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Ukrainian officials saying the second phase of the war with russia has now begun as moscow forces concentrate and intensify their attacks on eastern ukraine, the area known as the donbas. listen to what president zelenskyy told our jake tapper in an exclusive interview. >> translator: for us the battle for don baas is very important. there will be several battles and we dont know how long it will take. it could influence the course of the whole war. the fact that we fought them off and they left...

Making the total 76 now. what does that mean? i mean what does that mean now that ukraine is up against? are they equipped for it? >> it means first of all that theyre reducing the size of the massing of their attack, kate. what i mean by that is theyre in the first phase of the war. you had russian forces going in around the eastern part and the north and south of ukraine about 1400 miles. but you now have in the area is anywhere from about 250 to 300 miles of a frontage. russia will be able to...

>> brian: so italy can come. the u.k. can come. restaffing embassies we are not doing anything. a visit from president biden highly unlikely. but the u.s. will be sending more equipment to ukraine. this is great news. announce announcing $800 million more of military aid. they have got to keep it coming. hopefully this aid can help the ukrainian area donbas or hold up advance of the russians the sunk a russian warship a flagship ready to fight back russian invasion of the east. guess what? they ...

Fight and then lots of air power more than we have seen single battle so far the russians are preparing lots of armored penetrations that apparently according to the ukrainian armed forces announcer they have actually already have a couple of attempts. that will only acrease in the days ahead. this is potentially a deciding battle for the war. >> brian: there is a sense there might not be a phase three. the russians seem to be putting everything into this. they want the to get the ukrainians int...

Same mistakes in the next phase of the invasion, the battle for the east. kate? >> absolutely. multiple times and now preparing for that. phil, thank you for bringing that us to. next, u.s. officials are saying much of mariopul is reduced to rubble. ukraine is refusing to surrender. what is the situation like there tonight? a member of the mariopul city council is next. plus, okay yos and confusion at americas airports as a judge strikes down the mask mandate for travelers. cloudy glasses? when ...

Genocide is been committed. >> david, if you take a look back at this week. there are more notes about moscow warning, unquote, unpredictable consequences. you had the director of the cia expressed concern about the use by russia of tactical nuclear weapons. although theres no evidence that that is and works as we. but when you look at the totality of this week, welcome certainly the most im not gonna mean that russia is warning of unpredictable consequences? >> im wearing a new phase where ther...

We saw getting very close those offensive opens ukrainians. i think the reason the square, because the president says genocide is been committed. >> david, if you take a look back at this week. there are more notes about moscow warning, unquote, unpredictable consequences. you had the director of the cia expressed concern about the use by russia of tactical nuclear weapons. although theres no evidence that that is and works as we. but when you look at the totality of this week, welcome certainly...

Last week, the culture secretary, nadine dorries, announced that government ownership is holding channel 4 back and put forward plans to sell the broadcaster. cue an outcry from some public figures and even some of the governments own backbenchers. with me is chris curtis, editor in chief of broadcast, whos been following the story. and chris, what is the latest? well, were moving now. the governments made its mind up, it seems. this is a decision coming from numberten, coming from dcms. they wa...

Now on breakfast, john simpson takes you through the latest on the war in ukriane, in this weeks �*unspun world�*. hello, and thanks for watching unspun world, where we go below the surface of global events with the bbc�*s experts. ukraine is in its new phase, with a big build—up of russian troops continuing in the east of the country under their new theatre commander, general aleksandr dvornikov, who was responsible for so much devastation in syria. what effect will all this brutality h...

Question whether the russians will resort to some manner of chemical weapons. and if that happens everythings off the table. >> the next phase of the war is expected to shift to the east, to the donbas region. ben wedemen shows us what life is like in one city in eastern ukraine where hundreds of residents have taken refuge from the russian shelling. >> reporter: the shelling comes early and often. with russian forces massing nearby this is a portent of things to come. firefighters brave the thr...