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Constant artillery exchanges and very close quarter fighting, taking a terrible toll. the brutal fight for bakhmut. ukraine troops are battling russias onslaught. these exclusive images are from the soldiers themselves. the commanders tell us dozens of lives are now being sacrificed here every day. the road into town is heavy with thick smoke and danger. explosions ahead force to us pull over before another slams into a building close by. all right. you can hear the incoming rounds. the incoming...

Suffering major losses, is that true or a line of propaganda. >> i dont believe either side in any war when they start talking about losses in the ranks of their enemy, so we take it with a pinch of salt anything the ukrainians say about 20,000 russian dead, we dont know how many ukrainian dead are, except president zelenskyy have said 50 to 100 people are dying on the front. sort of around kramatorsk, hes not talking about the southern front. that is even in the admission of the ukrainian death...

>> sam joins us now from kramatorsk. the volunteers you spoke with, they must be scared for their own safety. >> reporter: oh, theyre very scared. very frequently they come under artillery fire. theres very small, very low levels of small arms fire here, indeed thats been the characteristic of this war in general, but particularly in this phase, anderson. this is an artillery duel going on, particularly in the east, just north of where i am, where i was with maria there, we could hear regular de...

Donetsk and luhansk. you mentioned 42 settlements that have been captured by the russians. captured, i think, say difficult word to assign to those sort of artillery exchanges, really. theres very little movement of infantry yet in this war because they are following, particularly the russians, this long-range tactical strikes that the soviets have pioneered. and then theyre going to try and follow up with the tanks and heavy armor. i think the ukrainians will be preparing to meet them when they...

What will happen is instead something a bit more kind of a full invasion of ukraine could take place. so were looking very carefully at the situation, a lot of tensions that are happening at the moment. allegations and counter allegations of artillery exchanges and cease-fire violations across the line of control between government forces and rebel forces and so we are waiting, as is kyiv, very nervously right now about what the next step will be. kristin? >> matthew, thank you. joining me now i...

Explosion. were hearing the sounds of artillery exchanges, which have hit elements within the civilian population here towards the outskirts. actually quite close to the ring road, an apartment building was hit with some kind of missile or artillery piece. but elsewhere in the city, things have been so far relatively calm. nervous, obviously, but fairly calm. . >> sam, i want to give people a sense of where you are right now. you are in kharkiv right here. you mentioned how close you are to the ...

A junior ukrainian sailing team — who carried their countrys flag and chanted "no war in ukraine." now, further sanctions against russia are expected to be announced later this week. the ukrainians hope that step by step the russians will be urged towards peace. lets speak now to our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse. james, whats the latest from overnight? we have heard a lot more small arms fire in the last hour or so. it is the second day that has happened, and you can hear that in cl...

Prediction is hard especially about the future? the fact i think this, the problem with making threats, bill, is that if you dont, if you dont fulfill them, theyre useless. they lose their leverage. i dont know what it is going to be. whether it is going to be some sort of a, you know, act against south korea like they did in 2010. you know some artillery exchanges shooting at a south korean ship. i dont think they will start a wider war. as many people would be killed in korean war but they wou...

Weapons use in the rebel street to street combat comes across the same border, flowing in to syria. unverifiable amateur video shows the civil war intensifying. with rebels celebrating capture of syrian army checkpoint and commandeering armored personnel carrier. what the larger battle comes increasing death toll. estimated 200 in the past two days. the international community is reluctant to intervene militarily in the syrian civil war but the artillery exchanges between syria and turkey could ...

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