that there are 60 russian battle groups on the borders of ukraine. the plan for a lightning war that could take out kyiv is one that everybody can see. we need to make it very clear to the kremlin, to russia, that that would be a disastrous step. officials at the foreign office say the decision was in response to the growing risk of a russian incursion, not the result of a specific threat against british diplomats. the families of us diplomats who work in its embassy in kyiv have also been ordered home and some nonessential staff have been given the option to leave. i have no higher responsibility than the safety and well being of the folks who work for the state department and who are under my care in a sense, so we are tracking this very, very closely. ukraine s foreign ministry was not impressed. translation: we respect the right
russian forces are training and preparing. but forwhat? some western powers now fear the worst. the intelligence is very clear, that there are 60 russian battle groups on the borders of ukraine, the plan for a lightning war that could take out kyiv is one that everyone can see. invading ukraine from a russian perspective is going to be a painful, violent and bloody business, and it s very important that people in russia understand that people in russia understand that this could be the new chechnya. that was a reference to the war russia fought in its southern republic of chechnya in the 19905 were thousands of troops died trying to fit defeat rebels seeking independence. the prime minister and the foreign secretary have been criticised for not focusing enough on ukraine. well, it seems they are trying to change that. the foreign office is releasing intelligence and they say russia is planning, and
will really take it up to the wire, to the border and almost as a provocation, there is some psychological dimension to that in terms psychological dimension to that in terms of psychological dimension to that in terms of saying that i can do this because terms of saying that i can do this because he terms of saying that i can do this because he went so far as to say that he because he went so far as to say that he did because he went so far as to say that he did regard that particular line that he did regard that particular iine of that he did regard that particular line of munitions coming in, that was something that the west continued, it will be a legitimate target, continued, it will be a legitimate target, as continued, it will be a legitimate target, as he saw it. and he is now targeted target, as he saw it. and he is now targeted and he has almost straight into nato targeted and he has almost straight into nato territory, he s trying to be very into nato terr
significant difference at a tactical level. but i would put a cautionary note on this. the evidence from the images and reports of the fighting suggests that the russian forces are not very effective in doing combined arms tactics. if they can become more effective at combined armed tactics, which involves synchronising tanks, infantry, engineers and artillery, they could make it much more difficult for the ukrainian defenders to use these anti tank weapons. ukrainian defenders to use these anti-tank weapons. ukrainian defenders to use these anti-tank weapons. there have been some assessments anti-tank weapons. there have been some assessments from anti-tank weapons. there have been some assessments from m - anti-tank weapons. there have been | some assessments from m dutchman from military commentators, that on all fronts to some extent, russian forces have stalled, whether it is because they have got cheap tires that can t cope with the terrain more or whether troops have just d
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