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Russian separatist enclaves and russian separatist enclaves and russia proper and crimea which was obviously seized by the russians in 2014. we dont know how badly damaged the russian units may be, they must have taken significant casualties as well, those regions the russians have been laying siege to the city with. but one they is that once they have finished off mariupol, as it were, then what russian forces remain can then seek to try and move northwards with other forces moving southwards a...

Have any sense at all _ russians? i dont think the russians have any sense at all at _ russians? i dont think the russians have any sense at all at the - russians? i dont think the russians| have any sense at all at the moment that there are going to pursue —— they are going to pursue peace negotiations. the war in the donbas is shaping up. this is the next phase and possibly the defining phase and possibly the defining phase of this war so i think the idea of peace talks working now are qui...

But first, lets start the show with the story of channel 4. 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...

That area. many of them show signs of torture and executions. russians have attacked hospitals, schools, even evacuation convoys. just today cnn witnessed a market getting hit in the east. so with an offensive led by this new ruthless general on the way, just how ugly is this about to get? because what weve seen here is horrific. should we expect it to get even worse? >> yeah, i think the violence will get much worse over the next month or so. this fight thats going to happen in eastern ukraine,...

And without the strategic advantage of the russian navy offered to putins armies, i think it will soon find themselves in great, great trouble. >> general, lets look ahead, weve been talking about whats coming next, with the russians are preparing for, what are you watching for as we are heading into this next phase of war? >> well, can the ukrainian generals, who have been extremely good and our technical leadership, and the sergeants, they created an and see your core, can they deal with armor...

You know, we are entering this really dangerous phase of the war and the irony, the worse the russians do, the more dangerous they become. so as director burns said yesterday, theres no sign of this happening now, it is if putin becomes more cornered and desperate and theres certainly some signs on the horizon as they try to drive toward this may 9th victory of some sort, it wont be the end of the war but to show some sort of victory that things become more brutal. but i dont think were at that ...

But at the same time, it could possibly mean mutually assured destruction, and help knows this. its hard to say what he will do, you know, to secure this victory that he absolutely has. >> so, gary, good morning. jonathan lemire. . wanted to pick up a little bit on that point. weve been hearing now from military analysts, both in washington and i cross the west, theres a belief that the war is about to enter this new phase, a protracted schedule in the donbas or a heavy set piece, incredibly vio...

About two or three weeks phase of this war. speaking about the nukes, i dont think that we can take anything off the table. putin needs win. putin cant afford looking weak because thats how dictatorships fail normally. but its not him only to decide on pushing the button. they have generals and admirals. i think its very important for nato, for the united states, to show the resolve that any russian military base or warship that will use nukes will be immediately destroyed. its for us to work wi...

Of this war, and in a sense the sinking of the "moskva" however it happened, we still dont know the details, is a powerful, symbolic -- it is like you had a drum roll for the beginning of this second act of the war. it has improved ukrainian morale clearly and probably has harmed russian morale, but we need to remember that what is ahead is immense russian fire power. what theyll do in the next phase is what they didnt do in the first. they will have mass fire power and they will concentrate it ...

So folks there trying to get out of harms way and trying to get to the relatives safety of places like lviv and ukrainian government is encouraging them get out while you still can before this russian onslaught really comes to bear. we are expecting vladimir putin needs something he can call a win before may 9th which is when the russians celebrate their victory in the second world war when putin will attend that massive parade in moscow. there is a real feeling that if you are in the east right...