you spent a lot of time looking at this kind of thing. yeah, i went to russia several times. i was nato commander. i looked at russian forces, looked at their training methods and talked to their generals. they really haven t advanced since world war i. they have high technology, you educate the generals, tell them to attack and you need a really mean general who will take harsh discipline against them if they don t perform. but it s mostly about artillery, it s about the weight of fire and the individual soldier, he s just out there. and this is the exact opposite, freed, the way we believe wars are won. we say it s the individual soldier, his character, his commitment, his training, his weapon, his ability to be protected to deliver precision fire. generals, commanders, they can lose the battle, set the conditions for success, but they can t win it. it s won at the soldier level. ukrainians get this. the russians clearly don t. do you think as a consequence, will the 300,000 mobi
equipment has to be repaired and you have to rotate. you don t want to push ahead, run into an ambush, lose your force. so we would call that a culminating point. so what we want the ukrainians to do, what we hope they are doing is measuring their attack, working smoothly, take it so it lasts. in the northeast and against kherson. step by step, use reconnaissance intelligence, pick the targets, use precision fire, protect your force as you advance. what are you struck by as you watch the russian forces and how they fight and behave? you spent a lot of time looking at this kind of thing. yeah, i went to russia several times. i was nato commander. i looked at russian forces, looked at their training methods and talked to their generals. they really haven t advanced since world war i. give the peasants a rifle, and tell them to attack and you need
trying to rally not just europe but also india, china, other countries, other buying countries, to put a price on russian oil. because ultimately, the white house wants to limit the amount of oil revenues russia is getting for funding its war. the problem is that if you are to cap the price of oil, whatever that price is for russia, opec plus and saudi arabia include, feels that they would have to sell their oil at that price. so let s say russia agrees, which they haven t, and putin in particular has openly come out and said by the way, if you do the price gap, i will just stop supplying you with oil. but let s just go with the assumption that russia agrees to a price cap of $70. then saudi arabia will have to sell its oil at $70, as will u.s. producers. it sets a dangerous precedent,
black sea to the ukrainians, and it opens the way to regaining crimea. so it s very important. they re trying to isolate the right bank from the left bank, cut off the logistics, go after the command and control, leave those 25,000 russian soldiers s there slated and demoralized. it s a tough fight. but they ve got the momentum. and you have often said, and when you say this, you remind me of omar bradley s great line, amateurs talk strategy, experts talk logistics. you often said your advice to the ukrainians, do not outrun your line. what does that mean? that s right. when you re on an offensive like this, you have to pace it. you have to not outrun your lines of communication. troops have to be rested, ammunition has to be resupplied,
what does that mean? that s right. when you re on an offensive like this, you have to pace it. you have to not outrun your lines of communication. troops have to be rested, ammunition has to be resupplied, equipment has to be repaired and you have to rotate. you don t want to push ahead, run into an ambush, lose your force. so we would call that a culminating point. so what we want the ukrainians to do, what we hope they are doing is measuring their attack, working smoothly, make is so it lasts. in the northeast and against keir kherson, step by step, use reconnaissance, intelligence, pick the targets, use precision fire, protect your force as you advance. what are you struck by as you watch the russian forces and how they fight and behave?