it is a serious illness, yo know, [sound of artillery] [crying] oversees it was different battle that rattle the world. in february, russia storme into ukraine with high expectations, only to be met with a resilient faux. [sound of artillery] it s inspiring leader presidents a landscape, refuse to flee. the strikes pushed ukrainian to bomb shelters, to the country s swollen borders. families have come with all their belongings, and people are hugging, and saying goodbye, and not sure if they will ever come back. millions of ukrainians, suddenly became refugees but as the year progressed ukraine s military took back land that had been lost just months earlier steady progress in a long wa now entering the dark days o winter
bridges. actual components of the pontoon brides. ., . . ., , bridges. you are in bucharest general. bridges. you are in bucharest general. you bridges. you are in bucharest general, you will bridges. you are in bucharest general, you will have - bridges. you are in bucharest general, you will have read i bridges. you are in bucharest i general, you will have read the reports that president macron wants us to an quickly. it seems the german chancellor and german chancellor on the same page as well and you don t normally see this happen. how would this be seen in eastern europe? the italian president. eastern europe? the italian president- president. this would be a catastrophe. president. this would be a catastrophe. shame - president. this would be a catastrophe. shame on . president. this would be a - catastrophe. shame on them. president. this would be a catastrophe. shame on them. shame if they are encouraging the ukrainians to give up territory. i was speaking to
the ministry of defence here, said the russian campaign in the east has lost momentum and is now significantly behind schedule . in fact, they believe russia may have lost a third of the groundforces it sent into ukraine in the face of this continued resistance. last week the ukrainians blew up several pontoon bridges over a river in the luhansk region, destroying an entire russian batallion. these are the pictures you are looking at now. these are the pictures you are looking at now. and suddenly after weeks spent fretting over what would happen if russia crushed ukraine, western european leaders are now worried about what might happen if ukraine actually wins. last week the french president emmanuel macron said a humiliation of russia could create a whole new set of problems, the italian prime minister mario draghi and the german chancellor 0laf scholz have stressed it would be up to ukraine to determine how this ends but like president macron, they ve underscored their preferen
in day to day tactical operations and are making decisions that would normally be made by morejunior officers. the command structure of the russian army, is top down, with instructions reaching the frontlines much slower than is the case for the ukrainians. it might explain why russian forces are sustaining such heavy losses and in some areas now going backwards. these are ukrainian soldiers standing at the russian border this morning. the counter offensive which began on the ouskirsts of kharkiv, has gathered pace and is pushing north and east from the city. president zelensky, say the ukrainian troops, we have arrived, at the border we are here the remnants of the russian brigades that were beaten back around kharkiv are now being redeployed further south to izyum. the gateway to donbass it sits just above the main body of the ukrainian forces that are still holding back moscow s eastern push. if the invading russian army were able to advance from there, then they would soon able
august, labour day, early september, russian forces are going to culminate, theyjust don t have the logistics necessary to maintain what they are doing. i think they have very serious manpower problems. and as you know, i don t think of you as an amateur in any way, but as you do know, the moral component of what is going on is so much more important thanjust the physical. the ukrainians have the will, i don t believe the russians do or that they can sustain it. as you show these pictures, this is important. this scene we have all been watching, not only were the bridges destroyed, but the engineers, the soldiers who were trained how to do this. they would have been killed or wounded. this is just as devastating a loss as is the actual components of the pontoon