one thing in the article from richard spencer, - battle.ng in the article from richard spencer, never. battle. one thing in the article - from richard spencer, never mind the visual of trenches being dug along the ukraine, which brings memories of 20th century wars, but making the link with ukraine's recent comparatively recent history, the second world war and the brief flourishing of independence and then the fight for survival with the nazis and then the fight to regain independence after the collapse of the soviet union. if one country is conscious of its history, ukraine must be that country. yes conscious of its history, ukraine must be that country.— conscious of its history, ukraine must be that country. yes that is what makes _ must be that country. yes that is what makes it _ must be that country. yes that is what makes it more _ must be that country. yes that is what makes it more poignant - must be that country. yes that is| what makes it more poignant and must be that country. yes that is - what makes it more poignant and you h

one wonders how much longer reporters like richard i much longer reporters like richard spencer are goinground by the publishers. because obviously the risk of having them in the middle of a war zone.— the middle of a war zone. you're riuht. the middle of a war zone. you're right- they _ the middle of a war zone. you're right- they are _ the middle of a war zone. you're right. they are doing _ the middle of a war zone. you're right. they are doing an - the middle of a war zone. you're i right. they are doing an incredible 'ob right. they are doing an incredible job and _ right. they are doing an incredible job and it's — right. they are doing an incredible job and it's incredibly brave to be reporting — job and it's incredibly brave to be reporting from the front line. there does come — reporting from the front line. there does come a time, you are right when it may— does come a time, you are right when it may well— does come a time, you are right when it may well be more sensible to move back from _ it may well be more sensible to move back from the front line and report 'ust back from t

thanks to richard engel for that incredible reporting as always. joining me now, retired major john spencer at the modern war institute. thank you so much for joining us on this. we appreciate it. a few things i want to tick through and i first want to start out with an analysis of the russian military. i want to bring up some numbers here, comparing the russian military to the ukrainian military, and i think the obvious truth here is that the russian military completely outnumbers the ukrainian military. one of the reasons in which initial intelligence assessments stated it was about 48 hours for the russian military to overtake the capital city, 8 days in, that obviously hasn't happened. we've been taking a look at those satellite images of that convoy for some days now. and they still have not been able to take control of the capital city. here's what "the new york times" says about the russian military. a significant number of the russian troops are young conscripts who are poorly trained and ill prepared for the all-out assault. and in some cases, russian troops have deliberately punch