foresee the united states s finding some way to go ahead and give than the jets anyway if they believe they needed? given how they have filed at least held russia? we have listened to the very powerful words of president zelenskyy during the joint session of congress. invoking dr. martin luther
training of ukrainian forces by british and american instructors before they with drew ahead of the war. it s a place where it s believed foreign fighter volunteers are being processed and trained and incorporated into the ukrainian army but above all, anderson, it was hit very hard with precision guided missiles fired over a very significant range from inside russian or bella russian territory. a very different sort of attack to some of the bombings that we ve seen elsewhere in the country where they re using bombs, much less precise weapons being dropped from fighter jets and fighter bombers particularly in the north of the city. we see almost daily now reports or even video coming from the ukrainian ministry of defense of these second world war type bombs, bombs that haven t exploded. what happened near where you are
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