and what was thought to be an overwhelming military force. ukraine not only survived, they thrived and began to win key victories against the russian army, bogging down their military designs, and even re-capturing cities. it is not without an incredibly tragic toll. a relentless bombing campaign, turning into ukrainian cities into kill zones. the situations leading to a humanitarian crisis, refugees looking for safe havens. facing difficult choices about where to go. just survive. i saw a picture of a dead girl, on the internet, and she was the same age. like my father. and i saw, it could be my kid
that russia is making in the south. that s a good point. as we watch this it turning more and more red. if you zoom in to these little yellow lines, these are rivers. these are estuaries. these are tributaries. they protect odessa from the military forces that are coming from the east. they are natural, would they call kill zones. these kill zones or spaces where ukrainian forces have good defenses from these forces. in addition to widowed the second do, what ukrainian forces can do, is they could put mines in the water that are surrounding the areas here, making it much more difficult for amphibious assault. just a little bit a, looking at the siege of odessa and the history of with this city has russians, remember how cautious the city s. during world war ii, the
it kind of looks like russia would make room, and that does is definitely in the crosshairs there. absolutely. when you look at us as well, it does, from what we hear from military experts, looking at how and why this might be vulnerable, it is protected by this. i don t know if you can see the little yellow lines down here but what they represent are estuaries and bays and rivers. you can see this one right here, two, which happens to be where the russian sort sources stop. they protect russia from the. east this big red blob, they are natural defensive kill zones or spaces where ukrainian forces could have a defensive advantage. this stuff right here. we may not see that success. ukraine can also put up mines in the surrounding water, as well as in addition to that making it more difficult for amphibious vehicles to storm. just a little bit of history