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successfully blocked a russian advance at a key river. you can see pontoon bridges destroyed. its not entirely clear who blew them up. the ukrainians say it was them. russia almost three months into its invasion of ukraine. on friday, russias top general finally accepted a call from lloyd austin. the first call in 84 days, the first since this war began. the pentagon says they spoke for an hour but gave no detail beyond saying the u.s. repeated its call for an immediate cease-fire and ...

israeli police beating with batons. >> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with michael holmes. >> ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says more than a thousand towns and villages have been retaken so far from russian forces, including six more over just the past 24 hours. he says the russian military is paying a heavy price for its aggression. >> translator: today we can report 200 downed russian military aircraft. russia has not lost so many aircraft in any war in decade...

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Defense minister said on facebook on friday the russians are scaling back their movements in order to settle into a new longer phase of the war. do you believe that this is going to go on for not just months but perhaps even years? >> well, i think theres continuous calculation on russias side of what the most advantageous approach is. i think he clearly believes that at this point, hes not going to make a break through. however, it will be a different battle position for russia when the ground ...

For two months," he said. "i cross the field past the bomb fragments to get the food." a sign of how long the violence has swell here, not that it is slowing. nick paton walsh, cnn, zurkuny, ukraine. a former nato supreme allied commander. good to have you back, general. lets start with this. the ukrainian defense minister said on facebook on friday that the russians are scaling back their movements in order to settle into a new longer phase of the war. do you believe that, that this is going ...

About this. i mean, putin doesnt know at what point the fgeopolitics wil shift and a battle position changes his position in the world. he is going to be hesitant as well. i think at the end of the day when his personal honor is sort of at stake, because he is losing a war he thought he would win easily, at that point he might sort of do anything. >> i want to play what he said. but on the other side ill ask you because i was speaking earlier to fareed zakaria and he believes that he is -- that ...

On with us today. you both seem to get along so well when youre not campaigning against each other. a stern warning from north korea to the south, stop blasting propaganda over the border or face war. now kim jong-un is ordering troops into battle position as south korea vows to respond with force. thats next.

Says, obamas not popular. neither is mitch mcconnell. his numbers are lower than obamas numbers. he wants to make the race about obama. she wants to make the race about mitch mcconnell. mcconnell is closer to kentucky than obama is. so may be a wash a bit. >> got to hope that people, in the voting booth vote about the future. not holding on to something they didnt thing is going to last much longer. we will see. thank you. great panel. going to stay with us. thank you for staying with us, nia, s...

Coal may become one of the most dividing issues in this campaign. again though i think, what steve says, obamas not popular. neither is mitch mcconnell. his numbers are lower than obamas numbers. he wants to make the race about obama. she wants to make the race about mitch mcconnell. mcconnell is closer to kentucky than obama is. so may be a wash a bit. >> got to hope that people, in the voting booth vote about the future. not holding on to something they didnt thing is going to last much longer...

Obamas numbers. he wants to make the race about obama. she wants to make the race about mitch mcconnell. mcconnell is closer to kentucky than obama is. so may be a wash a bit. >> got to hope that people, in the voting booth vote about the future. not holding on to something they didnt thing is going to last much longer. we will see. thank you. great panel. going to stay with us. thank you for staying with us, nia, steve, david. great panel. coming up next. whats tonights results mean for control...