i don t see, you know, evidence of good employment of tactical intelligence. i don t see integration of, you know, air capability with the ground maneuver and so there are a number of things we would have expected to see that we haven t seen and the russians really have presented some problems. many of their assumptions have not proven to be true as they entered the fight so. the president is speaking with ping and we re getting reporting russia is asking china for drones and for help. what happens? do you think china will stay out of this and what happens if they don t? don t want to speculate or get involved in hypotheticals. i would hope that china would not support this despicable act
i don t see, you know, evidence of good employment of tactical intelligence. i don t see integration of, you know, air capability with the ground maneuver. there are a number of things we would expect to have seen that we haven t seen. the russians have presented problems. many assumptions have not proven to be true as they enter the fight. let s bring in cnn limit analyst and retired general mark hertling. we have new satellite images of the protective mounds northwest of kyiv. russia was expecting a quick takeover. i was talking to nick paton walsh about this disconnect. maybe you can pick up on it between the massive devastation
they have not progressed as quickly as they would have liked to. i new they envisioned they would move rapidly and very quickly, seize the capital city. they have not been able to do that. they ve struggled with logistics. so we ve seen a number of missteps along the way. i don t see evidence of good employment of tactical intelligence. i don t see integration of, you know, air capability with the ground maneuver. so there are a number of things that we would expect to have seen that we haven t seen. and the russians really have had some problems. many of their assumptions have not proven to be true as they entered this fight. the president is speaking with xi jinping and we are getting reporting that russia has been asking china for drones
an additional billion dollars worth of security force assistance. that s remarkable. what is your assessment of russian forces now? are they stalled, regrouping so that they can increase their assault or increase their violence on ukraine? what s your assessment of the russian military? it s hard to tell, don. i think they have not progressed as quickly as they would have liked to. i think they envisioned they would move rapidly and quickly seize the capital city. they ve not been able to do that. they struggled with logistics so we ve seen a number of missteps along the way. i don t see, you know, evidence of good employment of tactical intelligence. i don t see integration of, you know, air capability with the ground maneuver, and so there are a number of things we would have expect to have seen we just haven t seen, and the russians
very quickly seize the capital city. they have not been able to do that. they ve struggled with logistics, so we have seen a number of missteps along the way. i don t see, you know, evidence of good employment of technical intelligence. i don t see integration of, you know, air capability with the ground ground maneuver. and so, there are a number of things that we would expect to have seen that we just haven t seen and the russians really have presented with some problems so many of their assumptions have not have not proven to be true as they as they entered this fight. well, austin also said he was hoping china wouldn t offer military or economic lifeline to russia, which moscow had reportedly requested. that is obviously the u.s. and the western position, hoping china will not jump into actually offer support. let s get more now on vladimir putin s defense of russia s