produce a cohesive, coherent, well disciplined organisation, and i think therefore, that s why they are going to crack, crumble and perhaps actually collapse. and then if you can get the russian defence is really moving, then i think there are opportunities even more broadly. there are opportunities even more broadly. that s retired us general david more broadly. that s retired us general david petraeus. - nato will send more soldiers to kosovo after peacekeeping soldiers there were hurt in clashes with protesters. the conflict began when ethnic albanian mayors took over in several towns, where ethnic serbs are in the majority. more troops are on standby. us media reports say donald trump s former vice president, mike pence, will officiallyjoin the race for the white house next week. he s expected to begin his campaign for the republican nomination with a speech in iowa. his poll ratings so far are low, putting him far behind mrtrump.
a defensive line somewhere in the rear of where they are, and where they were. and noting that on the russian side, this is a force that has been battered, that many of these units have been in constant combat for well over a year, they are not pulling units offline and reconstituting them, in other words replacing the losses of people and equipment, they arejust adding people to the front lines. that is not the way you produce a cohesive, coherent, well disciplined organisation, and i think therefore that is why they are going to crack, crumble and perhaps actually collapse. and then if you can get the russian defences really moving, then i think there are opportunities even more broadly. former us military chief general david petraeus. let s now turn to zaporizhzhia, and warnings about the risks to the nuclear power plant there, the largest in europe. the head of the un s nuclear watchdog, the iaea, says the security sitation around the plant is extremely fragile
this is a force that has been battered, that many of these units have been in constant combat for well over a year, they are not pulling units offline and reconstituting them, in other words replacing the losses of people and equipment, they are just adding people to the front lines. that is not the way you produce a cohesive, coherent, well disciplined organisation, and i think therefore thatis organisation, and i think therefore that is why they are going to crack, crumble and perhaps actually collapse. and then if you can get the russian defence is really moving, then i think there are opportunities even more broadly. with more on this, the bbc s world affairs editor, john simpson. what do you make of that confidence, john? he what do you make of that confidence, john? , ., ., ,., john? he is the man who saved the american presence, john? he is the man who saved the american presence, such john? he is the man who saved the american presence, such as - john? he is the man who sav
battered, that many of these units have been in constant combat for well over a year, they are not pulling units offline and reconstituting them, in other words replacing the losses of people and equipment, they are just adding people to the front lines. that is not the way you produce a cohesive, coherent, well disciplined organisation, and i think therefore that is why they are going to crack, crumble and perhaps actually collapse. and then if you can get the russian defences really moving, then i think there are opportunities even more broadly. as you can see, that sounds pretty confident. he said that was realistic, it was an awesome optimistic or pessimistic. we will see for the the obvious question is why are they going out? his answer was straightforward, he said look, what they are just waiting for the sunshine to do its work and dry the ground more so the armour and the tags can move. he also said that
coast into crimea. we achieved combined arms effect during the fight to baghdad, and it is terrifying for the enemy, and the difference this time from kharkiv last fall, where the ukrainians did carry out a very successful attack, is that when the lead elements culminate, after 72, 96 hours, as far as you can physically go, there are follow on forces that will capitalise and exploit the momentum and continue this. and then i think you get the battlefield, you make it dynamic, the russians have to react, they have to move to re establish a defensive line somewhere in the rear of where they are, and where they were. and noting that on the russian side, this is a force that has been battered, that many of these units have been in constant combat for well over a year, they are not pulling units offline and reconstituting them, in other words replacing the losses of people and equipment, they arejust adding people to the front lines. that is not the way you produce a cohesive, coherent, wel