They know they're on the backfoot right now but there's still a very high level of optimism about the long-term future here and he had this message for the Russians who're still busy celebrating their seizing of Luhansk.
All we need is more ammunition and then everything else we will do by ourselves." "What we need is more of guns like this," he told us.
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The truck's commander said his men spent 10 days learning how to operate the weaponised truck in France. The gun can be readied to fire in about 60 seconds flat and in even less time (about 40 seconds), it can be on the move again to keep out of the reach of enemy return fire. The Ukrainian troops from the 55th Brigade who we watched using the Caesars told us the howtizers are much more versatile and offers them a mobility which helps safeguard the crew. The heavy artillery is highly valued for its accuracy and can reach targets much further away - up to 30 miles away. We are the first British journalists to be given access to see the French-made Caesar howitzers which are now being used to try to hold back the Russian military in the Donbas.įrench President Emmanuel Macron has already supplied 12 Caesars and after the G7 summit, committed to providing another six. They're hoping the arrival of foreign-supplied heavy artillery from American and Europe can help them reverse the tide but it may have arrived too late for the Ukrainians to keep hold of the Donbas. The Ukrainian troops we've been speaking to have told us over and over again they feel outgunned and overwhelmed by the superior numbers of heavy Russian artillery which they are being bombarded with. The areas have been fiercely contested for the past eight years and President Putin launched his 'special military operation' in February after unilaterally declaring Donetsk and Luhansk 'independent'. The past few days have already seen increased attacks on the cities of Sloviansk and Bakhmut in the Donetsk region - and the frontline towns of Krasnohorivka and Marinka are also particularly vulnerable.
The Russians already control most of Donetsk, the second half of the Donbas and the signs are they are moving to claim the rest of it.
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See a few of the comments from the post below.Russian troops are ratcheting up their efforts to secure full control of the entire Donbas area in eastern Ukraine - and from what we witnessed, there's very little which is going to stop them right now, writes Sky's special correspondent Alex Crawford.Ī huge chunk of the industrial heartland has already fallen to the Russian military allowing President Vladimir Putin to declare a significant victory after his troops seized the Luhansk region with the capture of the city of Lysychansk, the last Ukrainian stronghold there. Actually you as Popeye is kinda genius casting."Īnd there are those who had fun with the post as well, offering up a photo of a pigtailed Anthony Kiedis as a suggestion to play Olive Oyl. And yes… you would be perfect casting."Īnother Twitter follower offered, "Robert Altman was a pretty good director and Robin Williams was fantastic but now that you’ve mentioned this I’m onboard for a reboot. Shelley Duvall singing 'he needs me' (later used in punch drunk love). How serious Flea actually is about his Popeye film suggestion remains to be seen, but the flurry of Twitter responses indicate that it's something that Hollywood directors and casting should at least consider.Īctress Meredith Salenger weighed in, telling the bassist, "Robert Altman’s was one of my favs. In today's Hollywood where character franchises seem to be rehashed and rebooted with frequency, a new Popeye film is something that definitely could be considered, though there has been no indication of a new film being in the works.
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