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Urban combat, what does that mean? what does that entail? >> it is absolutely the the most brutal form of warfare that is. it is house to house, block to block, half the city to half the city. it is incredibly manpower intensive. very, very high casualties. takes an awful long time. and if you have civilians in that city as well, thats just multiplies the problem immensely. >> we have pictures, we had pictures a second ago of tanks that were operating in irpin, the suburb, next to kyiv right the...

Ratios. if you are in the military, you want a 3-1 ratio. you get into a city fight, you are talking 6-10 to 1. block to block, building by building, and he could lose this fight. this is the fight for the survival of ukraine. if he loses here, putin loses the war because thats what happened in world war ii. >> john: talk about the siege of kyiv, is he going to turn that into a massive version of mariupol? which has been decimated. the city has not been leveled, per se, but it has been so unbeli...

Ultimately, if they want to control the city, have to go in and control it? and what would that look like? >> if the city surrenders, they would put people in there, change how the government is so on and so forth. they would be much less than trying to put soldiers in there fighting from block to block. heres an example. imagine being a platoon of 30 or 40 guys trying to fight through this area, where if this was just a normal parking lot, it would be man to man. but the fighters there have the...

Trustees will be remembered for centuries. but we start this hour with fox news chief correspondent and our co-anchor jonathan hunt. jonathan, as it enters a day twenty seven there we could hear sirens just moments ago. yeah, we had the sirens sounding just a couple of minutes ago. they just stopped now and i have not heard any subsequent explosions. the focus really in terms of fighting is on cities in the south and east of ukraine right now, in particular down in mariupol, the southern port ci...

Just to get more forces into kyiv. whats happened is theyve realized they dont actually have the combat power or the will to take that capital city, so theyve had to regroup and change strategy. i dont think the russians truly understand how difficult this fight is going to be inside the cities. thats why theyre making an excuse for being outside. its very difficult to fight block to block in a city. pamela, i remember fighting through a city in iraq. we were called in to actually support an ame...

Kyiv or the surrounding areas. this is urban warfare, its block to block, and its not clear where the front line is that the russians are on one side of and the ukrainians on the other side of. >> thats exactly right, ali. im on my way now to one of these front lines to join up with a paramilitary force still fighting. the government claimed they control 80% but theyre still in there fighting against russian forces and people are fleeing still. its a very chaotic situation. so, you know, on the ...

Roof there is just gone. and thats what it looks like in mayfield as you go block to block. there is destruction like that across the state of kentucky and across the region. it all started friday night with the first twister touching down in arkansas and striking a nursing home. one person died. the governor called incident a miracle as the swarm of twisters tore a path 20 miles across kentucky. a candle factory was leveled with 110 people working a night shift. its unclear how many were inside...

Nick. >> reporter: natalie, as you say, we are in the old city of mosul. it shows the meters will special forces have moved to, literally 200, 300 meters from the riverbanks that runs through the center of mosul. that itself marks the back end of the fight. the fight is brutal and lengthy. in the searing heat of the iraqi summer, they are pushing through booby trapped buildings here, block to block, edging their way forward. we saw as they progress down one set of streets they move past a pocket...

Kuwait. we know iraqi-led forces have totally surrounded mosul. obviously, this means theyre able to squeeze in on the city but what other advantages did this provide for allied forces there? >> well, what you have to understand is that mosul is surrounded by a desert. so, getting to the outskirts of the city is relatively simple. but even somewhat challenging because there are small villages all over the place. but once inside the city, brooke, make no mistake about it, this is going to be a bl...

They expect to be out here for several hours today. going from block to block. theres a heavy police presence as you can see over here. police are lined up on every block down michigan avenue. when the protesters head towards them, they can shut that section off. they are giving the protesters their space to get their message across. >> i know its loud there. i dont know if you can hear me. i lived there for a few years. that say kis a key area. how are shoppers reacting? >> reporter: they are r...