going to be successful, i don t think so. this is what i was going to say. a russian official also said today that the goal is to take full control. i will stick that map up again. of eastern and southern ukraine which does mean as you said, odessa, but it also means mariupol, kharkiv, and to do that russians are going to have to travel through open ukrainian roads, deal with some of these heavily fortified cities if they have not been able to take, and circle ukrainian troops. tell me a little bit about. this this was supposed to be done and 5. 6 days, and it is ten times that, and it hasn t been done yet. yes. russian ambition so far has been huge. but the problem is, for them, they are not that much ready for this. and they have a very serious problem, the quality of their personnel.
and the south of ukraine is important because it is the coastline of the black sea. and from a trading perspective, it is a big deal. yes, they will be trying to do that. but it is easier said than done. because they were heavily fortified. the next city to the east is very heavily fortified. so one thing is to say, one thing is to say, it but another thing is to achieve it. they are not going to be successful, i don t think so. this is what i was going to say. a russian official also said today that the goal is to take full control. i will stick that map up again. of eastern and southern ukraine which does mean as you said, odessa, but it also means mariupol, kharkiv, and to do that russians are going to have to travel through open ukrainian roads, deal with some of these heavily fortified cities if they have not been able to take, and circle