obviously. the russian soldiers do not know the landscape, or the territory as well. it becomes an advantage for the ukrainian forces. the ukrainians know the terrain, and they re fighting on the home turf, and they re highly motivated to defend their homeland, and with russian morale, it is constructed troop forces, all the way to these general officers that you mentioned. it is somewhat disarray right now, and not really fighting for a cause that they believe in, where is in, they were rallied by presidents ellen ski, and fighting unexpectedly hard. they are hanging in there, again, and they have seemed to last with one of the strongest in the world. up against ukraine right now, it is a tough fight all around. there is so much more on that important reporting. i just hope all of our viewers read it, so they get an understanding of where things stand, militarily, in this battle. eric schmidt, a senior writer covering terrorism, and national security, for the new york times. thank
obviously. the russian soldiers do not know the landscape, or the territory as well. it becomes an advantage for the ukrainian forces. the ukrainians know the terrain, and they re fighting on the home turf, and they re highly motivated to defend their homeland, and with russian morale, it is constructed troop forces, all the way to these general officers that you mentioned. it is somewhat disarray right now, and not really fighting for a cause that they believe in, where is in, they were rallied by presidents ellen ski, and fighting unexpectedly hard. they are hanging in there, again, and they have seemed to last with one of the strongest in the world. up against ukraine right now, it is a tough fight all around. there is so much more on that important reporting. i just hope all of our viewers read it, so they get an understanding of where things stand, militarily, in this battle. eric schmidt, a senior writer covering terrorism, and national security, for the new york times. thank
control of a key airbase, they were stationed there and evacuated last week. there are growing fears yemen is on the verge of civil war, including taking control of the country s capital complete and utter chaos. meanwhile, yesterday, in washington, president obama announced plans to delay a withdrawal of u.s. troops in afghanistan. appearing alongside the afghan president, president obama said the u.s. will instead, maintain its troop forces in afghanistan through the end of 2015. afghanistan remains a very dangerous place and insurgents still launch attack, including cowardly suicide bombings against civilians. the president includes time lines, i consulted with general campbell in afghanistan, my national security team. i decided we will maintain our