cities even from the outside. so the majority of what they re using now, rockets, missiles, artillery, they re firing them from outside the cities into the inside the cities, and of course that would only stand to reason that they are hitting civilians, civilian infrastructure and population. that s why we are seeing so many of these just devastating pictures coming out of these cities like kharkiv, like the city outside of kyiv, the capital city, in recent days. but on we ve learned in the last 24 hours or so since that attack in the west targeting that military facility is that that was actually carried out by russian bombers, long-range bombers firing cruise missiles. why it s so significant is they were actually fired, according to a senior defense official, from inside russian territory. meaning the russian bombers took off in from inside russia and fired those missiles, they never
now, some of those russian sorties don t even need to cross into ukrainian airspace. they can fire their cruise missiles from inside russian territory. this is what they re up against, western supplied missile systems, plus some old soviet era stock. the ukrainians have shot down a number of russian helicopters and planes. russia has threatened to start targeting the supply of western weaponry. meanwhile, the pentagon has dismissed fears that some of these weapons could end up with criminals and terrorists. president putin has made it clear what he intends to do with any anti aircraft missiles his forces captured from the ukrainians. the kremlin s position towards ukraine has barely moved
ukrainian airspace. they can fire their cruise missiles from inside russian territory. this is what they re up against, western supplied missile systems, plus some old soviet era stock. the ukrainians have shot down a number of russian helicopters and planes. russia has threatened to start targeting the supply of western weaponry. meanwhile, the pentagon has dismissed fears that some of these weapons could end up with criminals and terrorists. we believe that risk is worth taking, says a us defence official, because the ukrainians are fighting so skilfully with the tools at their disposal, and they re using them so creatively. president putin has made it clear what he intends to do with any anti aircraft missiles his forces captured from the ukrainians. i support the possibility, he says, of giving these to the military units of the lugansk and donetsk people s republics. please do this. the kremlin s position towards ukraine has barely moved since the day this invasion beg
haven t stopped it. in the air, russian warplanes remain wary of ukraine s air defences. but they have the advantage of numbers on their side. the latest pentagon assessment is that the russian air force is flying an average of 200 missions a day, compared tojust ten for the ukrainians. now, some of those russian sorties don t even need to cross into ukrainian airspace. they can fire their cruise missiles from inside russian territory. this is what they re up against western supplied missile systems plus some old soviet era stock. the ukrainians have shot down a number of russian helicopters and planes. russia has threatened to start targeting the supply of western weaponry. meanwhile, the pentagon has dismissed fears that some of these weapons could end up with criminals and terrorists.
most of that has redeployed into the forests, to the north west, moving their artillery and rocket systems within range of the capital, looking to encircle it. if president putin can t take kyiv, then his war has failed. and that appears to be what he is determined to do, is to capture the capital. but it s not going to be an easy battle. and who knows when that assault is actually going to begin? a direct hit on a russian armoured column as it advances on the capital, kyiv. western supplied anti tank weapons have slowed the russian advance, but they haven t stopped it. in the air, russian warplanes remain wary of ukraine s air defences. but they have the advantage of numbers on their side. the latest pentagon assessment is that the russian air force is flying an average of 200 missions a day, compared tojust ten for the ukrainians. now, some of those russian sorties don t even need to cross into ukrainian airspace. they can fire their cruise missiles from inside russian territory.