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A special homecoming for march madness cinderella squad. and a violinists impromptu concerts in a bomb shelter, inspiring ukrainians in their darkest hours. good evening, everyone. thanks so much for joining us on this sunday. im linsey davis. we begin tonight with the relentless russian bombardment of ukraine. there are reports that an art school in the beseiged city of mariupol was destroyed by russian forces, with as many as 400 sheltering inside. and russian commanders with an ultimatum,...

His country is facing the threat of destruction — and compares russias actions to those of hitler in the 1940s. translation: they are speaking these words again, the final solution - in respect to us, to the ukrainian question. russia has confirmed the death of one of its senior naval commanders. just over three weeks of russian attacks — ten million ukrainians forced out of their homes. thats the figure the united nations released today, amounting to a quarter of the countrys entire populat...

And one of the reasons we believe is that the middle level management, the brigade commanders, the general officers, division commanders and so on, very poorly trained, did not have very much idea how to operate with their forces in that kind of environment. didnt take the simplest kind of precautions that a low-ranking officer or nco would take. that is to secure his flanks, leaving the ukrainians the ability to pick off tanks, armored vehicles, and trucks at will. so, general mccaffrey says, p...

Commanders in just four weeks of combat. meanwhile, russias communication systems are failing at a higher than expected rate, forcing invading troops to rely on open systems that can be readily intercepted by ukrainian forces. according to new reporting in foreign policy, ukrainian units are exploiting russias lack of communications to jam and interfere with tactical messages and in some cases even pinpointing the location of russian general officers for snipers that have been trained by western...

Prefer a second, the images that we have seen this evening out a mariupol, and literally for the last several days, make the place look like hell on earth. youve recently spoke with someone whos made it out of there just in the last few days. >>. >> thats right, mariupol is the most hard hit and destroyed city in ukraine, they have taken the brunt of the russian artillery, missiles, and bombs. because its such a strategic place for the russians. it would create a land corridor to the donbas regi...

>> can i start with the assessment that we are just getting from the team that covers the pentagon from a senior defense official in the u.s. that they believe the southern city of chernihiv. >> in this city we have brave ukrainians that protest the occupation, and even without guns in their happened and i think there are ways for ukrainians to demonstrate it cannot be occupied by russia. theres special operations in some areas, and its got to be done after the operation has happened. usually in...

Ukraine — separatist held areas in eastern ukraine. what many people in the west— ukraine. what many people in the west would be hoping for from these comments _ west would be hoping for from these comments is that this is the first si-n comments is that this is the first sign of— comments is that this is the first sign of where president putin might be willing _ sign of where president putin might be willing to accept a line to be drawn. — be willing to accept a line to be drawn, but at...

Deployed. your losses amount according to the ukrainian side, to something like 17,000 troops killed. us intelligence sources suggest at least 10,000 russians killed. and you havent taken a single major ukrainian city and indeed, insert an early day areas around kyiv, youre own commanders are saying you will dramatically reduce military operations? how does all of that add up to something going absolutely to plan? first that add up to something going absolutely to plan?— absolutely to plan? fi...

On the defenders in most cases. heres their charismatic president, volodymyr zelensky, a one—time comic actor who has rallied the nation, refusing to leave the capital even though there is a bounty on his head. then theres poor russian tactics. russian commanders on the ground have largely failed to take full advantage of all the tools at their disposal. things like armoured vehicles, artillery, rocket launchers, helicopters — all of which, when combined with infantry, can have massive effec...

So just why has it gone so badly for russia in these first few weeks of the war? well, there are a number of reasons. there is a strength of ukrainian resistance. most of the population has rallied round their government, with troops using western—supplied weapons like javelin and stinger missiles. and when it comes to getting inside big cities, russia doesnt have enough troops to take on the defenders in most cases. heres their charismatic president, volodymyr zelensky, a one—time comic act...