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Still hold up, they remained there, the russians have not been able to dislodge them for six or more weeks. i dont think they are willing or thinking about giving up, the russians will not probably take them alive, it is a do or die situation for them. i would say likely mariupol will eventually come into russias control, and find a way to resupply.- find a way to resupply. they are also attacking _ find a way to resupply. they are also attacking edessa i are also attacking edessa still, is the ...

There for about 30 years, and now there are these two mysterious explosions there. the pentagon says its too soon to know exactly whats going on. whats your take? >> well, i agree with the pentagon. it is too early. i think what weve got to be worried about, though, is that this is a false flag operation, conducted by russia to give them an excuse to go from the south around odesa and up into the region, and we sort of have another situation as we did in ukraine two months ago. >> general, if th...

Focused, how does all of this change the battle plan? because as you know, from the beginning of this war to now, looks very different. >> it really does. for example, you look at the area around kyiv, right here. this is now all ukrainian-controlled territory. that used to be russian-controlled territory after the first-few days of the invasion, all this was in red to indicate russian control. that is no longer the case. now, when you move down into this area, right here, what we expected was t...

Because what that does is that makes ukraine a landlocked country. and takes away its econk nomic lifeline. ukraine exportsin agricultural produce through here. and this port is of critical importance to both countries if the russians take odesa, it means they have in, in essence, sealed ukraines fate as kind of an anaconda like constrictor type movement. if the ukrainians can keep odesa, that means tlaef chance of not only keeping this area of the southwestern part, but basically taking back a ...

>> yeah. there are these reports that ukrainian civilians may be forced to join the fight for russia. what do you know about that? >> yeah. this is something that weve heard, now, for a while. with, you know, again, we cant independently confirm these reports but basically what we have heard across multiple ukrainian cities is is russian forces are going through a filtration process, where they take all fighting-age men, aging 18 through 60 and there are reports from the ukrainian government the...

That is the latest u.s. intelligence assessment. the supreme irony of an air defense cruiser not being able to protect itself from missiles is remarkable. i want to ask you, matthew, what ukrainian officials say about if and how this might affect russias ongoing military plans because it has been their intention, their hope, to conduct a sea born assault to help take odesa for its military and commercial value, sunk its -- ukrainians sunk its flagship. has that killed that plan in effect, right?...

Of a russian sphere of influence in the former soviet space is a return of the russian empire. >> uh-huh. >> thats really what putin is all about. >> and, again, you made a distinction, not the soviet empire. >> no. >> but the russian empire. mikas brother was interviewed and he was talking about the importance of kyiv and odesa because those were czarist capitals. james stavridis said the same thing, you dont have to look back to the soviet union. go back to some of the czars to understand how ...

Minister rejected that offer as unacceptable and proposed her own routes, saying ukrainians will travel west and not to belarus or russia. ukrainian officials say russian shelling has hit critical infrastructure in the city, which is desperately short on food, water and medicine. according to the red cross, around 200,000 people are trapped in the city. the situation in and around the capital of kyiv is no different. at least eight civilians including a family were killed by russian shelling yes...

The photos of this made the rounds and hard to see. an adviser of two, to president zelenskyy described the situation there as catastrophic. meanwhile, president zelenskyy is warning that moscow is trying to renew its push to take odesa, another key port city on the southern coast, that would largely shut out ukraine from international shipping. this as a third round of talks between the two sides are scheduled to take place later today. according to the u.n., more than 300 civilians have been k...

At least eight civilians including, as joe mentioned, an entire family was killed by russian shelling yesterday. an advisor to president zelenskyy described the situation there as catastrophic. meanwhile, president zelenskyy is warning that moscow is trying to renew its push to take odesa, another key port city on the southern coast that would largely shut off ukraine from international shipping. this as a third round of talks between the two sides are scheduled to take place later today. accord...