to encircle mariupol as well but they have not done it yet. john, have you seen any evidence that russian morale among the troops is low? we ve seen some reports, but have you seen any evidence of that? and how would you characterize that convoy, the 40-mile-long convoy north of kyiv? if it doesn t have tanks in that convoy, where are those tanks? where did they go? i don t have perfect visibility on the convoy. we re watching it with much the same imagery that you are. we believe that the main purpose of it was resupply, so it does when you look at the images from the air, you can see they don t look like armored vehicles so much as they look like resupply trucks. that s not to say that there aren t combat vehicles in there. we don t have perfect visibility on it. but the assessment is that it was largely meant to help resupply and it is still stalled, it is still stuck. we don t assess over the course of the weekend that it has made
you can t hit everything. as a ukrainian commander, how can i have the most effect. this convoy that is so long, are you worried about it? i m not. you re not? that surprises everybody. we ve been talking about a 40 mile convoy for the last couple days. you see that convoy. let s take a look at it. it goes that distance. again, it gets back to the distance piece of this. but if you look at the convoy close up, what do you have? you have trucks. it s a whole bunch of resupply trucks, cabs. as a commander with limited means, if i m the ukrainian guy, i m going to say that s not my priority target right now. what i have to hit is artillery pieces, missiles and tanks in the close-in attack. he s ignoring that for now. i guarantee you i love what david priess said in the last segment, i m the commander fighting for intelligence. unfortunately now i have to make decisions. go in the so-called 25 meter
we believe they re trying to encircle mariupol as well. they have not done it yet. jen? john, have you seen any evidence that russian morale among the troops is low? we ve seen some reports. have you seen any evidence of that? how would you characterize that convoy, the 40-mile long convoy north of kiev? if it doesn t have tanks in that convoy, where are the tanks? where did they go? i don t have perfect visibility on the convoy. we re watching it with much the same imagery that you are. we believe the main purpose of it is resupply. so when you look at the images from the air, you can see a lot of it. they don t look like armored vehicle other than resupply trucks. that s not to say that there aren t combat vehicles in there. we don t have perfect visibility on it. the assessment is it was to help resupply. it s still stalled. it s still stuck. we don t assess over the weekend
this is his terror campaign. it is no kidding a policy and he s standing off to do it. he s 20 miles away from that city. the fighters are defending that city. they re ready to protect the citizens. but frankly he s away from there and can t be touched yet. and the you know, what you don t see in this red blob is the curves of the road, the terrain that they have to go through, that those resupply trucks with ammunition and air defense pieces are all going on. so, it s a lot more complicated than these powerpoint maps show. general, what s also a lot more complicated is urban combat. in the last hour we were talking to general petraeus about the ratio of attackers to defenders. if you re an attacker, you want to have five to one on people defending a city. the russians don t have anywhere near that kind of force to go into a city like kyiv.
they have not done it. reporter: have you seen any evidence that russian morale among the troops is low? have you seen any evidence of that? how would you characterize that convoy, the 40-mile long convoy north of kyiv? if it doesn t have tanks, where did they go? i don t have perfect visibility on the convoy. we re watching it much the same as you are. we believe the main purpose of it was resupply. it does when you look at the images from the air you can see a lot of it they don t look like armored vehicles so much as resupply trucks. that s not to say there aren t combat vehicles in there. we don t have perfect visibility. the assessment is it was largely meant to resupply. it s stalled. it s stuck. we don t assess over the course of the weekend it s made any