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Michael Kofman says: “Ukrainian forces concentrated their air defenses in the city, and they used the urban terrain to provide cover.”

Ken Gause says: “Although North Korea's verbal nuclear warning was in response to Suh's remarks, the warning is also directed against the incoming government.”

Michael Kofman joins PBS NewsHour to assess the Russian military’s shift in focus to eastern Ukraine, marking the “second chapter” of the Russia-Ukraine war.  

Michael Kofman says “By leaving the bulk of forces around Kyiv in place, suggests analyst Michael Kofman, Russia will be able to keep Ukraine’s military stuck in fighting around the city.”

Samuel Bendett says “Once there would be cease fire, I would imagine Russians would bring out their Uran-6 teams to clear the area of mines, unexploded ordinance and to make a show of their kind of modern capability.”

Tim Kao says, “In considering EABO, “You really have to think through how we contribute to deterrence.”

Andrew Mara says, “Such exercises and the pursuit of JADC2 are gauging “the friction of war,” not only on command and control but also on “logistics system[s] that need to be able to operate in a contested environment” over vast amounts of water and land and at lightning speed.”

Samuel Bendett, says, "This war is playing out on our smartphones in ways that no other conflicts probably have so far."

Jeffrey Edmonds says,” The eastern region of Ukraine has a different operating environment, be it the open terrain or weather in Donbas. All that is going to affect the military operations for Russia and Ukraine”

Andrew Mara says, “Such exercises and the pursuit of JADC2 are gauging “the friction of war,” not only on command and control but also on “logistics system[s] that need to be able to operate in a contested environment” over vast amounts of water and land and at lightning speed.”

Andrew Mara says “Risks involve things like communications, logistics, training and infrastructure.”

Andrew Mara says “Risks involve things like communications, logistics, training and infrastructure.”

Andrew Mara says “Risks involve things like communications, logistics, training and infrastructure.”

Senior analyst Jeffrey Edmonds joins Here & Now host Scott Tong to discuss the military tactics and strategies of both Russia and Ukraine in the first five weeks of the war. 

In a detailed Q&A with The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner, Michael Kofman examines the Russian military’s early strategic errors in the first two weeks of its conflict with Ukraine.