>>> WE HAVE NEW REPORTS TO TELL
YOU ABOUT THAT SUGGEST THAT
UKRAINIANS' DETERMINATION TO
SAVE THE COUNTRY IS MEETING WITH
REAL SUCCESS.
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE.
"FORBES" IS RARTING THAT THE
UKRAINIAN MILITARY HAS MORE
TANKS THAN WHEN THE WAR STARTED
MAINLY FROM CAPTURING RUSSIAN
TROOPS.
THE WAR RAGES ON.
"THE NEW YORK TIMES"
INVESTIGATIONS TEAM KIND OF
PULLED BACK THE CURTAIN ON THE
INVASION ANALYZING INTERCEPTED
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS OF RUSSIAN
FORCES THAT ILLUSTRATE THE
REALITIES ON THE GROUND.
SOLDIERS STRUGGLING WITH A LACK
OF FUEL, WATER AND FOOD
SUPPLIES.
DESPERATE AND DISORGANIZED AND
SHOWING POTENTIAL WAR CRIMES
BEING COMMITTED. TAKE A LISTEN.
TAKE A LISTEN.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> COVER THE RESIDENTIAL AREA
WITH ARTILLERY.
JOINING THE CONVERSATION CLINT
WATTS.
FORMER CON SURL ABOUT THE TO THE
FBI.
NOW WITH THE FOREIGN POTENTIAL
SY RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND
RETIRED FOUR-STAR GENERAL BARRY
McCAFFREY.
CLINT, WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST
REACTION HEARING THE RADIO
TRANSMISSIONS?
>> NOT AS SURPRISED NOW THAN A
MONTH AGO.
I THINK THAT'S VERY CLEAR IS
THEY DON'T HAVE SECURE
COMMUNICATIONS.
THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN OUT
TELECOMMUNICATIONS,
INFRASTRUCTURE I THINK BECAUSE
THEY NEED IT TO DO THEIR OWN
BATTLE.
THEY'RE NOT AS SOPHISTICATED AS
WE THOUGHT AND REVEALING AND
UNDERMINE THE DISINFORMATION.
SEPARATELY HEARING THEM TALK
ABOUT ALLEGED NATTZIS RUNNING
AROUND UKRAINE.
THEY ARE TARGETING RESIDENTIAL
AREAS.
THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY IS
LISTENING, TOO.
I'M SURE SEEING THE SUCCESSES
IT'S DUE IN LARGE PART TO HOW
INEPT AND THE INABILITY TO
COMMUNICATE BY THE FORCES.
>> ALSO ON THE OTHER SIDE, THEY
WERE NOT EXECING THE UKRAINIANS
TO FIGHT AS HARD OR AS WELL AS
THEY HAVE AND WE HAVE HEARD AT
THE MORALE GOING DOWN AMONG THE
RUSSIAN FORCES.
LET ME PLAY MORE FROM THE
COMMUNICATIONS.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> LOOKING FOR RETREAT ROUTES.
>> YEAH.
TWO THINGS HAPPEN.
ONE I THINK THE MORE
PROFESSIONAL UNITS THOUGHT THIS
WAS A CAKE WALK INVADING UKRAINE
PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTH WHERE
THEY MET THE SINGLE BATTLES.
SEPARATELY MANY SOLDIERS OF
RUSSIA DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE
GOING INTO AN INVASION.
SOME ISSUED TICKETS FOR A RETURN
TRIP HOME AND SAY DRIVE INTO
UKRAINE.
AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS LIES
THAT P.O.W.s THOUGHT IT WAS A
TRAUNING EXERCISE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY KNEW WHAT
THEY WERE GOING TO DO.
WATCH THE TANKS DESTROYED AND
THE GENERALS, THE LEADERS.
>> WHAT ARE THEY DOING ON THE
FRONT LINES?
>> A PROBLEM FOR THE RUSSIAN
MILITARY IS DON'T HAVE A
NONCOMMISSIONED CORPS LEADING
THE FORCES ON THE GROUND.
THE OFFICERS HAVE TO GO OUT.
THEY'RE THE PROFESSIONAL ARMY.
LOTS ON CONTRACT.
NOT WELL PAID.
SOON IF NOT NOW THEY WILL HAVE
MORE CONSCRIPTS AND THEY HAVE TO
PUSH THEM FORWARD.
HE SAID THEIRY HAVE A PROBLEM WI
DESERTERS.
>> LOOKING AT THE RANGE OF
THINGS FROM THE REPORT THAT IS
THE TROOPS ARE GETTING
FROSTBITE, HUNGRY AND WATCHING
THE GENERALS DYING ON THE FRONT
LINES.
WATCHING THE DECEMBER MENTION OF
THE FORCES, DO THEY TELL US
ABOUT THE NEXT WEEK OR MONTH
MIGHT BE GOING?
>> LOOK, CHRIS.
I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO RADIO
TRANSMISSIONS FOR 32 YEARS AND
NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE.
LOGISTIC STUFF ON AN ALTERNATIVE
NET.
YOU DON'T TALK IN THE CLEAR.
SEND FOOD.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
132 RATIONS FOR 132 SOLDIERS.
SOUNDS LIKE AMATEUR HOUR.
THEY LOTHS COMMAND AND CONTROL
AT THE THEATER LEVEL.
BUT A BATTALION LEVEL NOT DOING
WELL EITHER.
THE UKRAINIANS ARE INCREDIBLY
COURAGEOUS.
CONFRONTING P-80 TANKS WITH AN
ANTI-LOG MISSILE AT 80 YARDS IS
REALLY A DIFFICULT FIGHT SO THE
RUSSIANS ARE STYMIED.
PUTIN DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT
TO DO.
I DOUBT THE RUSSIAN GENERALS
TELL HIM THE TRUTH.
THE GENERALS KILLED IS SHORT OF
A GOOD MARK ON THE ARMY.
A FEW DEAD GENERALS IS A GOOD
INDICATION OF A FERVOR TO WIN.
WHAT IS ENCOURAGING IS THE TOTAL
LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM TO
HANDLE LARGE FORMATIONS.
EVEN IN THE SOUTH AS CLINT
POINTED OUT WE -- UKRAINIAN
NAILED A SHIP AND APPARENTLY
BURNED TO THE WATER LINE.
DAMAGED TWO MORE.
KILLED THE A-10 MARINE BRIGADE
COMMANDER.
THESE RUSSIAN FORCES LOOK REALLY
IN BAD SHAPE.
>> THE BRAVERY OF THE UKRAINIAN
FORCES DRKS DETERMINATION.
FIGHTING FOR THE HOMELAND AND
FAMILIES.
ON THEIR GROUND IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS, IN THEIR COUNTRY.
BUT HOW DO THEY NOW KNOWING WHAT
WE KNOW AND HEARING WHAT WE
HEARD TOOK THE ULTIMATE
ADVANTAGE OF WHERE THE RUSSIAN
FORCES ARE NOW AND THE FACT THAT
THEY'RE RETREATING FROM PLACES
LIKE KHERSON?
>> THEY DO PRETTY WELL WITHOUT
ANYBODY'S ADVICE.
AT A STRATEGIC LEVEL DOWN TO THE
BATTLEFIELD COMMAND AND CONTROL
OF THEIR FORCES OF THE
UKRAINIANS HAVE BEEN
MAGNIFICENT.
IT IS ARMED CIVILIANS.
FEEDING THEIR LOGISTIC SYSTEM TO
GET SUPPLIES FROM POLAND AND
ROMANIA AND GET IT OUT TO THE
FIGHTING UNITS IS SIMPLY
MARVELOUS.
I HATE TO BE OVERLY OPTIMISTIC.
THIS RUSSIAN ARMY, PUTIN'S MIND
SET CAN'T RETREAT.
I HOPE HE ENDS UP SAYING, I'LL
KEEP DONBAS, A LAND BRIDGE,
CRIMEA.
I'LL TELL EVERYBODY THAT'S THE
VICTORY.
WE NEED TO HELP THE UKRAINIANS
WITH GAME CHANGING TECHNOLOGY.
THE U.S. ARMY'S SWITCHBLADE 600 ANTI-ARMOR MUNITION, ANTI-SHIP
ANTI-ARMOR MUNITION, ANTI-SHIP
MISSILES, S-300 ANTI-AIRCRAFT
MISSILES.
M-1 TANKS.
CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I
WORSHIP THE M-1 TANK.
>> WHAT'S -- NOT PROVIDING THEM
SO FAR, THE STUFF THAT YOU TALK
ABOUT.
>> THIS IS GONE BY PHASES.
PHASE ONE HE THOUGHT HE COULD
GET IN THERE WITH A GRU AND
SPECIAL OPS AND KNOCK THE
UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT OUT OF
OFFICE.
THAT FAILED.
THEN TANK ARMY INTO BATTLE AND
STALLED ON THE ROAD.
UKRAINIANS BEAT THEM THERE. WE WENT FROM THE U.S. THINKING
WE WENT FROM THE U.S. THINKING
TO EQUIP THEM TO REALIZING TO
CONTINUE.
THEY SAID THEY NEED I THINK
ESSENTIALLY 1,000 OR 2,000
MISSILES A DAY.
ANTI-TANK MUNITIONS.
WASHINGTON, D.C. IS A COUNSEL OF
LAWYERS.
JUSTICE, DEFENSE.
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS GOING TO HAVE
TO BREAK THROUGH THAT AND SAY,
THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE WORLD WAR