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Hits in zaporizhzhia and russians have been using the missiles to strike the land. and ukrainians say that they cannot easily shoot down this kind of missile. they are not terribly accurate. so even if they are just aiming at infrastructure or military targets, it is almost certain that there will be collateral damage and weve seen it many times before on civilian infrastructure. it is not clear right now the extent of the damage, but electricity providers have already preemptively gone and made...

Overall, the ukrainians have been able to keep the lights on to a large degree, but there are some areas in the country in the east, where they are seeing the blackouts, and so the ukrainians, and the moldovans, have come out of the romania border where romania diverted two planes to inspect the missile strike. it is certainly an uptick in the strikes as you possibly might see the spring offensive on the eve of the first anniversary of this conflict. kate. >> thank you, dave, for being there and...

Because as we have learned, the u.s. has also managed to see a number of these balloons crossing over five different continents, as many as 40 of these balloons across five continents. tracking them would be a lot harder if not impossible if they did not have this very specific method that they developed only in the last year. >> really fascinating reporting. thank you for that. turning now to the war in ukraine. russia is escalating attacks with missile strikes hammering much of that country....

President biden intends to travel to poland later this month to mark one year since russias brutal war on ukraine. poland is right next to ukraine. officials in war-ravaged ukraine think todays fresh nationwide barrage of russian missiles could be the precursor to putins dreaded spring offensive. ukraine claims it has shot down more than 85% of the incoming missile fire. still, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is intent on stepping up ukraines firepower with an official request to the net...

Speculation that russia could state a spring offensive. i think that is partly why you are seeing this trip by president zelensky now, visiting those european capitals, sending that strong message. now in terms of that strong message. now in terms of that plea for fighterjets, of course, what we heard yesterday from rishi sunak was noncommittal. but maggie said nothing was off the table. the french president, emmanuel macron, has said nothing is excluded in terms of going the next step. olaf sch...

Trench warfare over many years. and that is not he would argue in the best interests of the eu leaders either. >> thank you, nic. clare, what does he want the jets for? the concern is that if he uses them over russia territory presumably. >> this is one of the reasons why you see so many concerns about the training and maintenance and all of that. but i think the question is also why now. there is a lot of concern in ukraine that russia could be regrouping for some kind of spring offensive. were...

To that message as well. nic robertson thanks very much. with me to discuss retired army brigadier general mark hem met. i want to discuss with you, signs that russia may have begun the long-anticipated spring offensive. >> the very highly respected institute of study of war suggests that the russians are starting an attack up north from bakhmut, they seem to have put a number of divisions in. questionable how strong they are, how tough the ukrainians will be in slowing them down. it doesnt lo...

Balloons above dozens of other countries. lester? >> andrea mitchell, thank you. want to turn now to a fierce battle going on in eastern ukraine. the devastating russian offensive against the city of bakhmut. richard engel and his team making their way into that city under siege as ukrainian forces struggle to hold on. >> reporter: today we drove into the city of bakhmut on the only road ukrainian forces still control. we saw constant russian attacks, with shells falling every few minutes. you...

Territory. ukrainian armed forces are proving they are capable of doing it. they have morale, they have training which i had before from the uk government and other allies. , we dont want this war to turn into the long smoldering war in europe. so the question is, are we able to put resources, dedicate resources into training and try to boost and send a political message to putin, because weapon supply is not only about the kit its also about the message that we can all get for it. about the mes...

Moscow has no intention of ending this war. clare sebastian is live in london. russians have consistently denied another mobilization, but it is very clear in eastern ukraine they are bracing for another assault here. >> reporter: yeah, officially they have denied this multiple times. they have not officially announced another wave of mobilization, but of course we know that they are sustaining heavy losses in these tactics that were seeing in the east do mean that they will have to replenish th...