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Capital of ukraine. a lot of people killed. >> reporter: kyiv mayor of course, former box champ as well was on the scene very early on. and of course not a quiet night here at all. and, you know, this is the third major missile and drone attack that we have had here in the city in the past, i would say, 30 to 36 hours. some with drones and ballistic missiles. right now the ukrainian capital feeling and a lot of people here obviously showing a lot of resilience, guys. >> fred pleitgen live in kyi...

Ministry there, eight, possibly more drones. hewitt ukraine says they suffered — drones. hewitt ukraine says they suffered from 31 russian drones. that is— suffered from 31 russian drones. that is riot— suffered from 31 russian drones. that is not an excessive number, that is— that is not an excessive number, that is a — that is not an excessive number, that is a sort— that is not an excessive number, that is a sort of normal night which is why— that is a sort of normal night which...

Carried out by russian dissidentings, backed and armed under the orders of the ukrainian armed forces. then you have those long distance attacks against russian targets behind the front lines here inside ukrainian territory. so were seeing a ratcheting up of the effort os to destabilize the kremlin, but also bring home to the civilians in russia what it means to be at war. >> and the timing of that destabilization, as you call it, both sides feeling each other out trying to soften each other, an...

Eight drones that were shot down over moscow show kyiv chose, quote, the path of intimidation and the russian interior ministry have issued arrest warrants for two senior ukrainian commanders. no one was killed. thats something we should note here. russia says several people were hurt, several buildings were damaged. ukrainian officials are denying any direct involvement with these drones. their capital city has been under bombardment for days. the 17th aerial assault by russia this month alone....

There was a dramatic switch of. there was a dramatic switch of weather, there was a strong wind all over the lake. at this period often can happen, things like that. as the firemen told us, the boat was upside down. and it sank and four of these people drowned. we dont know if some of them were hit with their head or something, something hard. so they drowned because there was no... nothing really clear. one of the victims was a commanders wife. so she was... we suppose she was an expert of lake...

They said it could happen tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or next week. >> we all are praying every day as russia attacks our cities like today kyiv was bruit stally ataumed by muslim 59 drones or the frond lines where our defendering still hold the line in bakhmut and so many places. of course, we want our counter offenses to be sooner and to leave more territories, but we trust our commanders to start when they think its the best way to start. and we all, of course, are holding our breath be...

Will involve. the signals are that its going to be significant. i know u.s. commanders have been anticipating this, going over detailed plans to the extent theyve been brought into them. so were on the edge of a new phase in the war. i think russia is trying to soften up kyiv as much as they can, frighten the population, intimidate people, part of the russian way of war. its clear that ukrainians are withstanding that. im also struck, yasmin, that the degree of disorganization at home in moscow,...

Our troops if there is a slight, you know, the smallest risk. which means our military and political commanders are assessing the situation on a daily basis. and what we have to remember is that some parts, some shaping operations which are already part of the offensive, have been already taking place for some time, a couple of weeks now. yes. but, yuri, youre talking about fighting a smart war, but isnt there a risk that as you keep delaying the counteroffensive, that russia will manage to depl...

Has given that to his military commanders and over the last several months and weeks, they have been shaping the battlefield. weve used that term multiple times on here. now its time for the military commanders to come back to the president and say, hey, look, boss, we have looked at the battlefield. heres where the russians are weak. heres where we need to be strong. lets start moving forces from their logger areas in the rear of ukraine into their attack positions so i think what well see in t...

And so there are concerns about one side may be aligned with a particularfaction at side may be aligned with a particular faction at one point but if conditions change or resources can be off—loaded, and they might shift alliances. that is a major concern in darfur because we have this network of armed groups that signed a peace agreement and it has not been very well implemented, so there are questions about which way those communities will go in relation to the conflict. will they side with ...