that rained down on kyiv and the drones, but in terms of the ground war that had drawn out to that a stalemate, that was prigozhin and his men. the reason bakhmut took so long to recapture was buzz of prigozhin and his men. very interesting that putin has now accused prigozhin and his men of being failures in russia, saying this was an effort to cover up their failure. the in-fighting in russia generally speaking is seen as good for ukraine. there is one exception, and that is when a strong man is attacked. when a strong man is shown to be weak, what do they then do? in the case of erdogan in turkey, when there was an attempted coup against him, he took that as an opportunity to become more autocratic. putin is already autocratic. what does he do? does he rain terror on ukraine to prove he is as tough as he is? generally speaking, they re a few weeks into the spring counteroffensive. they ve reclaimed about 130 kilometers of land. it s about ten villages or hamlets, but they re making
now moving about 124 miles within just one day. and then just before arriving on the doorsteps of moscow, hearing prigozhin had decided to de-escalate to prevent another bloodied battle. so this partnership this key ally that vladimir putin had for so long, to have this person this hero turned on him, this ll be a lasting impact. not only for his image, but it s also very important to state what this will do for russian soldiers. the russian military has been largely supported by the wagner groups. they have been the ones to go in quickly, to seize some of the contested towns before it is handed over too russian shoulders. so then to see a shift take place in last 24 hours and only for the image of the president before his soldiers and what this will likely mean moving forward. especially as ukraine is targeted spring counteroffensive which no forces turning into the summer counteroffensive do that
their bases while this new information is coming out of him being sent to belarus as part of the broker-dealer it s a drastic change for the messages we heard only hours earlier without being willing to surrender from russian president vladimir putin who earlier said there would be a harsh punishment from this. we ve also heard tonight from ukrainian president zelenskyy who says everything that took place today just exemplified the utter chaos taking place today in russia. during our time in ukraine one constant question that we hear from ukrainians is what the world thanks about when this war will finally come to an end. of course there is no answer to that. that is everyone s best guess for ukraine is often talked about this being a new chapter in the where the spring counteroffensive turning into a summer counteroffensive. this is of course not something anyone in ukraine could have expected with today s events it is definitely creating some hope for ukrainians about a new
london yesterday some of the guard to collapse retaken away on stretchers, the prince s wales oversell rehearsals for king charles birthday celebration next week prince william acknowledge the difficult conditions on twitter and praise the world guard for doing a really good job. eric: the fight in ukraine as a intensifying they continue to target civilians as president bottom is zelenskyy confirms a long-awaited spring counteroffensive against the russian invaders has finally begun. greg palkot live in kyiv, the very latest there. error rate sirens that we heard in kyiv earlier today, another reminder it seems like the big battle between ukraine and russia has begun and to some extent it s a war of words trying to claim the upper hand, it s game to count in eastern part of the country that s where there s been so much fighting
ukraine long anticipated spring counteroffensive seems to be underway tonight senior foreign affairs correspondent shows us where the fighting is most intense. started with a bang, although ukrainian officials are trying to keep a distance, it appears the much-anticipated spring counteroffensive is on. the fight is especially hard now. for worriers we thank them for their courage. waves of ukrainian forces into russian held territory and for the first time pro-western armor said to be used. american bradley fighting vehicles and german tanks. the russians apparently putting up a fight, especially where ukraine is trying to cut in two russian held ground. potentially isolating territory further west and in crimea. will have enough modern weapons, but our industry, all military industrial sector is developing quickly. russian airstrikes