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you're live in the "cnn newsroom." i'm jim acosta in washington. we begin in the middle east where a cease fire and israel and islamic jihad was supposed to go into effect n the ground says more rockets wereidf also s si sirens warning of incoming fear. now we've seen attacks like the ones yesterday but in the meantime, we want to switch over the news in ukraine. ukraine's president and his desire to hit russia on its home soil citing recently leaked classified documents. "the washington post" says president zelenskyy has suggested bold attacks behind closed doors including blowing u...

Home country this weekend. he's in rome and also held talks with pope francis. we have the details on that. >> pope francis is meeting with president zelenskyy is important because since the beginning of the war, francis has tried to position himself as a mediator for peace. just two weeks ago returning from hungary, the pope said the vatican has a peace process underway. he didn't give further details on that and authorities in kyiv and moscow said they were not aware of this plan. but the vatican has insisted that they are. and so presumably that has been one of the focal points. the problem...

Bakhmut. again, that kind of on ration, just concentrated tactically is part of a broader shaping operation to get in the heads of russian troops, to suggest to them remaining in ukraine is ultimately dangerous because breaking the will power of the russian soldier to do battle is what the ukrainian needs to do if they're going to win this war. >> we're also hearing reports of ukraine beginning shape operations for their long awaited counteroffensive. what do we know about that? >> well, we are seeing as i say some elements of this. they've been going on for some time. one shouldn't over exagg...

The war. he's tried by the patriarch, who's a strong supporter of putin and the war, but that dialogue has also stalled. there was sign of hope earlier in may when the patriarch since the equivalent of his foreign minister to the vatican to briefly greet pope francis. nonetheless, the meeting with president zelenskyy for pope francis, i think there is no expectation on the pope's part that there will be some kind of immediate result from this meeting. however, it is a sign of the pope's willing ness to be available as a mediator and to try to offer a safe space at the vatican for dialogue and ...