russian weaknesses, russian inability to mount complex operations and use things, they re not blowing the russians out of the sky or depriving the russians of the ability to fly. they can still fly, but they cannot sustain operations over battle areas. they have contested air supremacy, they re contested air supremacy, they re wearing contested air supremacy, they re wearing the russian air force down through losses and spend extraordinary success than would be without going into it. by people civil wars in its second stage they re concentrating on the east. why did they hit lviv? because they re focusing on the east and what it means is the first strategy failed. going for the east, there saying they lost the first part of the war and are going to try to do redefined it into something that they can do, take over the parts very close to russia. it would still want to hit strategic targets in the west, and because what ukrainians
state of the work is complete and claim to be entering a phase that will focus more on the eastern region. but the ukrainian military may wear the russian forces down. i am i m joined now by phillips o brien, professor of strategic studies at the university of st andrewswhy have ukrainians prevented russians from gaining air control and land control? one, the russians were overestimated, and more profoundly the ukrainians were underestimated. no one was talking about ukrainians as a military force. are anyone was talking about them. they re talking about other russian military had been modernised another so advanced it is almost as if the ukrainians were not even a factor in the equation. from the moment this was started was that they were very
well prepared they ve been preparing for this war for eight years. they had a much better strategic plan than anyone had any idea that they could put in place and they had a very good for structure to do what is needed to do to slow the russians down. and wear them out. it is really been a ukrainian strategic success and the russian failure. hose success and the russian failure. how has ukraine success and the russian failure. how has ukraine been success and the russian failure. how has ukraine been able to prevent russia from gaining control. because thatis russia from gaining control. because that is been the key thing? that is been the key thing? people of god and a that is been the key thing? people of god and a lot that is been the key thing? people of god and a lot of that is been the key thing? people of god and a lot of it that is been the key thing? people of god and a lot of it wrong - that is been the key thing? people of god and a lot of it wrong was i that is
at heart, but five weeks into europe s biggest refugee crisis since world war ii, there is still no efficient process to screen all those claiming to help ukrainians. over the next days and weeks, people need somewhere to sleep, to eat. many tell us they are looking for a job, and these make refugees vulnerable. here in poland, people have opened their homes to ukrainians, but sadly, not everyone with the best of intentions. we hear many stories of abuse, but most victims are too scared to speak on camera. but this woman, now safely in denmark, said she wants to sound the alarm.