there was a cruise missile strike in kharkiv. it seems the message is clear, vladimir putin is trying to flatten or erase much of this country as possible. is that the way you see it? i think there are two things going on. one is this more concerted effort in the donbas where they really want to take territory. the other part of this is twofold. one is as you say they want to erase ukraine in a way. they want to make this a perpetually weak, unstable state that can never be able to be part of the west since they were unable to capture it. but we also will see them attacking infrastructure. the more weapons we put in, they re going to go after arms depots and things that can really disrupt ukraine s ability to prosecute this war. let s talk about this shipment, you know, of newly approvedst military aid for
developing overnight. iran-backed militia in iraq now calling for u.s. forces to be pushed out of that country. this comes after a series of attacks targeting these militias. we are live with the latest in an already tense region. arwa? reporter: that might even be an understatement, john, given how serious the situation is with iraq basically telling both washington and tehran to stop using it as a proxy battlefield. iran also has now warned of grave consequences following these strikes which according to the pentagon targeted five areas. three of them in iraq, two of them in syria. the pentagon saying they were going after arms depots, weapons depots, as well as command and control centers belonging to
that s the picture in ukraine meanwhile, the white house says it has intelligence that president putin feels misled by the russian military over ukraine, resulting in tensions with top generals. in russia itself, there s further signs of a clampdown on internal dissent. here s our russia editor steve rosenberg. there were peace talks this week, but there s no peace yet. the russian military released these images of it launching ballistic missiles towards ukraine. an army spokesman said russia was continuing its special military operation, and had destroyed fuel storage sites, arms depots, and ukrainian drones. continuing in russia, encouraged by the authorities, public displays of support for the offensive. these buses form the letter z, that s painted on russian military
missiles towards ukraine. an army spokesman said russia was continuing its special military operation, and had destroyed fuel storage sites, arms depots, and ukrainian drones. continuing in russia, encouraged by the authorities, public displays of support for the offensive. these buses form the letter z, that s painted on russian military vehicles in ukraine. you will find zs on billboards, on government buildings, even on the side of theatres. and here, this is the home of human rights activist 0leg 0rlov. those who criticise russia s onslaught in ukraine have become targets of abuse. translation: russia is heading i towards, in fact has almost arrived at, something very similar to what we saw in germany in the 1930s.
this, the white house says, has led to tensions between mr putin and his generals. it added that the russian president also did not fully understand the extent to which western sanctions were damaging his country s economy. in moscow, where there are further signs of a clampdown on political dissent. here s our russia editor steve rosenberg. there were peace talks this week, but there s no peace yet. the russian military released these images of it launching ballistic missiles towards ukraine. an army spokesman said russia was continuing its special military operation, and had destroyed fuel storage sites, arms depots, and ukrainian drones. continuing in russia, encouraged by the authorities, public displays of support for the offensive. these buses form the letter z, that s painted on russian military vehicles in ukraine.