This is CBS, I'm John Batchett with Fickery Davis Hanson, senior felt the Hoover Institution,

a classist, and writing an American greatness about where we are right now in the Ukraine

war.

The frontline news is that back mode remains what is called a meat grinder.

This is ABC News reporting of a Marine veteran who has given a quote saying that the life

expectancy of a Ukrainian soldier in the frontline of back mode is four hours because

the massive artillery attack, the Russians are now visiting upon the Ukrainian forces

to hold back mode.

The question is raised to Kiev to Zelensky, President Zelensky, is back mode worth

this drain?

We don't have good casually figures.

It's just rumors.

But Victor, you're writing about not a hamlet in the White House, but a man who is still

not explaining what happened in Afghanistan and not vividly explaining what is happening

in Ukraine.

Do we need a speech like the arsenal of democracy from the President?

Do we need to hear from him about his war aims?

Well we do, but he hasn't articulated a strategy, so we have Ukraine who's fighting

valiantly, but the fact of the matter is it has one tenth of the GDP, one fourth of

the population and one third of the territory of Russia.

And while we think we can make that up through arms, shipments from the United States and the

EU that have this huge economy, the Russians don't think that.

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