missiles that they can lob into the west of the country, that most people thought was safe. we have seen how russia and syria, for instance, have pulled trips back and just pounded city after city after city with often pretty disgusting weapons, as well as just the usual ones. is that what the future of this war is going to be? it is what the present is in chernihiv and, to some extent in katrina and mariupol as well, so mariupol will go down in history as debatably the most bombed city, certainly the most bombed city in europe since the second world war, but if you taken for the russians, as motivated as the ukrainians are, or you have got citizens who have never touched a weapon in their lives, taking up arms and putting machine guns on the back of the pick up trucks, they are going to fight for every street, so rather than go through those streets, they would ratherjust
thing they are not running low on is morale, and that is something that the russians do not have. a lot of them simply do not know why they are there. they have been poorly led,, supplied, run, in terms of directions. there use of fire manoeuvre is almost nonexistent. they fail to do what is called combined arms warfare, which is where you have got the infantry, the artillery, the drones, the electronic warfare, the helicopters, and they all work in concert and the ukrainians, who are far swifter and nimbler, in much smaller numbers, they have been able to pick them off in these heavy lumbering convoys, attacking them at night and then just vanishing into the woods. and, forgive me, but that is not ukrainian propaganda, that is genuinely happening? that is genuinely happening. it is quite right to ask that, because this is an information war as much as a kinetic war. the russians destroyed still quite a lot of ukraine s infrastructure. they have got these precision guided
ukraine. as for the russian withdrawal around the key northern cities, that has been seen as a success for the ukrainian fight back but it is becoming clear, the devastation left in their wake. as well as mounting evidence of war crimes, the scenes of bodies strewn across streets in some areas, there is also evidence that russian troops are leaving land mines and booby traps in their wake. we heard from president zelensky in another address yesterday saying it is leaving very dangerous territory behind, sometimes bodies, roads and homes are being mined. so really treacherous ground being left as the russian troops withdraw. the shift in focus is now towards eastern ukraine where there is territory that before this conflict was already held by russian backed separatists and increased focus by moscow now to take more territory there. ., ., , .,
without zelensky and vladimir putin himself, without this can become reality is yet to without this can become reality is yet to he without this can become reality is yet to be seen. if it was, that would yet to be seen. if it was, that would he yet to be seen. if it was, that would he a yet to be seen. if it was, that would be a significant step in those peace would be a significant step in those peace talks. but while that is happening the ministry of defence in the uk happening the ministry of defence in the uk says air strikes are being stepped the uk says air strikes are being stepped up in the east of ukraine, that is stepped up in the east of ukraine, that is where we will see more intense that is where we will see more intense activity. that is where we will see more intense activity. the conservative party has suspended the mp, david warburton, following claims about his conduct. sources have told the bbc three allegations of sexual harassment are being inv
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