that 90% of the power has been knocked out for the moment. now despite all of this, the ukrainian authorities are expressing a certain amount of satisfaction. they say 69 missiles were fired from russia and from russian warships in the black sea. 54 of them were intercepted. jessica. ben wedeman in kyiv for us. thank you so much. and for now joining us, retired general mark hertling, from the u.s. and army and europe and seventh army. wonderful to see you. thanks for being up with us this morning. thursday missile attacks are one of the most massive ber anls since the start of the russian invasion back in february. i m curious what this tells you about putin s mindset and if this is a response to the ukrainian counter offensive that has made progress in recent months? yeah, jessica, i think it is
conditions and morale. and i want you to hear it for yourself. translator: where is our so-called new equipment that they are advertising and talking about? i don t have a [ bleep ] clue. everyone is concentrating in the kherson direction. translator: yes, of course, literally everyone, right? translator: yes, t-90 tanks, everything is heading there. translator: we have a lot of 500s, a whole lot. translator: what does that mean? translator: 500s, those are the ones who throw down their weapons and say you can all go [ bleep ] yourselves. translator: i am not going to fight anymore and then they just [ bleep ] off. that s a 500 for you. joining me now retired lieutenant general mark hurtling, former commander general for europe and seventh army. the website focused on russian security services and has been blocked in russia and also the author of the compatriots, the
according to a u.s. official and they could probably be turned around at a quick clip. the issue has long been the training process. this is not a simple system to operate. likely ukrainian forces would have to come out of the country to learn the system. it could take several months, however, those plans are currently underway. this is an effort moving forward. one that didn t seem to be on the table just a few week ago. thank you very much with that new reporting. i want to go now to retired army lieutenant, general ben hodges, former commanding general for europe in the seventh army along with the former defense secretary also now the executive director of the mccain institute. general hodges, you hear phil laying out a possible timeline that the biden administration is hi thinking. this is what ukraine wants that would make a huge difference. russia s warned of unintended consequences. medvedev, the former president,