Including Donbas News Today

on this tuesday, may 31st. im jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us today. a bipartisan senate working group led by democrat chris murphy of connecticut and republican john cornyn of texas will hold a remote meeting today in hopes of reaching a basic framework for gun reform. senator cornyn said yesterday that many gun issues should be discussed at the state level and said background checks, mental health, and red flag laws are things that congress can address. after spending nearl...

sweden also expected to announce its intention to join the alliance. the kremlin reacting this morning, by calling finlands joining nato a threat to russia. >> on the battlefield in ukraine, ukrainian armed forces have acknowledged russian advances in some areas of the east. their scale, however, difficult to measure. plus, ukraine is now offering exchange of russian prisoners of war for the safe evacuation of injured ukrainian soldiers from the surrounded azovstal steel plant in mariu...

breaking tonight, authorities in las vegas say the person who opened fire on the campus of university of nevada at las vegas unlv this afternoon is dead. police report multiple victims have been taken to area hospitals but they are not saying what their injuries are, at least not yet, nor are they talking about a motive for the shooter. chief correspondent jonathan hunt is following this story from los angeles. good evening, jonathan. >> good evening, bret. we got the first word from l...

>> hi, bret, how are you doing? >> bret: good. i appreciate it. good evening, welcome to washington. breaking tonight, actually moments ago, president biden telling democratic donors in boston, quote: if trump wasnt running, im not sure i would be running. insisting democrats cannot let the former president win. well talk more about the presidents messaging later in the show. meantime today on capitol hill, jewish students at some of the top colleges and universities in the country sai...

Along further. we had this eu oil ban that came down last night. it is not as strong as they initially hoped, but still a significant measure, one that should weaken putins war funding. where do things stand right now in terms of the overall trajectory of the war? is there an end in sight? what would it look like? >> nobody knows. the ukrainians will tell you they plan to take back else, crimea, donbas. realistically, most diplomats, including the united states, think there will be a negotiated ...

Counteroffensive over the weekend to take back the southern city of kherson, which fell to the russians during the early days of the invasion. joining us now, a regular, michael weiss. great to see you. lets start with this counteroffensive were seeing from the ukrainians. how much progress have they made? weve had some reports here that the russians, after being stalled for so long, have been able to pick off some small towns, made some progress in that donbas region. >> yeah. >> give us an ove...

Ukraine. the range is about 190 miles. there are different missiles that can be provided with the mlrs systems that are shorter range. frankly, the ukrainians dont need 190-mile ranges. they can do with 40 to 70 miles, basically encompass the entire territory of russian forces on all three fronts. including kherson, including kharkiv, including donbas. this was the cry on twitter. a lot of journalists are trying to pour through the sort of -- theyre trying to read what joe biden meant. i think i...

Forces have made some progress, pushing russian forces back from kharkiv. thats progress, but that russian forces and they have been focusing their attention and pressure there lately have apparently made some gains in the east. i wonder are you concerned that russia is making progress in the east? >> you know, were not concerned about russia. were only concerned about us as ukraine and supporting us every day. with that to say, you mentioned my home city kharkiv which also a safe shield for the...

Whole ukrainian, including donbas and crimea and recognize ukraine. this is our goal. this is the only way to see victory comes for us. for nine years of russia deploying military aggression, we do not trust in any security guarantees or appeasement or type of diplomacy. so this is the only way, every inch of ukrainian territory without russian troops, plus compensation and international -- not just for putin, but also for his regime and his ministries, generals and soldiers. >> hanna hopko and ...

Operation. what would you anticipate to be a peaceful or resolute outcome to this conflict? in which there is no more fighting. would it be the russians withdrawing completely from the donbas and crimea? would it simply be ending hostilities. would be the removal of russian soldiers in areas around kyiv and elsewhere? >> so, first of all, it will be the removal of russian forces from our territory. including donbas and including luhansk and russia giving up on crimea. i know that sounds right no...