Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Ramadam, welcome to the LHO, I'm your host, Stephen Colbert.

We may be the home of the brave here in the United States, but you have God would admire

the toughness of the Ukrainian people.

When Putin launched his monstrous war, everyone was saying, key would fall within

48 to 72 hours, but it is day 15 and they are still standing strong.

Now, moving, disgracing it.

Even with 150,000 of Putin's soldiers in the country, the Russians control at most about

10 percent of Ukraine.

Hey, Putin, how you like them turnips?

So far, the Ukrainian military says they have shot down or destroyed 48 Russian airplanes

and 80 helicopters, captured or destroyed 303 Russian tanks and hundreds of mechanized

vehicles and cars, and have taken out two Russian naval vessels.

That's got to especially sting, that's got to especially sting Putin.

We all know how proud he is of his naval.

And get this, the Ukrainians didn't sink just any ship because the Russian warship

that was told to go f*** itself at Snake Island has been destroyed.

So, it may not have done exactly what the Ukraine is wanted, but it did go down on itself.

The failure.

The failure of the vaunted Russian war machine to overwhelm the much smaller Ukraine has

shocked the world.

After seeing this slow progress, one of Russia's former combat leaders gave this assessment.

Apparently, Russia's military problems go deep early in the invasion.

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