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Point. what does he consider if he is backed into a corner. and serious morale issues within russias forces. a revealing new intercepted communication between russian soldiers. you will hear those conversations ahead. some of them talking about the immense challenges theyre facing on the front lines and telling their commanders to f off. isa soares is here with me in lviv. watching the situation in mariupol, this is medieval. this is a siege around a place where not just soldiers but hundreds of...

The -- according to ukrainian commanders and people inside the city that the shelling continues, that hundreds of injured people are not able to be evacuated out, that despite efforts to open up those human ka tarin corridors there has been no resolution to end the misery of the thousands of civilians who are left. you talked about how he says there is no need to storm that azovstal steel plant, where ukrainian forces and some hundreds of civilians have been hunkered down now. but he did also sa...

Civilians there. the russian military continues to face some of the problems we saw up north. supply issues. but also morale issues. ukraine security services had intercepted messages between soldiers. cnn cannot vouch for the authenticity of this recording. i want you to listen to it. it is not the first time we have heard intercepted communications that speak to this issue. >> translator: we sat there for three days without [ bleep ] anything. our commanders received provisions, cigarettes, fo...

Good. commanders cant fool their soldiers. soldiers know that theyre sharing risk and hardship or not. and it is quite apparent here that thats not the case. thats not surprising, candidly. this is characteristic all the way at the top, vladimir putin, we havent heard of him visiting a hospital of wounded soldiers, we havent seen him comforting grieving widows, none of that. he doesnt want to acknowledge these extraordinary losses that are vastly higher already, just eight weeks into this war th...

Laughable, we were talking about this, to hear vladimir putin today publicly there with his defense secretary say for the sake of lives, the troops lives and their security, that theyre not going to storm that azovstal steel plant that they will just blockade it now so that using his words not even a fly can get in or out. what does that tell you about the situation there as it pertains to what he calls a victory in the city itself? >> i think that he and his commanders are finally realizing how...

Theyre do better in the open spaces, theyre going to use massive artillery, missile strikes. while they do better their will to fight is very low. i think in all of the cases the ukrainian military outnumbered but it would take probably five to one in many of these locations for the russian military to advance and try to take these ukrainian military forces that are in the defense. >> well, you know, i will tell you what. i mean it is obvious that -- i think you have just underlined the most imp...

Previously released audio of russian soldiers and russian troops using unsecured lines of communication, according to military observers. take a listen. >> translator: we sat there for three days without [ bleep ] anything. our commanders, they received provisions, cigarettes, food, and our command have all [ bleep ] off. they abandoned everyone and [ bleep ] off. we dont even know where they are. [ bleep ] jackals. shoot them and thats it. just imagine, they didnt provide a way to retreat. didn...

The challenging mission getting it across the border and to travel 300 miles. the ammunition will be with them so they will take as much as they can across the border. still a tough mission for the ukraine military but a tremendous way to support them. >> let me get your reaction to audio, purportedly russian troops talking to one another, intercepted in which they suggested theyve been abandoned. lets play it. >> translator: we sat there for three days without [ bleep ] anything. our commanders...

The russian military has obviously been underperforming, theyve had logistic problems, supply problems, morale problems. their leadership has been decapitated, five to eight generals have been killed. the ukrainians sunk one of their primary asset ships in the black sea. theyre losing a lot of face which puts them in a place of desperation. thats not good for ukraine. thats what youre seeing in mariupol, the pounding and sieging of these cities. to flip that around, zelenskyy and his military co...

These things. or you dont pick up your push to talk radio if its not encrypted and talk about these things. that said if what these guys were actually talking about is true, if they dont trust their commanders, they arent getting fed, feel like theyre getting messed with by the russian military, then perhaps they dont really care as to whether this stuff gets out and theyll just talk about it because theyre really angry. >> colonel, putin has now focused on taking mariupol, publicly directing ru...