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they would be surrounded and captured, though theyre leaving behind a trail of destruction. >> cnns sam kiley is live in kharkiv, ukraine, with an exclusive look at what remains there now. hes the first international correspondent inside izyum since the liberation of that city. sam, tell us what youre seeing. >> well, brianna, it has been an extraordinary campaign by the ukrainians, opening with a counteroffensive in the south, possibly drawing off russian troops there, and now preside...

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Provision that the Defense Department has been using in order to buy Russian Helicopters for afghanistan. This practice has been met without the action and was objectionable in it again and became more objectionable as the russians continue to supply Bashar Alassad and based upon what they have done in crimea, it should be entirely unacceptable. Also, i just learned this morning that President Hamid karzai announced his support for the russian annexation of crimea and approval of russian actions...

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Anything is possible. >> its energy extortion, nuclear energy extortion in this case. and it also is extortion of the ukrainian people because it is going to harm their ability to gain, eat, have electricity. this is a diabolical maneuver by vladimir putin. >> reporter: ukraine is home to 15 nuclear facilities, with two taken already, russian forces are now approaching ukraines second largest nuclear site in the mykolaiv. >> as a means to control the power supply to ukrainian cities and towns as...

Former deputy assistant secretary at a global securities foundation focused on nonproliferation and conflict resolution. what does this mean? doe co decode that for. >> john, great to be with you. this is a very dangerous situation. iaea has been warning for several days now of the potential catastrophe because of russian control of nuclear facilities. cutting off electricity at chernobyl, eliminating its ability to cool, could risk meltdown. chernobyl is the site of the original nuclear catastr...

Although, you know, with a sociopathic president putin, anything is possible. >> its energy extortion. nuclear energy extortion, in this case. and it also is extortion of the ukrainian people because its going to harm their ability to gain, eat, have electricity, this this is a diabolical maneuver by vladimir putin. >> ukraine is home to 15 nuclear facilities with two taken already, russian forces are now approaching ukraines second largest nuclear site in the mykolaiv. >> as a way of, in turn, ...

Were going to deliberately target the missiles to deliver nuclear power plants. although when the sociopathic president putin, anything is possible. >> its energy extortion, nuclear energy extortion in this case. it also is extortion of the ukrainian people because its going to harm their ability to gain heat, have electricity. this is a diabolical maneuver by vladimir putin. >> reporter: ukraine is home to 15 nuclear facilities with two taken already. russian forces are now approaching ukraines...

Plant workers held hostage, alarm bells are ringing. >> reporter: this was terror at a new level. ukraine has 15 nuclear plants and the russian military has forgotten chernobyl and the worlds tragedy. >> we cannot go on like this. there has to be clear understanding or clear commitments not to go anywhere near nuclear facility when it comes to nuclear -- to military operations. >> reporter: some have called the targeting of such sensitive infrastructure a war crime. >> reporter: do you think tha...