war-torn ukraine. carley: and the kremlin s ramp up the fence as estimate vladimir putin has lost one quarter of his combat power originally committed to unprovoked invasion. matt finn is live in the western city of lviv with the latest on the battlefield, matt. carley and todd coming in ukraine russia is moving ahead with its second major phase of this war. the official say 78 battalion troops are spread across the donbas region and 52,000 troops on the ground right now. and the coastal city of mariupol a brutal standoff between ukrainian troops is more desperate. ukrainian troops in a massive steel plant and russia has dropped heavy bombs on them. yet in a new social media post, there are signs of life here the video to a man believed to major
they needed 110 battalion troops at 1500 people each in order to invade a full-on invasion of all of ukraine. they re 83 with 14 more on the way. that s a huge number. you have 130,000 troops at the border. a number we ve seen a lot but 11 amphibious assault ships. half in the black sea and half within striking distance of the black sea in the mediterranean. you have air power, fighter jets and you have 1500 special ops troops are russian troops who are are in and out of the border at any point in time. so, when you draw all of that out and look at it and take the whole picture, it shows it s a massive undertaking that vladimir putin has said about and it s hard to then of course, he could step back from
Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 18 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) has seized 40 kg cannabis and 196 bottles of prohibited cough syrup at the India- Bangladesh border in an operation, the force said on Wednesday.
The Border Security Force (BSF) seized 8.5 kg cannabis, 208 bottles of prohibited cough syrup and 12 bottles of liquor in various operations at the India-Bangla
however, i would tell you, in bosnia, the norwegians sent me a battalion troops. let s say 5 or 600, 700 troops. out of a population of about 4 million, that to them is an important commitment. and other nations have sent units. and that the cost i m not complaining about the norwegians. but some of those countries and you know which ones i m talking about they send a dozen, two dozen, they say they re participating. it s not really serious. but we need to have leadership. i m not disagree with you. we are going to continue this conversation, because obviously there is a lot at stake. stand by. the former nato supreme allied commander. other news as we await chuck hagel. warnings from both east and west over ukraine. russia says they aren t convinced the new government is legitimate. while the u.s. is saying this. it s not in the interests of ukraine or of russia or europe or the united states to see the