persuaded not to attack targets inside russia, on the 24th of february. the anniversary of the war. now i have spoken with ukrainian military intelligence officials, they say that is not accurate. so, it is not clear what was accurate in those leaks, or what wasn t, but what is emerging as clear here, is that president zelenskyy feels let down, that he did not hear from his closest ally, his biggest ally, is most important ally. the united states and president biden of course so important for galvanizing this western coalition to arm and equipped, and to train ukrainian forces. president zelenskyy on a list of this issue, of these intelligent leagues does appear to feel let down. nic robertson, cnn, eastern ukraine. when it comes to russia, the match group is ready to swipe left. the online dating company behind tinder, hinge, okcupid,
move that could change the trajectory of the war. let s bring in retired four-star general jack keane. he s chairman of the institute for the study of war and a fox news senior strategic analyst. general keane, welcome. so let s, we ve got a year into the war. what lessons have we learned, and what to do they tell us about what comes next? well, certainly we all welcome success that ukraine has had, and i think the center of gravity for that success has been the iron will of its soldiers and its people. and certainly the u.s.-led western coalition has been providing all the arms and ammunitions. but also while that is commendable in terms of the support provided, we have actually handcuffed the success of the ukrainian forces because we slow-rolled so much of weapons that they needed. we sent them in their piecemeal, and they arrived mainly after the fact. as an example, the ukrainians
effectiveness of their forces. i mean, when you draw back from that, all of their conventional combined arms forces have either been defeated in battle or taken significant losses. airborne infantry. naval infantry, tank guard s army. their artillery which is centerpiece for what they do and also they have never been able to control the airspace, to have air superiority. that would be something the united states would achieve in two days. ukrainians on the other hand have shown enormous resiliency and courtroom. we have all seen it. their success, i think the center of gravity for it, bret, is the iron will of their people and the fighters themselves and the u.s.-led western coalition to provide arms and ammunitions in the same breath, i have got to say the ukrainians were not able to exploit the success they had in retaking kherson city and all that territory south of kharkiv when the russians were
study of war. and we believe with some degree of conviction that if the ukrainians got all the arms ammunitions they need when they ask for it, they will be able to retake their territory. i m talking about the southern part of the ukraine that s under russian control as well as crimea. putin, what he wants is a protracted war. he believes he can outlast the ukrainians because he has 3 to 1 in people. political will and resolve of the united states western coalition. that s kind of where he is when we say like the president said, listen, i applaud going to ukraine. i applaud the speech he made reaganesque like in poland. but when he says well, we are going to be there into the end, that s playing right into putin s hand. he wants the end to be three or four years from now. the ukrainians want it now. they want to take territory now. why? stop the bleeding. stop the horror. end it and stop crippling their country economically.