whatever platform it is, there is no one weapon system and the most that we know from our own history is the most effective way to fight is in the combined team we have infantry, artillery, engineers and tanks, supported by airpower that will help clear the way and keep the enemy away from you as they are advancing. and of course, this isn tjust for the platforms, you have to practice this and this might ukraine and general staff is working on over the next two or three months, training, practising how to co ordinate this. let s talk about the strategic significance of crimea that you referenced in your second answer. help me understand why that is not such a focus for you given russia and next in 2014 for a number of years, there was no possibility of military action supported by the west? ~ , .,
military action supported by the west? . y., military action supported by the west? ~ i. ., military action supported by the west? ~ ., ., , west? when you look at the map, crimea is in west? when you look at the map, crimea is in a west? when you look at the map, crimea is in a place west? when you look at the map, crimea is in a place from - west? when you look at the map, crimea is in a place from which . west? when you look at the map, | crimea is in a place from which the russian navy, if the russians still occupy crimea, they could continue to disrupt any commerce coming in and out of 0desa or in and out of the mouth of the river. if they re still occupy crimea, they ll continue to block access and they had agreed to share with ukraine years ago and so, because of russia occupying crimea, ukraine economy would never be able to export with any sort of confidence and other ships would be reluctant to go in there. and that is a big problem from an economic standpoint and then
should be russian military actions will be, should be perceived as the direction of those should be perceived as the direction of those territories which are all russian of those territories which are all russian. . . of those territories which are all russian. , , ., russian. help us out with the psychology russian. help us out with the psychology of russian. help us out with the psychology of vladimir - russian. help us out with the psychology of vladimir putin l russian. help us out with the - psychology of vladimir putin here as well by annexing these territories, well by annexing these territories, we can see them all lined up, the leaders of those waiting for vladimir putin, by doing this is us an attempt to push for a ceasefire for a position of strength, to try and get the international community to accept this and then have years and years of simmering tensions on the new border of the russian federation with ukraine, such as we saw for example after the annexation o
russia and its people. this is not a bluff. a strongly worded speech from vladimir putin who, as we know, is currently facing extreme losses on the battlefield in terms of territory and personnel. claire, the other big issue is the plan to hold referenda in russian occupied territories of ukraine, this weekend, in an effort to join russia, a move which, of course, has the u.s. and europe on edge. what will be the consequences of this? that appears to have been the trigger, in some ways, for this speech. president putin says he supports the decisions of this region, which make up the donbas, and to others, the zaporizhzhia region and curzon in the south. we can see that russia s goal of taking the donbas has expanded to wrap around the southern coast of ukraine, as well. these votes are likely to be free and fair if you take into account the president of crimea in the context of this is a war, but could provide cover for russia to claim that this is now war footing, ukraine is
perspective, anastasia, on the false flag operations that president biden and other western allies have accused russia s vladimir putin in trying to corrupt. how do you believe that is to justify the war in ukraine? you know, there are russian people and there are russian people. it s a big country with millions of people, so there are definitely there is a contingency that watches the russian tv and the propaganda that s been pumped in them 24/7, now several years ever since anti-ukrainians with propaganda and the annex of crimea. that segment is really buying into what they re being fed but i also believe that there is a large group of russians that