the russians, on the other hand, have shown very little ability to adapt quickly to the changing nature of the battlefield. the very top-down-driven command structure, you ve seen very little initiative which is probably why we ve lost so many russian generals. arthel: and speaking of that, putin, i mean, is he he retreating or is he stalling to regroup, reinforce and fortify his military? what s likely to happen next, general? well, war is always a very fluid and die name manic back and forth dynamic back and forth activity, and if i was the ukrainians, i would definitely not think that this is the last i ve seen of the russians. they ve suffered quite a few losses both personnel, equipment as well as their strategy has not worked out. so this is very typical when you go through these phases in war that it s a time to rearm, refit, resupply. we ve had reports of bringing in additional soldiers to replace those they ve lost, and i think
ground, obeying the law of land warfare and all that. we wouldn t want to change any of that because that is really our whole society s built upon that. what we have seen the ukrainians do well and what tends to put the prussians russians at a disadvantage is when you can change the nature of what is going on, when you can mix up the tactics, when you can keep the battlefield very fluid, the russians have a very difficult time adapting to it because they don t do mission command well. so the more you can interject change and variety of tactics, the more it will benefit the ukrainians. arthel: and really quickly, kind of almost a yes or no, is nato and the u.s., are they doing enough to help the ukrainian fighters? you know, if you re president zelenskyy, you always want more. it appears that the nato ability to supply is maturing not only the transportation of the war material, but the distribution
your personal strength to do this admirable, honorable, this selfless work that you do. we re a big team. there s a lot of humanitarians. you get the worst and you get the best. you also get people who really go beyond themselves and help, and at first the ukrainians themselves are doing that as we speak. people, the civilians. i was a but days ago, a couple of days ago the maternity hospital in the basement, all the rooms where children were being treated into the basement, a lot of premature children, and to keep those doctors and nurses working 24 hours to keep those children well, safe and alive, it s remarkable. that s where you get the strength for it. you ve just got to go on. arthel: you get the worst, and you get the best. and manuel fontaine go ahead, sir. we need to focus on the best as well and recognize this is important. arthel: that s why you re here, you re part of the best. we thank you.
and is it sustainable on both sides is. if you re the ukrainians, you ve got to come up with an end state that you can sustain, and then the russians are looking at what might they be able to sustain or not sustain. and, quite honestly, that has been one of the big challenges for the russians. they have yet to be able to consolidate gains in a sustainable manner. arthel: when you say sustain, i think you mean in terms of ruling, because ukraine was fine before putin stepped in. but let me ask you this, even, you know, is it even possible for a split ukraine to exist, you know, with a portion under russian rule? will russian russia have to maintain military rue to rule to subdue and oppress native ukrainians who want to live in their country? again, even if they win, there is no win in this, but if putin gets what he wants, then what? yeah. so if you look around the world where we have had sort of these conflicts or divided countries, there s always a large troop
fighting. at the same time, russian forces are also pulling back outside the capital city. they appear to be deploying to eastern ukraine. the pentagon calling these moves a repositioning and not a permanent withdrawal. president zelenskyy is warning that there will be no let-up in the russian assault. joining us now is retired four-star general david perkins, also a fox news contributor. general, thanks for joining us, of course, but i want to start with the ukraine fighters. what is the state of the ukrainian forces? how are they putting up such great resistance and they, ultimately, stop the russians and win this war? well, the ukrainians have really exceeded all expectations, especially the expectations of the russians. and the one thing that they seem to be particularly good at is what we in the american army would be what we call empowering your subordinates to take the initiative and be able to react without having to micromanage.