Russia s military has lost half its territory it once occupied. young, talented russians are fleeing from the tens of thousands, not wanting to come back to russia. not just fleeing from the military. fleeing from russia itself. because they see no future in their country. president biden is right that russia s military did fail in its initial objectives in this war. and its military performance has been shockingly bad compared to expectations for what the russian military is capable of these days. on the other side. ledger, ukraine s abilities have been not very good for how they have stood up to such an assault. but it is not like anyone can clearly say that ukraine is winning, or indeed, it s not at all clear that anybody can say with any real clarity, with any
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Compared to expectations for what the russian military was capable of these things. on the other side of the ledger, ukraine s resilience and their military performance has been shockingly good compared to the world s expectations for how they would stand up against such insult. but even so, it is not like anyone can clearly say that ukraine is winning. or indeed, it is not at all clear that anyone can say with any real clarity of war any confidence of this is going to end. i mean, as mad as russia s military has performed in traditional combat, thus far, russian infrastructure attacks punishing ukrainian civilians have been quite effective. i mean, they are finding that shooting power plants and shooting water infrastructure is easier than fighting opposing forces. and they are focusing on that to an intensifying degree. and that of course imposes the manse costs on the civilians of ukraine. also today, another international factor at play, today while president biden was
Foregoing collusion that it will remain. president biden for his part went out of his way to say that americans support for ukraine last as long as it takes. he also said that russia cannot win this fight. russia s aim was to wipe ukraine off the map. putin s war of conquest is failing. . russia s military has lost half of its territory and it wants occupied. young, talented russians are fleeing on the tens of thousands. not wanting to come back to russia. not just fleeing from the military but fleeing from russia itself. . because they see no future in their country. president biden is right that russia s military did fail in its initial objectives in this war. and it is military performance has been shockingly bad
Russia s s.t.a.r.t. treaty with the u.s. the announcement by russia that it is suspended the situation is unfortunate and irresponsible. we ll, of course, make sure that in any event, we have posturing appropriately for the security of our own country and of that our allies. good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington. president biden in warsaw points to the a united nato alliance. and ukraine s remarkable military performance over russia s overwhelming forces can russia sustain this. joining me is josh in warsaw. hi, josh, what are we expecting to hear from the president on this trip today, he s just given a speech which he affirms nato. and pushes back against putin and really delivered a huge