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Happening. important to look for all the clues as to what that can mean but not wanting to get ahead of any predictions and not wanting to be too optimistic when russia is on the other side of the decision-making end of this war. hallie? >> kelly, thank you. colonel kearney, let me go back to you here. as we pull up the map looking at the areas russia has taken in ukraine, areas under russian control, there are areas that are contested, for example. you heard john kirby talk about that. and the idea that the ukrainian resistance is putting up a fight. they are taking back some territory. he sa...

They tried to do in the early days to see that they wanted kyiv. they didn't get it. in the last few days, they hunkered down in defensive positions, stopped advancing. now they're saying and we're seeing small numbers move ha -- move away. they have not taken kharkiv. they have not taken mariupol. while we assess they took kherson, that is back in play. so youcount the azov coast, even that is contested. you saw the ukrainians basically sank one of their amphibious ships in the port. so not only do they not manage to take kyiv, they've not taken any population centers and the ukrainians are f...

Liaising going on in that regard. and that's what the president was referring to. jane. >> thank you. are you finished with the ukraine issues? >> do you want me to -- why don't i come back to you. okay? would that be fair? i promise, i'll get back to you. >> can i follow up on this question of kyiv? one more question. from a military perspective does the pentagon think that the russian forces' attempt -- russian forces were basically defeated in their attempt to take kyiv in this campaign -- >> i said as much in my opening statement. they failed to take kyiv. >> that's a defeat of their force...

I looked on ancestry and just started digging and found some really cool stuff... it was just a lot of fun. russia appearing to refocus, refocus its offensive to the southeast section of ukraine while halting ground offensive aimed at capturing kyiv in the face of heavy resistance. it comes as intelligence reportedly shows moscow has lost 20 battalions. president biden is expected to give a major address in poland this morning as he issues a new warning to russia. you're watching a special breaking news edition of fox friends first on this saturday morning on caliche and get great to be with y...

Withdrawing. we're not prepared to call this a retreat or withdrawal. >> do they still have enough forces on the ground around kyiv in case they decided to basically relaunch some kind of attack on the city? >> again, i'm not going to predict what the russian military plan is here. my question to bob, very small numbers that we've seen move at this point. they still have the vast majority of the forces that they had assembled around kiev are still there. as i said before, we largely assess that they're in a defensive posture. they have several days ago stopped trying to advance on kyiv and too...