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without more anti tank weapons, says yevheni velichko. we re grateful for western supplies, but we need more. we know the russians will be back. back for the bridge and back for the town that stood its ground. andrew harding, bbc news, in voznesensk, southern ukraine. while russia has continued its bombardment of several ukrainian cities, advances have ground to a halt in many areas with ukrainian forces also launching counter attacks. matthew sussex is a senior fellow at the australian defence college, specialising in russian security policy. hejoins me from canberra. good afternoon to you in australia. at the start of the invasion, when you looked at the numbers, russia is a bigger country, more money on guns, more troops, it seemed like a foregone conclusion. but that
something remarkable here, but we need to put it in perspective. this war is only a few weeks old, and the russians will almost certainly be back with more soldiers and a lot more firepower. not surprisingly, the town hall is crowded with people wanting help getting out of voznesensk. 0thers go straight to the 32 year old mayor. he s well guarded these days, brimming with confidence, but realistic about what lies ahead. we know we can t win here without more anti tank weapons, says yevheni velichko. we re grateful for western supplies, but we need more. we know the russians will be back. back for the bridge and back for the town that stood its ground. andrew harding, bbc news, in voznesensk, southern ukraine. in the southern port city of mariupol, ukraine says the intensity of russia s bombing is preventing rescue workers reaching the theatre where it s feared hundreds of people
is crowded with people wanting help getting out of voznesensk. 0thers go straight to the 32 year old mayor. he is well guarded these days, brimming with confidence, but realistic about what lies ahead. we know we can t win here without more anti tank weapons, says yevheni velichko. we are grateful for western supplies but we need more. we know the russians will be back. back for the bridge and back for the town that stood its ground. andrew harding, bbc news, in voznesensk, southern ukraine. along the ukrainian coast, russian naval forces have started shelling the outskirts of the port city of 0desa, as part of efforts to cut ukrainians off from the black sea. there are fears the russian fleet is getting ready for a larger scale attack. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has this assessment of russia s military strategy.