Air Force in the Early Stages of the War?

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Why did the U.S. not use its Air Force to greater effect in the early stages of the war? Why did they seemingly rely so much on the ground? I mean, I think there's a number of elements. One is that taking out air defenses is one of the hardest things to do. And they may just not have been very well trained for it. But another factor is simply that...there was this complete misconception of what was going to happen.

February 24 marks one year since Russia invaded Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin believed the country’s military would be defeated quickly and Kyiv, the capital, would fall. Instead, Ukraine’s clever, nimble — and motivated — military has fought back Russia’s forces despite being vastly outgunned.

But the war has taken a terrible toll. Thousands of people have died. Cites have been devastated and millions of displaced Ukrainians are now living as refugees in other countries.

Bloomberg journalists Daryna Krasnolutska and Marc Champion in Kyiv, and Rosalind Mathieson in London join this episode to take stock of all that has happened in the past year, and what lies ahead for Ukraine.

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