fear that ukrainian forces let the city fall, holding out in an iron and steel plant. today, russian special forces began storming buildings nearby. but, a russian victory is far from certain in ukraine. catherine byaruhanga, bbc news. president biden has pledged to send more artillery to ukraine, in what isjust the latest round of military assistance being given to the country. but it s notjust the machinery. yesterday, the pentagon confirmed that the us will start training ukrainian forces on how to use new equipment at facilities outside the country. john spencer, a retired major in the us army and now the chair of urban warfare studies, at the madison policy forum says the battle for donbas is actually like a new war. i think it ll be, actually, much worse. the conditions are more favourable to open warfare, so big formations spread
bbc news, novoselivka, in the east of ukraine. president biden has pledged to send more artillery to ukraine, in what is just the latest round of military assistance being given to the country. but it s notjust the machinery. yesterday, the pentagon confirmed that the us will start training ukrainian forces on how to use new equipment at facilities outside the country. john spencer, a retired major in the us army and now the chair of urban warfare studies at the madison policy forum, says the battle for donbas is actually like a new war. i think it ll be, actually, much worse. the conditions are more favourable to open warfare, so big formations spread across large areas, bringing down massive amounts of artillery barraged because that s what russia does as part of their doctrine and that s what we re already
in the east of ukraine. president biden has pledged to send more artillery to ukraine, in what is just the latest round of military assistance being given to the country. but it s notjust the machinery. yesterday, the pentagon confirmed that the us will start training ukrainian forces on how to use new equipment at facilities outside the country. for more on this, i m joined now byjohn spencer, a retired major in the us army and now the chair of urban warfare studies, madison policy forum. the second phase of the war has begun. thank you so much forjoining us. how different will it be, to what we ve seen from this conflict so far? i think it ll be much worse. the conditions are more favourable to