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Focussing on east ukraine. but in the last 24 hours thereve been artillery bombardments and missile strikes in lviv in the far west of ukraine, in the capital kyiv, in the city of kharkiv in the north: and the southern city of mykolaiv, near the port of 0desa. at least seven people died in the lviv strikes. towns in the south and east of ukraine — close to the donbas area, and inland from the sea of azov were also hit. theyre areas which have seen some of the fiercest fighting. 0ur corresponde...

In the lviv strikes. towns in the south and east of ukraine — close to the donbas area, and inland from the sea of azov — were also hit. theyre areas which have seen some of the fiercest fighting. lets hear now from mykolaiv, a city in southern ukraine, which, according to local officials, has suffered continuous rocket attacks since sunday morning. some people have fled but many elderly residents have been left to fend for themselves since they can t or won t leave. 0ur correspondent cather...

But the u.s. official says that might only last a few days. meantime, ukrainian officials say russia has responded to the sinking of its warship by becoming increasingly hostile in its attacks on the south. cnns ben wedeman is in eastern ukraine. tell us what youre seeing there. >> reporter: well, what were seeing is a constant intensification of the russian bombardment on this area, the donbas area, in the far east of the country. today we were once again in the city which is right smack dab ...

Going to intensify, it is only going to get worse as russia really prepares this so-called second offensive. its a three-pronged attack they are planning to push down from the north, in from the east and also up from the south. analysts believe the ultimate goal is to try to essentially trap ukrainian forces in this pocket in the donbas area, but it is important to emphasize that ukrainian forces have been putting up a very tough fight and if you look at what happened in the offense at, the fail...

Reasons, number one, exactly as you point out, the russians already have not only just been there since the invasion but in some cases like in the donbas area, theyve been there for years. they know the territory, they know the terrain, its not as heavily populated. theres not major population centers there. so its kind of easier for fighting, in some ways, from a russian perspective. so it is, has the potential to be frankly more advantages to the russians than what weve seen. in addition to th...

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>> ali, this may be a stupid question, but what -- how do you -- how do you protect your country from an adversary targeting your countrys civilian population? >> reporter: well, thats exactly what zelenskyy is saying. you know, give us advanced weapons to protect ourselves from this onslaught. and not just our army, our civilian population. you talk to regular people here, theyre saying if we had the mig fighter jets, advance missiles, we could probably hit that eight-mile-long convoy of russia...

Military doctrine that means that they want to obliterate civilian targets to gain battlefield momentum. and we have seen that in syria. he was brought in in 2015 by putin to turn the tide in syria, when they felt that the assad regime may be losing the battle against the other forces there. and he launched a brutal campaign on them. look, he wiped out the idlib area, he wiped out syrias biggest city, aleppo, and that was done by targeting civilian posts, schools, bread lines, hospitals. you kno...

Ground to attack the town of slof yank. thats going to be key in this battle. its in the donbas region. if they can capture that, thats going to give them a pretty straight shot into the donbas area. people are expecting a very bloody battle once the russians get into position, get those armored vehicles and tanks into there. the ukrainians are bracing for this. theyve been waiting for weeks. they know the russians have refocused all their efforts on the donbas area. theyre digging in. they know...

They all splintered off into different university. they think hes going to bring all the units, the ground troops, air troops together and focus sthar attacks very heavily on the donbas area. the ukrainians are bracing for a brutal campaign in the coming days. as you mentioned in your lead, they are getting more military held from other countries including the u.k. so hopefully that will help them in their fight against the russians. >> these next few days are going to be incredibly important. a...