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Unfortunately there are quite a few western politicians that are trying to use this kind of compromise to end the war and keep putting in power. whether putin can authorise a nuclear strike i dont know. i think it depends not so much on him, say hes crazy if he wants but his generals and admirals that would have to carry this order. and if nato shows resolve to respond i doubt very much that putin will find enough among his top commanders to execute such an order. you enough among his top comman...

Those using crypto currency. thats where we start the hour. ally is live in ukraine. the ukrainian commanders in mariupol have turned to these very public appeals in an interview with the new york times i think they asked for help from the united states directly. still working for humanitarian corridor. theyve tried this before, this situation was so dire with little success. what is the prospect for evacuating any civilians at this point? >> reporter: hi, nicole. it a truly horrendous situation...

Treaty obligations. the defense department said we didnt deep it a threat to the united states or its allies. >> reporter: but a senior u.s. defense official said the launch was not something would be done by a responsible nuclear power in the current tense environment. as putins war drags on in ukraine, russia appears to be determined to succeed with its advanced weapons. the u.s. kalbed the scheduled icbm test earlier this month. >> were at a very tenuous point. we wanted to make sure were man...

Three days without anything. our commanders received provision, cigarettes, food and our command have all fd off. they abandoned everyone and fd off. we dont even know where they are. just imagine they didnt provide a way to retreat. didnt say anything. didnt even bring foodstuff. [ bleep ] them. shoot him. quit. the first one. >> i mean, cnn cant vouch for the authenticity of this recording, of course, but if true it tracks with what we have heard anecdotally throughout this war which is bad mo...

800 million dollar package. it was granted by the u.s.. i know that spurs other countries to do the same. i also liked whatever and about u.s. weapons makers meeting to discuss how to ramp up their production. because, you know, since the russians wont negotiate in good faith, i think the most important negotiations are those so skin the ukrainians have with the u.s. and allies. so that they can be given with the need to win. >> ambassador, the new york times also says, quote, civilians outs and...

Power. that was the citys mayor speaking about the strength of the ukrainian forces still there, still defending their homeland. today, those forces refused a second ultimatum posed by russias defense ministry to be kept alive if and only if they surrender. mark stone from sky news has reporting from a massive steel factory in mariupol, which has become the last ukrainian stronghold in the city. watch. >> reporter: released late last night, this video, it is claimed, shows the last remaining civ...

Troops about to prosecute the fight in eastern ukraine, whatever you heard from your fellow troops and commanders about what happened in bucha, you may do the same in eastern ukraine and you will be rewarded. it is chilling. we already knew that they were going to be doing some sort of what they call filtration of the men in the towns that they take over to see if any of them were fighters, but this is a green light to summary execution, torture, and indiscriminate shelling and bombing of areas ...

Four targets were hit. local officials say there were three strikes on military warehouses in addition to the garage. in total seven people have died in lviv this morning and at least 11 injured. translation: morning and at least 11 inured. tuna/momfi morning and at least 11 inured. translation: ~ ., , ., translation: what we see today in ukraine is genocide, _ translation: what we see today in ukraine is genocide, which _ translation: what we see today in ukraine is genocide, which is - ukrain...

Dire militarily and heartbreaking. the city doesnt exist any more. the remainings of the ukrainian army and large group of civilians are basically encircled by the russian forces. they continue their struggle. but it seems from the way the russian army behaves in mariupol, they decided to raze the city to the ground at any cost. moscow issued an ultimatum to remaining fighters to give up. its been ignored. instead, the last platoons of ukrainian troops in the city have retreated to this huge ste...

They still have a lot of combat power to use there. its also, terrain they are comfortable with. they have been fighting over the donbas area for eight years. their commanders, troop, theres a familiarity with the cities and the towns and the terrain that they didnt necessarily have when they were trying to come at kyiv from the north. >> i know senior defense official has put the estimation around 80% to 85% in the past