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Ground. meanwhile we've been seeing more strikes, more fighting over in the east of course an north of donetsk and west of luhansk, where they are trying to meet up and coordinate themselves in order that they could claim that part of the land and that is the focus of the fighting over the course of the last few days. a front line in particular around donetsk, that has been the scene of a great deal of violence. and of course it isn't just the fighting between the two forces. as they meet one another, russians trying to press ahead with their offensive, ukrainians trying to prevent them from d...

Could place further strain on russia's command and control. cedric lleyton is with us. this is the map. two things can be true at once. the russians have problems. we've seen that. they could be firing commanders. that could have a ripple effect on new commanders, so maybe things are rough in the field. at the same time if you look at the map, russia has more territory. that's just indisputable. it's slow and plotting but putin has more. >> that's right. and john, when you look at the kinds of things that are going on right here, you can fire commanders, as you said, but look at historical pre...