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Zapor zaporizhzhya. they run from the crimea peninsula, to the regions held by russia still after the last inv invasion. i think the bid is for ukraine to sever part of the resupply routes, the infrastructure for russias infiltrinfiltration, w much of the counteroffensive is trying to push crimea off from the rest of ukraine. how successful these strikes will be, we dont know. russia is playing it down. and the ridges will be running off to the west. its the pinpoint nature that will have russia...

Ukraine, including right after the ukrainian offensive that took place in the kharkiv region in september. as a very important boost for morale. taking the region is also very important to continue the offensive towards cutting crimea off, the land bridge. that is the objective, but it would be very important probably to wait during the wintertime. what we know is that the wintertime. what we know is that the information we have, the line of contact, will probably be established for some time be...

>> but what do you say to the critics who say youre calling them out on it but youre not doing anything and even forces, even individuals, officials in the state department, in the pentagon of the obama administration worry that president obama appears weak and feckless and he has written crimea off and putin is winning the showdown with the west? >> reporter: well, the fact is, weve imposed sanctions and weve signaled how we can impose those costs and in the long run, if russia run this is play...

Lists proudly hes been awarded the medal of friendship by vladimir putin, president of the russian federation. today the european union announced individual targeted sanctions against 21 people in russia and in crimea who the eu says were instrumental in trying to break crimea off from the nation of ukraine and make it part of russia instead. those 21 individuals will be banned from travel to any european union country and any assets they have in any european union country as of today are frozen...

At the exxonmobil website, the official bio for rex tillerson lists proudly hes been ordered the medal of friendship by vladimir putin, president of the russian federation. today the european union announced individual targeted sanctions against 21 people in russia and in crimea who the eu says were instrumental in trying to break crimea off from the nation of ukraine and make it part of russia instead. those 21 individuals will be banned from travel to any european union country and any assets ...

Negotiating in the best soviet era fashion. he puts his boot on ukraines neck and then says lets negotiate. people should understand, ukraine is not a 90/10 country. if you look between ukrainian nationalists, pro russian political forces, its much closer to 50/50. if putin slices crimea off, he diminishes the chance for the pro russian forces in ukraine ever to win an election again. i dont understand why he would want to do that. the momentum is still in russias direction. i think putin believ...

Tough. >> i want to bring in bob beckal. i want your announcement on what we should do. here is ukraine, russia, this is crimea and that is the area in question. the thing that is so valuable to putin. they have a russian base in crimea -- well, here is the base, back it up to the larger map, the reason why putin is critical about this area is this gives him a water route out to the mediterranean. you said we have to show putin we are serious, how do we do that in >> we need to write crimea off....