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neil: all right. russian soldiers are having a devil of a time in ukraine. word that ukrainian forces took out and entire russian armored column raises concerns anew that places that are a strong hold for vladimir putin are not so strong. let s get more from lieutenant colonel mcginnis, author and fox news contributor. colonel, they re having a devil of the time, russians, but even in regions where you would think that they have the edge, maybe still do but not nearly as much as we thought. what is going on? yeah, drone shots of the river crossings are tragic. they tried three times and left tanks. so what has happened the last several months, neil, the
Russians have taken real whacking. they lost a lot of main line battle tanks. but some estimates, 500, 600. of course, what has happened overall is that the russian capability is diminishing as theache the ukrainian capability is increasing. so it s not what is needed for president zelensky. he wants to capture the donbas and much more of ukraine. neil: colonel, i m thinking if i m finland and being threatened by vladimir putin because i want to join nato and i m looking at all the problems he s having in ukraine even in regions that he supposedly
Dominates, i m not as worried or should i be? well, they are neighbors. they have 800 miles of common border. but the fins have a very capable military. in fact, the fins have been working hand and glove with nato for many, many years. they have all the modern sophisticated weaponry. of course, i think that in a matter of weeks, they ll probably be nato members. we ll increase the number of exercises in the region and quite possible that this is putin doesn t want to hear this, but the u.s. will put a permanent force in finland. if that does happen, then what is happening in ukraine will really be just a precursor to something that perhaps many years from now may happen again. neil: colonel mcginnis. thanks. for the problems that the russians are having, we ll