went in all over the country, when they tried and failed to take the capital of kyiv. the new york times today, quote, russia has launched a new campaign with a narrow goal focus from early on capturing ukraine s east and it promises to be much more thought école, a current ukrainian u.s. officials. instead of like moscow s forces have increased their artillery barrages and sent small tetris of troops to probe ukrainian lines known as shaping operations in military circles. the smaller russian attacks are often precursors to larger troop movements, or serve as a distraction from other fronts. joining us now from kharkiv is the correspondent the new york times who s the lead byline thomas givens. mr. give us enough is the bureau chief of the new york times facing last time he brings unique experience to this reporting job he s also served our country as a marine infantrymen with two tours in afghanistan. mr. given snuff, thank you for joining us.
mr. thomas neff. he brings unique experience to this reporting job. he s also served our country as a marine infantry man with two tours in afghanistan. thank you so much for joining us. thanks for having me. we ve been following your reports from kharkiv. and all the reports you ve done in ukraine closely. you can just give us an update on the scale of what s happening in terms of this phase of the war, and what russia appears to be trying to accomplish? right. it s tough, as you had read in the article that we have written, they have narrowed their focus, right. they have thousands of troops kind of located in the east, preparing for a larger offensive, but taking much less ground than they had set out for in february. that just looks different this time, instead of having armored columns and infantry advances and helicopter and searches, they re kind of advancing very
joining us now from kharkiv is the correspondent the new york times who s the lead byline thomas givens. mr. give us enough is the bureau chief of the new york times facing last time he brings unique experience to this reporting job he s also served our country as a marine infantrymen with two tours in afghanistan. mr. given snuff, thank you for joining us. thanks for having me. so we ve been following your reports from kharkiv any reports from all the reporting they ve done in ukraine closely. can you just give us an update on the scale of what s happening in terms of this phase of the war and with russia appears to be trying to accomplish? it s tough and as you can around the articles that we ve written, they have narrowed their focus. they have thousands of troops kind of located in the east preparing for a larger offensive but taking much less ground that set out for in february.