BBC News - Live Blog: Reports in its 2.47pm post the following, " Russia has air and artillery advantage in east - Ukrainian military official.....Russia has been operating in a "classical" way, he says, first attacking from the air, then with artillery and then sending in ground forces. "
Lets Get Real:
This is a WAR that Putin cannot afford to lose and the West knows that if they allow Russia to win in the Ukraine then other Countries, NATO members could come under THREAT from the Kremlin, the Russians have millions of men, even if they are poor conscripts thrown in to hell, while the West has the modern technology, the West has to increase its military support for Ukraine, more weapons, tanks, and even fighter jets if they can agree how to it. The WAR in the Ukraine, will be a WAR of long attrition, very much like WW1 and the trenches, the Russians will in a few days have technical default on their loans, the Russian economy rouble has returned to pre invasions levels, the Kremlin is making the issue the national security of Russia, in reality its Putin's obsession and about the return to the old USSR, or even Imperial Russia.