advance. they have not been able to achieve their initial objectives. what we re seeing is the russian advances are basically bogged down. they have been stopped by ukrainians who have really waged gorilla style attacks, while the russians were expecting a conventional war, what they re getting is anything but that. the ukrainians are fighting street by street. they dug trenches and cities outside of outside of kyiv to stop the russian push forward. and, you know, the russians themselves are reeling from their own kind of miscalculations. what we re seeing is russian soldiers running out of food and water. some have gotten lost in these areas outside the capitol, making it easier for the ukrainians to pick them off. in another front line on the northeast of the city, the russians actually sent an entire
objectives. what we re seeing is the russian advances are basically bogged down. they have been stopped by ukrainians who have really waged guerrilla style attacks, while the russians were expecting a conventional war, what they re getting is anything but that. the ukrainians are fighting street by street. they dug trenches and cities outside of outside of kyiv to stop the russian push forward. and, you know, the russians themselves are reeling from their own kind of miscalculations. what we re seeing is russian soldiers running out of food and water. some have gotten lost in these areas outside the capital, making it easier for the ukrainians to pick them off. in another front line on the northeast of the city, the russians actually sent an entire tank column on a main highway.
and mariupol, it was a russian demand early this morning to give up, give up or we re coming in. we re going to fight street by street, and you know what, the ukrainians are fighting street by street and that will happen in kyiv. can i ask you, david, i m curious, we re looking at these, and you re right, people are cheering on the ukrainians. we re looking at studies, reports, military assessments and one after another says the russians do not have enough troops, especially with how poorly they have been going to take kyiv, to hold kyiv, and to take other cities. this is like iraq square. you have stories of women who are commanding 20 people getting in their electric vehicles, going out of town, camping in the woods for three days, and helping take out a tank column, and they jump back in their cars and go home. this is something, i mean, this actually seems like a far more
fighting street by street would mean heavy losses for both sides. but russia has other options. it could bomb this city from the outside. 0rla guerin, bbc news, kyiv. let s talk to deborah bonetti, director of the foreign press association. just to tell us a little bit more about the danger is that many journalists face following the death of brett renaud. hello to you, deborah. can i get your reaction to the announcement that brett renaud died in ukraine? it is the announcement that brett renaud died in ukraine? died in ukraine? it is horrific and when i saw died in ukraine? it is horrific and when i saw what died in ukraine? it is horrific and when i saw what happened - died in ukraine? it is horrific and when i saw what happened and l died in ukraine? it is horrific and when i saw what happened and i | when i saw what happened and i immediately saw that he had been shot i felt really, i felt complete despair. i know so many colleagues that are there, covering, trying to
weeks ago. they launched an air operation to take over an airport about 15 miles north of kyiv. they are expected to run through. what they found instead was stiff resistance by the ukrainian forces. the russians were expecting a conventional war. instead, what they got was basically a guerrilla insurgency around the capital. they have been stopped in this town on the northwest edges of kyiv. it was the main gateway to enter the capital. what they found instead was ukrainian forces who have been dug trenches, destroyed bridges to prevent russian tanks from rolling through. what they are doing now is they are in the city, they are manning checkpoints. they are ambushing russian troops, in some cases fighting street by street.