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successfully blocked a russian advance at a key river. you can see pontoon bridges destroyed. it's not entirely clear who blew them up. the ukrainians say it was them. russia almost three months into its invasion of ukraine. on friday, russia's top general finally accepted a call from lloyd austin. the first call in 84 days, the first since this war began. the pentagon says they spoke for an hour but gave no detail beyond saying the u.s. repeated its call for an immediate cease-fire and to keep the lines of communication open. so far, the kremlin has been silent. and at the old but...

israeli police beating with batons. >> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with michael holmes. >> ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says more than a thousand towns and villages have been retaken so far from russian forces, including six more over just the past 24 hours. he says the russian military is paying a heavy price for its aggression. >> translator: today we can report 200 downed russian military aircraft. russia has not lost so many aircraft in any war in decades, and russia has lost almost 27,000 soldiers. >> ukraine also says russian troops continue to retre...

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Defense minister said on facebook on friday the russians are scaling back their movements in order to settle into a new longer phase of the war. do you believe that this is going to go on for not just months but perhaps even years? >> well, i think there's continuous calculation on russia's side of what the most advantageous approach is. i think he clearly believes that at this point, he's not going to make a break through. however, it will be a different battle position for russia when the ground fully dries out in eastern ukraine. forces in the conventional way that you see in the war films ...

For two months," he said. "i cross the field past the bomb fragments to get the food." a sign of how long the violence has swell here, not that it is slowing. nick paton walsh, cnn, zurkuny, ukraine. a former nato supreme allied commander. good to have you back, general. let's start with this. the ukrainian defense minister said on facebook on friday that the russians are scaling back their movements in order to settle into a new longer phase of the war. do you believe that, that this is going to go on for not just months but perhaps even years? >> well, i think there is continuous calculati...