From across the uk to attend the coronation of king charles, which will take place on may 6 at Westminster Abbey in london. Youre watching bbc news. Now its time for ukraine how will it end . Gunfire. In the mud and trenches of eastern ukraine, this war still hangs in the balance. Both sides need a breakthrough. Ukraine, with Advanced Western weaponry, could well know seize the initiative. The ukrainians will continue to fight, whatever happens. So providing theyve got the tools to do thejob, they can do it. Slave ukraini but russia is not giving up. Neither side seems ready to negotiate. So could russia still defy the odds and win this war, or will ukraine prevail . In this programme, we are going to examine how either side could yet win in ukraine. More than a year after the invasion began, the fighting has reached another inflection point. Ukraine has the initiative. They are expected to launch a new offensive during the spring and summer, but if they dont make decisive gains quickl
from across the uk to attend the coronation of king charles, which will take place on may 6 at westminster abbey in london. you re watching bbc news. now its time for: ukraine: how will it end? gunfire. in the mud and trenches of eastern ukraine, this war still hangs in the balance. both sides need a breakthrough. ukraine, with advanced western weaponry, could well know seize the initiative. the ukrainians will continue to fight, whatever happens. so providing they ve got the tools to do thejob, they can do it. slave ukraini! but russia is not giving up. neither side seems ready to negotiate. so could russia still defy the odds and win this war, or will ukraine prevail? in this programme, we are going to examine how either side could yet win in ukraine. more than a year after the invasion began, the fighting has reached another inflection point. ukraine has the initiative. they are expected to launch a new offensive during the spring and summer, but if they don t make decisiv
extraordinarily attritional, the sort of battles around bakhmut and the like, casualties on a scale which would be recognisable by any veteran who had thought through passchendaele or verdun in the first world war, they appear to be culminating, and the more russia fires its expendable manpower against the ukrainians, yes, the ukrainians are suffering and yes, they are taking heavy casualties, but i don t think the russians can continue indefinitely. to the lay observer, russian tactics don t seem to have evolved much since the second world war, i mean, hammer an objective with loads of heavy artillery and eventually send infantry to crawl over the rubble. i think what we see is a soviet military machine which is in a sense reflecting the state that it stirs, which is corrupt and incompetent, but nevertheless, that incompetence bears a danger because as a result
which reflecting the state that it stirs, which is reflecting the state that it stirs, which is corrupt and incompetent, but nevertheless, that incompetence bears but nevertheless, that incompetence bears a but nevertheless, that incompetence bears a danger because as a result of that, bears a danger because as a result of that, they have fallen back on plan b. of that, they have fallen back on plan b, attrition, destruction of cities, plan b, attrition, destruction of cities, massacre of civilians, genocide, cities, massacre of civilians, genocide, deportation of children, use of genocide, deportation of children, use of mass rape. so it is still a machine use of mass rape. so it is still a machine to use of mass rape. so it is still a machine to be feared, and to be ultimately machine to be feared, and to be ultimately to be destroyed. all riaht, ultimately to be destroyed. right, so ultimately to be destroyed. eli. right, so we have examined the possible that uk
can continue to do that and i think all the can continue to do that and i think all the indications are that the winter all the indications are that the winter offensives, which as you say have ireen winter offensives, which as you say have been extraordinarily attritional, the sort of battle is around attritional, the sort of battle is around bakhmut, and the like, casualties around bakhmut, and the like, casualties on a scale which would be recognisable by any veteran who had thought recognisable by any veteran who had thought through walls, they appear to be culminating, and the more russia to be culminating, and the more russia fires its expendable manpower against russia fires its expendable manpower against the ukrainians, yes, the uiuainians against the ukrainians, yes, the ukrainians are suffering and yes, they are ukrainians are suffering and yes, they are taking heavy count, but i don t they are taking heavy count, but i don t think they are taking heavy cou