Former State Department advisor: Russia leads in military production

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00:00Russia and Ukraine have both reported new strikes on energy infrastructure as the war continues.

00:06What is your analysis of the military situation on the ground? You told me earlier Russia is

00:13trying to gain leverage. You know the the battlefield itself is largely frozen but

00:18Russia is really interested in trying to push Ukraine out of the Kursk region which is the

00:23part of Russia that the Ukrainian troops managed to take over last year and they've still maintained

00:29a foothold there. Ukraine has also realized that it is very it is that Russia is very vulnerable

00:37to these drone and missile strikes against its energy infrastructure in part because this imposes

00:42a cost in the civilian population and makes them more weary of the war efforts that have been

00:47dragging on far longer than any Russian thought this would go. But what we haven't seen is any

00:54side be able to gain a clear advantage on the battlefield by taking more territory. However

00:59frankly the Russian side does appear to have the edge in terms of military production.

01:05Absent U.S. and European support Ukraine still cannot stand on its own.