so they ve been telling us to get out of here back to the main headquarters. russian forces have been trying to outflank them. gunfire radio chatter many of these troops only volunteered at the start of the war. months of fighting has transformed them into a professional army. but these counter attacks are slowing their advance. volodymyr, the captain, tells us they need more armour and they need more reinforcements. the push east is testing supply
radio chatter many of these troops only volunteered at the start of the war. months of fighting has transformed them into a professional army. but these counter attacks are slowing their advance. volodymyr, the captain, tells us they need more armour and they need more reinforcements. the push east is testing supply lines. most bridges blown, ukraine has had to lie on amphibious craft and boats to keep feeding the frontline. they have onlyjust completed the construction of this new crossing.
them into a professional army. but these counterattacks are slowing their advance. vladimir, their captain, tells me they need more armour and they re waiting for reinforcements. the push east is testing supply lines. with most bridges blown, ukraine s had to rely on amphibious craft and boats to keep feeding the front line. they ve onlyjust completed the construction of this new crossing. and there are other obstacles too countless russian minefields that need to be cleared. ukraine is still advancing, but it s getting harder. jonathan beale, bbc news, donbas.
an ominous warning from nato s chief. despite russia s push east, putin still wants all of ukraine adding this war could last years. now western officials warn it s too soon to say putin has given up on capturing kyiv. major general paul eaton, thanks for joining us. let s look at the map here. even if russia is no longer focused on this region where we have the capital, if they are going into belarus to resupply, rearm, refuel, even if russian forces are able to get strength down in the southeast region where we re told they re focusing next do you suspect russia is going to take another run at kyiv? i don t think so. they failed so badly in combined
assets. there s a new push east of kyiv but they still haven t been able to encircle the capital. what problem does a military face trying to isolate a city this size? z so this is going to be a very important piece right here, don, because right now you see this movement right here around kyiv. this is kyiv right here. and you see how close the russians are in the northeast part. in the western part we know of antonov airport. that was the place where the russian special forces landed at the very beginning of this offensive. that area is still contested. but the russians have moved around it. and they re also using this area right here, there s kind of a pincer coming out this way toward these northwestern suburbs of kyiv. and of course you have this movement right in this area. so as far as all of the things that have to come into place for the russians to actually do this, they need to bring all of their logistical supplies to bear in order to make this work.