Chinese military leaders are observing the War in Ukraine with great interest and anxiety Chinese generals were surprised that Russia invaded Ukraine This was unexpected, as was the effectiveness of the Ukrainian forces opposing the Russians Since the
that has been impacted here. because when you look at the pictures, it seems a vast area. when you look at the pictures, it seems a vast area. absolutely. it is dozens of kilometres seems a vast area. absolutely. it is dozens of kilometres and seems a vast area. absolutely. it is dozens of kilometres and hundreds| dozens of kilometres and hundreds of square kilometres with flooding and now we are talking about the people, of course it is very difficult for ukraine to be precise here because it is a russian occupied area since february of 2022. so we cannot see how many people exactly in this occupied territories, but at the same time i would say, i think it is dozens or thousands because of several hundreds of villages and towns. so i think it is a very big problem. towns. so i think it is a very big roblem. ., ., ~ towns. so i think it is a very big roblem. ., ., ., ., problem. looking at the humanitarian imact problem. looking at the humanitarian im act of problem. looking at t
i think the attacks in the belgorod region definitely have a military impact, belgorod is a rail terminus. it was used as a staging area for the invasion in february of 2022, and it is probably still a logistics hub for some of the russian forces in luhansk. so, sure, we want to disrupt that. we want to take out as much as we can. we want to discombobulate the civilian leadership in the region as well, rail line, bridge, warehouses and so forth. i think it does have a military component to it. with the growing weaponry going to ukraine, with these attacks inside russia, ukraine and the u.s. have really kept prodding and crossing russia s red lines without much reaction or escalation. jill, do you think that that is opening the door to more bold action against russia? well, it is incremental as we know and that s why biden often
nonetheless could this just be a distraction? focusing us on what s happening in kyiv and the real battles going on somewhere else? possibly, yet. ithink battles going on somewhere else? possibly, yet. i think with the ukrainian counteroffensive gets under way we will know about it. so with that this is not really a distraction but is hard as i know military strategist but sitting here trying to figure out what the rationale for this is on the part of president putin is quite hard about with anything cogent apart from a sort of a desperate attempt to undermine the morale and the ukrainian capital not for me having much of the way a military impact. interestingly that some of the talk stephanie has moved beyond the war and an announcement tonight perhaps and an announcement tonight perhaps a request coming from the accrediting authority say they would accrediting authority say they would a demilitarised zone about 100 bloggers along the border inside russia along the border with ukraine
general pervez musharraf, as one of those that she suspected would be behind it. that was something he denied all the way throughout his life, but i think that gives you an indication of how this man is viewed. in terms of the military impact, and the military influence that he has in pakistan through its entire history, since 47, the partition of india in, you have a military that has on more than one occasion taken power from elected government and deposed. in fact, that s what general musharraf did. he is the most recent case of it happening, you could argue. is the military still at the force it has been in pakistan, in politics and therefore the generals still people the figures that people worry or care about? that s a really interesting question at this stage. musharraf was the fourth military leader in the history of pakistan since 19117 to take power and as you say, the most recent one, and interestingly at the moment,