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Already? that hasnt achieved a great deal other than bringing everything to a head now. absolutely, and he has obviously doubled down. hes hoping to clutch some kind of victory from the jaws of general strategic defeat. and he may well be able to make some gains. much depends on how the donbas offensive continues to unfold or whether it stalls. then well see. but putin has not signalled so far that hes willing to get off the ramp, as it were, or get on the off ramp. go and seek peace with ukrain...

Own borders to a counteroffensive. a senior official tells cnn anecdotal reports reveal that some russian troops and officers are refusing to obey orders to move forward in the new donbas offensive. >> the bodies of 44 civilians found in the rubble of a five-story building in the town of izyum. ukrainian officials say the building was destroyed by russian forces. russian troops have been in control of izyum for nearly two months. this is the last holdout in the besieged city of mariupol. and ukr...

Tells cnn that anecdotal reports reveal that some russian troops and officers are refusing to obey orders to move forward in the donbas offensive. now, though, were going to go to frederik pleitgen live this morning in riga, in latvia, you have a fascinating look at the training that is taking place in the black sea. exp explain. >> reporter: youre right, john. it is special forces training. one of the things we have seen as we traveled here along natos eastern flank is that, of course, the war ...

Move for russia may be headed east, towards the eastern front where russia is pushing to. it is slow progress for the russians. theyre throwing everything at the donbas offensive and were not seeing the speedy advance, that frankly would suggest this is not some lengthy war of attrition over the summer, jim. >> interesting analysis, nick paton walsh, as always. thank you. retired lieutenant colonel mark hurling joins me now. great to see you. i want to get your thoughts on the news coming into...

Educated generals and they are being directed by putin, of course, it didnt looked good artillery. they rely on artillery and mass and fear, if you turn around and look back, you are going to get shot. so i think theyre going to have a hard time doing this but i will say this. the ukrainians did suffer losses. we dont know what those losses are. we are seeing some pretty desperate fighting in the early stages of the donbas offensive. there is been a lot of pre premature -- fighting by people in ...

Councils erasure centre and a former editor of the ukraine alert blog. thanks forjoining us. i wanted to talk to because i wanted to get your expertise so to speak on where you think this russian offensive is headed now because it seems clear to many people watching the situation that, you know, it looks likely to remain pretty much the same at least in the short from where we are standing. i the same at least in the short from where we are standing.— where we are standing. i think that is riu...

Their forces are very brittle after that withdrawal from the first phase of the war. theyre demoralized. theyre having to rebuild their logistics support and rebuild their fighting capability. but over time if they can batter away at the ukrainian defenses, particularly in the south, then its possible that they could expand in toward dnipro and then head toward miykolaiv and ultimately odesa. and i think their goal would be to control the southern coastline in a way that makes ukraine a landlock...