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too much at this stage of the war? they are important in two ways. first of all it is symbolic. it shows that the ukrainians if you ask the staff, despite risks of escalation, we will give it to you as long as we think that they are manageable. it shows the russians that we will give them the kit that will slow you down or stop militarily, as i have explained, also. what we are seeing in the donbas, the russians have a more limited objective. if you look at what they were trying to do a few months ago in taking vast swathes of ukraine, now, it is much smaller, the distances we are talking about are much smaller. what we will see is the ukrainians probably being forced to withdraw back to more defendable lines, to the west and, from there, trading space or time and waiting for some of the new kit become onto the line that will then hold them back. but the russians are making gains, the ukrainians have been taking heavy losses, we are
seeing reports that morale is bad amongst troops on the front line because they have taken so many losses in the last number of days, weeks, leading up to now but i would stress these are fairly limited and to some extent given the size of the russian army and its capability you would expect them to at least, given all the problems we have seen with them, to at least to be able to take some of these towns are so close to their border, close to where their troops already are, and still in this small area, to the north of the donbas. , :, , :, donbas. interesting to get your exoertise. donbas. interesting to get your expertise, talking donbas. interesting to get your expertise, talking to donbas. interesting to get your expertise, talking to us - donbas. interesting to get your expertise, talking to us about | donbas. interesting to get your- expertise, talking to us about there news weapons being sent to ukraine, dr patrick burey. let s speak to our diplomatic correspondent paul a
door, using gps. that is a significant game changer because, what the ukrainians have been suffering is heavy losses, mainly in infantry, from mass russian artillery barrages and rocket attacks and what the system will enable them to do is to stand further back. we have seen that the howitzer is the americans are previously supplied the ukrainians, they have a range of about 15 20 miles, but this has pushed that out to about 200 miles so they can target the russian logistics in the donbas, they can target command and control in the donbas and they can target the batteries that are engaging them. so it is quite significant. there is the risk of course, and that is why president biden has said we are not going to give these to them, there is a risk because they have a greater range that they could go into russia, depending on where they are being engaged from, and what we have seen
they will come back to lysychansk, on the other side of the river and a defensible position. it is worth saying there are different perspectives on this. the russians are putting everything into taking these areas because, if they can take the donbas, for then that is a strategic win to stop the ukrainian say that what they are doing, and pouring all of their troops into the donbas, the russians are leaving the back doors open in places like kharkiv and kherson in the south so the ukrainians can focus on taking back territory there, so, both sides are saying that the situation in in the donbas is going their way in certain ways but, of course, it is difficult for the ukrainians. thank ou for difficult for the ukrainians. thank you for that. difficult for the ukrainians. thank you for that, but difficult for the ukrainians. thank you for that, but quickly. - difficult for the ukrainians. thank you for that, but quickly. our- you for that, but quickly. our berlin correspondent says t