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Ukraine. the man in the beard is separatist leader. it haul has the whiff of empire. he sits discussing transif he were of food to russia separatist area. he might call it trade. ukraine a food heist. >> reporter: moscow is far from having its way and the costs are heavy. these images cnn has confirmed were filmed in graveyard. the flags the over the russian paratroop sddivision. t there are many in this city. these are the dead behind the propaganda. >> nick, what can you tell us about your con...

Paul adams is here. well over 50 days so far of this well over 50 days so far of this conflict. what might success look like for either ukrainians or vladimir putin? i like for either ukrainians or vladimir putin?— like for either ukrainians or vladimir putin? ~ ., , , ., vladimir putin? i think for russia, clearly success _ vladimir putin? i think for russia, clearly success has _ vladimir putin? i think for russia, clearly success has been - vladimir putin? i think for russia, | clearly succ...

Unless there is personally risk. so the russian line that ukraine is in the midst of carrying out an offensive is just preposterous, really. >> when you talk about evacuations, and the sort of twilight zone quality to all of this, the pro-russian forces are calling for, i think, 700,000 people to flee the donbass region, and escape to safety in russia, which is a fairly dramatic escalation of the conflict here. i guess, i wonder, are people leaving? >> its hard to know. we dont have full access ...

Our fred pleitgen was there on the russian side of the front. he could see artillery shells going from the russian-back separatist area into ukraine. i also want to bring in the deputy mayor of lviv, ukraine, on the opposite side of the country of the pictures youre seeing here. this is going towards kharkiv. he is in lviv on the western side of the country. can you tell us what you are dealing with there? artillery shells, or explosions you have seen in the area. >> well, it is very tough this ...

Have a level of nuance in their conversation with me. one woman i spoke to, who was in her 20s, was saying that yes, she had been celebrating, she congratulated herfamily around her. at the time, they stayed up to make sure they watched this announcement from president putin. she then did say they had some small reservations. she was slightly concerned that this could lead to some form of conflict and she didnt want to have any conflict with ukraine. she said she has family there, she has friend...

1997 levels. all the things weve heard before. so that avenue of diplomacy doesnt look particularly open. and at the same time, the military gap, particularly in that donbas separatist area, thats growing wider. so it seems even more unlikely that zelensky, the ukrainian president, would actually reach out and do what putin is telling him to do and speak to those separatist leaders. there are many reasons he wont do that. but its not happening, and that appears in putins mind potentially to have...

Right now with the latest on where this battle is in its third full day right now, the russian invasion of ukraine and where with things stand at this time. griff, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, good morning, neil. putins battle plan has been the same after three days. weve heard or three axis, an attack from the northst -- north, the east and the south. by the way, coming land, air and sea. but this is that russian-backed separatist area, the donbas renal. its been heavy fighting ther...

With saturday morning dawning o day 31 of russias war on ukraine, lets check in with jonathan hunt, who is live. jonathan, how significant is th russian forecasts to the donbas breach into the east? >> potentially really significant. this was announced yesterday by some of the general saying the first phase of the military operation as they called it is complete and now theyre going to focus on the east, that separatist area for fighting ha been going on for some time. if that is true they are e...

Its grim here in the twilight of europes forgotten war. not much has changed, the daily dusk artillery shoot out here in months. but oddly it is the new trump era that have put hopes up in this russian-backed separatist area. president trumps first day in the office and it is raised the question should there be sanctions still against russia. they were put in place because of this war in eastern ukraine. the world may have taken it out of its attention, but it is still this night ongoing. this m...

Scenes of slaughter today in ukraine. government trues mowed down in a pro-russian separatist area. these latest and taxes come after calling for the united nations for help. were in the city of donetsk and jim sciutto is now in kiev with the very latest. jim? >> reporter: wolf, there has been something of a fragile calm leading up to the crucial elections on sunday. the calm now broken in dramatic form by one of the deadliest days of the crisis so far. they see pro-russian separatists behind th...