british army colonel glen grant, our first guest is a retired british army colonel , military expert glen grandory to ukraine dear glen, i congratulate you as a hero, glory. thank you for inviting me again. thank you for everything you have done and are doing for our independence. in different directions, we understand that ukraine must now prepare for extremely difficult autumn scenarios. currently , it is a very difficult moment because i do not think that from the point of view of preparation as much has been done as i would like, but from the discussion i feel that there is an increasing understanding in society and in the government that this could be a long war and the likely scenario for the fall includes the possibility that we will not break through and that it will simply be a long slow advance to the south and this is the most important thing that our people are preparing for this at half strength so if we want to continue this struggle in the winter, we need much more manpower, much more trained soldiers. regarding my visit to ukraine to kyiv, now and i am, i will say that i came he