capital of kyiv and russians trying to encircle that city. there are reports belarus could commit troops to russia s war on ukraine. how would that change the dynamic of the assault on kyiv? jonathan, straight man power. look at russians. no one knows what kind of losses they ve taken but in the northern corridor. talked about a convoy two weeks ago. it s clearly trying to skirt around to the western part of kyiv and cut it off of supply routes off to the west. they need more man power to take a city like kyiv. a large population center and they are taking incredible number of casualties and always looking for reinforcements. back home inside russia the only way to hide the combat occurring in ukraine and how poorly the russian military has done to some degree is not have to call up more troops. only way to avoid that, lean on allies lie belarus. russianless try to lean on them to bring in more troops. also seeing calls for fighters
targeting a military installation as part of that general picture, as trying to make it harder for the ukrainian army to fight back. as yet, we ve yet to see any sign that what was spoken about in terms of a shift in strategy actually translates into something on the ground. but taken at face value, it is possible that russia will be continuing to strike places like lviv, like kyiv, even if they do shift their ground emphasis much more to eastern ukraine. we ve heard that the mayor of lviv has called for more help from the west. we know that president zelensky has called for more help from the west. do you sense a shift in mood? is there a sense in any way that people there feel somewhat abandoned by the west? or is that putting it too strongly? well, people here do feel somewhat abandoned by the west. i think that has been the position here for quite a long time, that they feel they are fighting this war on their own.
about their activities elsewhere, effectively what they said is what we re doing outside eastern ukraine is designed to occupy the ukrainian military, to degrade the capacity wage war, and you could see the strikes here targeting fuel, targeting a military installation, as part of that general picture and trying to make it harderfor as part of that general picture and trying to make it harder for the ukrainian army to fight back. as yet, we have yet to see any sign that what was spoken about in terms of a shift in strategy actually translates into something on the ground, but taken at face value it is possible that russia will continue to strike places like lviv, like kyiv, even if they do shift their ground emphasis much more to eastern ukraine. we their ground emphasis much more to eastern ukraine. eastern ukraine. we have heard that the ma or eastern ukraine. we have heard that the mayor of eastern ukraine. we have heard that the mayor of lviv eastern ukraine. we have heard tha
guidance and mission orders and go out and execute. so as russia shifts to other places or assuming they do move troops and reposition them, you know, ukraine s demonstrated that they re going to be able to perform. major spencer, you ve been on with me before. you predicted that russian forces would have a hard time with urban battles. that s been especially true in kyiv. is there any way to look at this other than russia failing at one of their primary goals? absolutely not, don. you know i ve said since day one that kyiv, the taking of kyiv was their stated strategic objective from day one. they didn t even call ukraine a country. he wanted kyiv. like we talked about in the beginning every day they didn t lose they re winning. today that s a clear sign that they are winning and not just a little bit. you can call this repositioning, which that doesn t happen overnight. you can t just move forces from like kyiv to the eastern part of ukraine. these are demoralized, taken