russia to the public to the russian people and what does that mean for the efforts we re seeing in ukraine? well, as we know from the start, russia called this a special military operation. practically banning the word war, calling this operation a war was prohibited in russia. and people who called it this way could end up in jail. this was done because russia expected this so-called operation to take place for three days, maybe a week. they expect today take kharkiv and kyiv within days. now they understand it s not going to end soon. and they re lacking, primarily, troops if we believe u.s. intelligence then over 10,000 russian soldiers have already died in this war. so they are currently lacking
they run into further trouble apparently surrounded. at least one of their trucks is disabled. a resident telling a reuters journalist one of the russians was killed in the firefight. after we killed this one, the others run away. there were some 12 to 15 people. we will win. they won t take kharkiv. reporter: ukrainian soldiers surround the abandoned vehicles celebrating a small victory in a conflict where they should have no chance of holding off the enemy. off camera one of them says and that s how we meet the [ bleep ] russian army. this platoon s day is not over. the enemy is still in the area. a ragtag army that, for now, is holding off a far superior
at least one of the trucks is disabled. a resident telling a journalist one of the russians was killed in the fire fight. after we killed this one the others run away. they were some 12 to 15 people. that is it. we will win. they won t take kharkiv. they have run back to where they came from. ukrainian soldiers surround the abandoned vehicle. celebrating a small victory and conflict where they should have no chance of holding off the enemy. off camera, one says that s how we meet the russian army. but this ukrainian platoon day is not over. the enemy is still in the area. the dash forward to fire off. a rag tag army that is holding off a far superior force. but for civilians here, the russian offensive is terrifying.
is that the troops that are if they do take kharkiv, there s as you said lots of fierce fighting there. if they do take it, they ll then move from there to nipito, and they will join with forces from the south here, and then once that s done, i would foresee that the russians would try to do this. they would try to join their forces and then move up in the direction of kyiv. and of course in kyiv they re moving down this way as we saw with that 40-mile long column, that convoy that we ve talked about before. that, of course, is focused right on kyiv right there. listen, quickly congress said they got, you know, this alarming time line of when ukrainian cities could fall. how long can they hold out? it really depends on, you know, how things go with urban combat. i would say they could hold out anywhere from three days to five days. it really depends, but if they get more aid, it could be potentially indefinitely. colonel, thank you so much. we appreciate that. you bet, don.
target from ukrainians standing by. the russians fall back and their soldiers trying to shelter behind their humvee-type of vehicles. one more example of stiff resistance the russians are encountering. but the russians can t escape and run into further trouble, apparently surrounded. at least one of their trucks is disabled. a resident telling a reuters journalist, one was killed in the fight. translator: after we killed this one, the others ran away. we will win. they won t take kharkiv. they have run back to where they came from. celebrating a small victory in a conflict where they should have no chance of holding off the enemy.