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The ukrainians claimed direct hits on positions in the large pocket of land russians control west of the dnipro river, which they would have to leave if they pulled out of kherson city. leaving kherson would be a devastating defeat for russia. it was their biggest single prize since they invaded in february. in moscow, general sergei surovikin, commander of russian forces in ukraine, made the announcement. he told a televised meeting of senior military leaders, including the defence minister, th...

He told a televised meeting of senior military leaders — including the defence minister — that russia could not properly supply its troops on the west bank of the river. translation: i understand this is a very difficult decision, - but at the same time we will preserve the lives of our service personnel, and in general the combat capability of the group of forces. ukraines first response was to warn against premature celebrations. this week, weve been talking to ukrainian soldiers and khers...

Were leaving until they could see them go. between kherson and mykolaiv — the closest ukrainian—controlled city — the soldiers said they wouldnt believe the russians were leaving until they could see them go. leaving kherson would be a devastating defeat for russia — in moscow, general sergey surovikin, commander of russian forces in ukraine, made the announcement. he told a televised meeting of senior military leaders — including the defence minister — that russia could not properly...

Rajnath Singh has handed over a wide range of indigenous military equipment to the Indian Army to boost combat capability in eastern Ladakh.

To fast—track these applications in the face of ongoing russian aggression. nick beake, bbc news, berlin. so whats the situation within ukraine itself, on this, day 81 of the war? lets take a look at whats been happening. in mariupol, besieged and bombarded for weeks, relentless russian attacks are continuing. in the city, here at the azovstal steelworks, incendiary weapons, which produce burning elements, are used against ukrainian fighters holding off russian forces. in the east of the count...

Lack of reporting on a lot of those activities. one, what we now know openly, _ activities. one, what we now know openly, one — activities. one, what we now know openly, one of the absolutely key activities — openly, one of the absolutely key activities which enabled ukraine to defeat _ activities which enabled ukraine to defeat these thrusts down to kyiv from _ defeat these thrusts down to kyiv from the — defeat these thrusts down to kyiv from the north—west and north—east in the _ fr...

Position right now in this war? >> a senior defense official cannot corroborate or confirm those same numbers, but he also said at the same time that the u.s. believes that russia has about 75% of its original combat capability available to it right now. what that means is go back to the original day of the invasion, the russians had somewhere in the neighborhood of 120 to 130 battalion tactical groups on the ground in ukraine when they began this invasion in those first days. they now have abou...

Is beginning to hit those levels. and in fak, were hearing historic alecos as you know of the land lease program which was the cornerstone of franklin roosevelt did for winston churchill. were in that same mode here with our friends in ukraine. and i think the stakes are equally high. so, we can do this. lets also recall from those days, once you get the arsenal of democracy as it is been called, our ability to produce real combat capability, once you get it rolling, watch out. and so, a., we ca...

With our friends in ukraine. i think the stakes are equally high. so we can do this. lets also recall from those days, once you get the arsenal of democracy, as its been called, our ability to produce real combat capability, once you get it rolling, watch out. and so, a, we can do this. b, its the right thing to do. back to our dear mutual friend madeleine albright, one of the last conversations i had with her early in this year was talking about nato and the nato role in all of this. you know, ...

Contested city. but the reality is at this point, garrett, theyre acknowledging, senior defense officials saying that its a very, very small pocket of ukrainian resistance that still exists in that city and theres not a lot of optimism that it will stand for that much longer. mariupol is an extremely strategic, important city to the russians taking. and the reality is theres going to be a lot of people watching what happens if and when it falls. theres somewhere in the neighborhood ever 10 or 12...