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Another. they report gains around the town that since last year has been the epicenter of the war. gun commander has been in the area for months. the task of taking down coordinates and barking orders now routine. he says he is now half deaf from the blasts. yet he has sense to change. it feels like they are often running away, he says, referring to the russians. and then the order to fire. there is barely a let up in the distant thud. the russians say this gunner, call sign aries are falling ba...

Trite at this point. i do not consider mr. putins reaction to this as important as the decision that the president made about the requirement to get these munitions to ukraine. >> all right general, thank you so much. we appreciate your time. meanwhile, ukrainian officials say they make advances around the embattled eastern city of buckland, which, for month, blood has spilled on either side. neither side appeal is willing to let the territory go. ben adjoint is from the front lines. >> reporter...

Frontlines. >> reporter: in the woods outside the town of bakhmut, ukrainian crew prepares to open fire. cleaning the barrel, getting the rounds ready, and then the order to fire comes over the radio. this counteroffensive is just over, so far ukrainians only inching forward taking a small village here and a slice of territory there. here it is still a grinding war of attrition for the troops of the brigade. small advances followed by russian counterattacks. but most of the time, they hunker dow...

Suddenly action, camouflage off, ouagadougou ukrainian troops rush the artillery out of cover. the beast of battle. this day targeting russian positions almost 30 kilometers, 18 miles away. they shoot and scoot. the whole operation took about two to three minutes, they calculate that they have got about eight minutes to get back under the tree line here to be safe from any return fire. there is a lot these troops like about their new kit. safety high on the list. it is so much better than we had...

This date targeting russian positions almost 30 kilometers, 18 miles away. they shoot and scoot. that whole operation took about two to three minutes. they calculate they got about eight minutes to get back under the tree line here to be safe from any return fire. there is a lot these troops like about their new kit. safety, high on the list. it is so much better than we had before, this gun commander says. it is mobile, were out of danger fast. so this is your command vehicle? >> yes. our, my c...

By Aisha Cole Lagos, Jan. 13, 2021 The Lagos and Ogun states commands of the FRSC jointly impounded 40 vehicles on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday because their occupants did not observe the COVID-19 safety protocols. A correspondent who monitored the operation codenamed “Wa’ko Jeje’’ (drive gently) reports that the vehicles were impounded on the Mowe-Ibafo sector of the expressway. NAN reports that most of the commercial buses impounded violated Convid-19 protocol by loading t...