The front line against russia. Heres a clip of the ukrainian president talking about the new law on military recruitment. Translation we need to staff the reserve. There are a serious number of brigrades which a large number of them are empty. We need to do this so that guys can have a normal rotation, then their morale will be improved. Earlier, our correspondent in kyiv James Waterhouse told me how ukraine is now in a different chapter of the war with morale very low. You have Ukrainian Forces which are thought to make up around half a million personnel, either fighting on the front line or in operations around it. You now have a large portion of those who are exhausted, who have been fighting for the best part of two years with little to no rest, and then you have men avoiding or fearful of the draft, being legally compelled to fight and join the countrys cause, so it is incredibly difficult for ukraine, at a time when we are seeing fighting in the north east, in towns and settlemen
New law was needed. Translation we need to staff the reserve translation we need to staff the reserve. There translation we need to staff the reserve. There are translation we need to staff the reserve. There are a serious number of grades that a large number of them are empty. We need to do this so the guys can have a normal rotation, then their morale will be improved. After Russian Troops crossed the border into Northeastern Ukraine last week president putin has said there are no plans to capture the countrys Second City Kharkiv at least for now. The russian leader said his forces were advancing in order to protect the russian border region. Here is the latest on how the battlefield looks, from uk Military Intelligence the red areas are russian occupied, with the arrows showing likely points of russian attack. The recent focus of attention is here in the northeast, near kharkiv, where fierce fighting has been taking place. The yellow represents new gains claimed by russia. Our defen