All right, Alexander, let's do an update as to what is going on on the front lines in Ukraine.

And it looks like Ukraine might be accepting a defensive position.

That's the way it looks.

They may be falling back into a defensive position, but of course you still have intense

fighting taking place in, you know, Vdivka, Kupyansk as well.

And what's the situation?

What's the situation on the front lines?

Well, not good for you.

No, not at all.

And crinkie is a situation.

Absolutely.

You may want to discuss as well.

It's not good at all and it's getting worse.

And of course they're talking about withdrawing and creating defence lines.

And they are doing something about that in a few places, especially on the border, the northern

border with Russia. But overall, I have to say, I mean, there doesn't seem to be that, you know,

that enormous activity, you know, the mobilisation of construction workers, of building

materials, the location of engineers, all that kind of thing.

And of course, they've left it disastrously late for Ukraine to reproduce the kind of enormous

defensive belts that the Russians were able to build in the autumn and winter and spring

would be extremely difficult indeed.

And if I have to be frank, I don't think it can be done.

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