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Donetsk. its really pretty barbaric, what is happening. but overall, theres a sense that people are kind of digging in for the long haul. people are exhausted, mentally, and physically, but at the same time, theres a sense that ukraine can win this thing. obviously, not without a tremendous destruction, but, you know, we see that the carnage of civilian life is actually proportional to the military setback that vladimir putin is suffering. it seems like he has bogged down in ukraine and it has g...

Setback, i think, are going to be global. it wont just be confined to this country ukraine. i think it will reverberate throughout europe and frankly it will reverberate in the united states. >> and when do you think those reverberations will be felt? what sense of a timetable do you have? >> that is very hard to say. i do think that there were some possibility that you could have military developments in the coming we x that could be decisive. but i would be the first to say that i dont know th...

Intimidate. >> right. talk about russias advance on kyiv, which apparently was dealt another major setback. satellite images show a dam north of kyiv has flooded leaving the european river basin completely waterlogged from what our reporting on the ground indicates. the main bridge was already out. what does it tell you that russias advance on the capital, which youd expect to be carefully game planned and really already accomplished at this point, seems to be going so poorly? >> i think that mo...

Its amazing youre not here. not even a little broken glass, nothing? >> i had a big blanket on top of me, so all good, she says. adding, she feels pretty for putins mother who is turning in her grave that she gave birth to such a nasty person. outside lay a body of a man killed for being in his home. but even here, the spirit of resistances unbroken. >> and that resilience is moving to see, but it has been a few days of setback for ukraine. both symbolic and strategic. this was victory square in...

45 armoured personnel carriers and 400 marines. the destruction of the ship represents another setback to russias attempt to establish a land corridor between the occupied territories of crimea and the donbas. on monday, with much fanfare, russias defence a large beachable landing support ship, ministry announced the docking of the 0rsk — a large beachable landing support ship in the port of berdyansk. it said it was one of ten ships deployed to supply the southern flank, which has seen the fi...

What might that due to the conversation moving forward? >> on the scorched earth policy and yes, absolutely. that is their mo and that is th way that russian forces have taken the pass past that we sought in chechnya and syria an they are now doing the same thing to city after city of in ukraine. theyre destroying it so that they can essentially own it. now obviously that from a degrading point of view but it comes to these talks, the has t stop. they want a cease-fire. big ukrainian side setbac...

To remember language like that since nazi germany. >> carley: his rule could get tighter as the war plays out. i want to ask more about odesa on the black sea, if russia captures that city, it would give russia a significant strategic advantage, right? >> jonathan: absolutely. weve seen them attack other cities in the south along the coastline and odesa is the jewel, if you like, of the black sea. obviously it would be a major victory for the russia in staggering setback for ukraine, if the russ...

Now being used to defend ukraine from this invasion. cnns frederik pleitgen has more now. >> reporter: another setback for vladimir putins army. ukrainian forces say they destroyed this column of russian vehicles, but, believe it or not, some might be used by the ukrainian army soon. this unit of ukraines territorial defense fixes up captured russian military hardware. mechanics working day in and day out, often using scrap parts to get armored vehicles back on the battlefield. look at all the s...

We can do to strengthen the ukrainians hands and thats what will the president will be reiterating. >> matt miller, its -- we miss you around these tables, but your immense talents are being put to good use in your role. it was very nice to see you. thank you for spending time with us. i imagine these are very busy and long days for you. thank you. >> great to see you, nicole. thanks. there is a setback to tell you about for u.s. officials working to free basketball superstar brittney griner. ...

The concern is that odessa will be the last city that will be shelled, wrong, and we will see a siege laid to. if that is true, and odessa falls, really, russia will control the black sea cities, and the ports. they will have created a land bridge that we have been talking about, running from the eastern provinces, through the black sea, and denies ukraine see access. it seems like that is the way the military campaign is starting to play out. >> of course, the city of odessa, very close to the ...