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City. the question is will it deprive ukraine of its ability to launch a spring offensive when the ground dies up. >> you brought up the wagner group and the ukrainian side is suggesting the opposite, they view this -- since theres tension between its leader and the kremlin at this point. they are running out of convicts to throw into battle there so many ukrainians are viewing this as a point to weaken them more so they dont have to continue fighting valwagner in future ti. what do you make of ...

So its a psychological victory for ukraine having held this for so long, much like earlier in the war the battle of mariupol was. >> the longer they continue fighting for bakhmut, the question arises as to whether it will impact the planned spring offensive which is expected to be in the south. they obviously have an ammunition issue at this point, and theyre losing a lot of troops as well. its not just the russians. so how are you looking at what a spring offensive may look like, the longer tha...

And wants to do it at the cost of perhaps undermining its ability to advance elsewhere. but its a very daily battle. both sides are incurring very heavy casualties every day there. >> you mentioned this spring offensive thats highly anticipated from the ukrainians. the longer that ukraine spends time, energy and resources both in terms of troops and ammunition, does that threaten the offensive that they are planning in the weeks ahead, possibly in the south? >> that is exactly what i heard from ...

Battlefield, in terms of just flatout body count. but what i suggest is, this is also trading that time for more time and space. you know, there have been several weeks where the ukrainian forces are generating additional fire power, they are taking more equipment from the west. i would suggest theyre conducting intelligence preparation of the battlefield, finding out where theyre going to target next, particularly in the south, in zaporizhzhia, so this fight continues to drain the russian force...

Military, and that is by design, by ukraine. but the fact of the matter is, even though russia might not have the troops and equipment in country right now to re-double its efforts and have a larger spring offensive, because its wasted so much on bakhmut, russia does in the long run, have many more troops available, just because the country is four times the size of the population of ukraine. >> yes. interesting. i want to talk a little bit about the notion that f-16s may eventually at some poin...

[speaking in native tongue] >> it is relatively calm there now. >> yes. for now it is calm. >> it used to be 70,000 civilians outlived in bakhmut, about 4000 left. all along the lines ukrainian civilians that are stuck or simply refuse for one reason or another to be evacuated to safer ground. >> it is not as scary as it was sometime ago but still i am scared. we bring our children to their grandmothers house to the north. they stay there for a month sometimes. when it is : here we meet them. >>...

That u.s. officials want to see president zelenskyy shift his focus to the south where there could be greater gains, president se lensky saying he will hold the line of resistance as much as he can. one final note because we received this information this hour, kim, that i want to share with crow, that might show you, again, just how important this win is for president putin, we know that russias defense minister was visiting the region right on the front lines, speaking to troops, we have video...

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Putins War is over a year old and there is no evidence the Russians can win, the jury is out on Ukraine.

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