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And unfortunately, odesa may be next. >> and weve seen the relentless att attacks in the east. and on saturday, the school building turned to rubble. 60 people most likely dead. what are you learning from that city and that village, i should say, with the more than 30 rescued from the rubble? >> unfortunately, with in cities in eastern and southeast ukraine, its impossible to catch the civilian victims because theyre constantly shelled. we know this happened in mariupol where russia bond a traum...

The borders this conflict will have ramifications. >> very much what the deputy mayor of lviv has told me, not just the impact on the economy but the millions displaced in ukraine. 7.7 million. sebastian joining us from london. and a journalist with independent kyiv. goode morning to you. weve seen the port city being pounded in the last few days. and can ukrainian forces hold their ground in this large city? >> at first russians have to take it to encircle odesa. the thing is until recently, ...

Studied him closely for more than a quarter of a century and all of the things your father knew about putin and what you have learned, what do you think his long game is? this is what he said. >> as you think about the decision to invade for vladimir putin, what was it about and how do you think it ends? >> this is a man from the kgb who has an embrace of czarist russia narrative that he wants for his own. what does that mean tactically? that means kyiv and odesa, the two principle capitals of c...

Think the think about -- think about my conversation with mark, it was fantastic, as you can imagine. mika, i know you have sung his praises since i first met you and we spent a bunch of time together. the thing about the answer i loved, and, joe, you might have thoughts about this, is the precision of the answer. a lot of people say vladimir putin is trying to rebuild the old soviet union. but the way in which he went to what are the key elements of czarist russia? odesa and kyiv. thats what he...

Northwest out of kherson to try to encircle odesa. they have ships in the black sea. we havent seen any maritime moves on odesa, but it certainly seems to be what they are considering doing. it would make sense that if they did that they would also try to come up on a ground perspective coming down from the north, and that appears to be what theyre trying to do or why they went through kherson. theyve had more progress in the south, but in the north they continue to be frustrated. theyre not mak...

They havent been able to combine air and ground warfare, they havent been able to bring to bear their offensive cyber capability, they havent been able to break at a tactical level the ukrainian armed forces, they havent been able to paralyze the civilian leadership with civilian casualties. in essence, they havent yet taken a major city, not odesa which is vital, not kyiv, not kharkiv. the west is still relatively free of russian forces. by the way, they may have lost as many as 10% of their fi...

They basically installed what they would call a republic. they want to encircle odesa. theyre struggling to get around there, the ukrainian military putting up an intense fight here. remarkable to watch thousand theyve been able to stave this off. i think it points to the bigger picture, which is they have siege warfare here and theyre trying to do it in other towns but they have a big problem. they want to advance to dnipro which is a major city on the river. if they can unify the axis they wou...