there have been persistent reports in the western media that russia's military campaign may not be going according to plan. but according to the russians themselves, the focus of their operations is switching east towards the donbas because the objectives of the first stage of their military operation have largely been achieved. have a listen to the head of the general staff's main operational directorate a little earlier. translation: the main objectives of the first stage of the operation l have generally been accomplished. the combat potential of ukraine's armed forces have been considerably reduced, which makes it possible, i emphasise, to focus our core efforts on achieving the main goal the liberation of donbas. our moscow correspondent caroline davies gave us this update. nancy, i think we have to be careful about exactly how far this change of strategy might go. of course, we heard from the ministry of defence earlier, talking about the fact that the plan is all going according to exactly as they intended it