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To capture the capital kyiv. the russian advance on that city has stalled badly, in fact ukrainian troops are successfully counter attacking them. russian troop morale is said to be at rock bottom with supply lines badly overstretched. so maybe that's why a top russian general sergei rudskoi made the surpise announcement in moscow that the first phase of russia's operations here is over and that its forces will now concentrate on the donbas region in the east. mark lobel reports. after days of silence, russia's military appears in public to proclaim the first stage of their operation complete....

Of the operation has been completed. the combat potential of the ukrainian armed forces has been reduced, and we can focus efforts on achieving the main goal, the liberation of donbas. i've been speaking tojeremy bowen in kyiv about the developments in those talks between russia and ukraine. a lot more came out of the talks than was expected in terms of positive vibes, discussions about a possible meeting between president zelensky and president putin, a lot better atmosphere than they had when they met a couple of weeks earlier. so that's a plus, but there is an awfully long way to go before ...

>> translator: the combat potential of armed forces of ukr ukraine make it much more capable for the liberation of donbas. >> reporter: video now emerging from the attack in mariupol, an adviser to the mayor says about 300 people were killed while sheltering inside when the russians bombed the building. 600 survived, the adviser says. even as the russian word for children was written outside. russia denies targeting the building. elsewhere in the city, video showing makeshift graves on a residential block near a playground. u.s. now believes russia is running low on air cruise missiles and the...

How they will get out of our sovereign territory and how our future system of architecture of our security will be built. central to all this is the donbas region — and specifically two areas: donetsk and luhansk. they're in the east of the country. and remember, russia has recognised them both as independent. in recent days, we've been told that russia is planning to focus their attentions there. this is the defence minister speaking today. translation: the first stage of the operation has been completed. the combat potential of the ukrainian armed forces has been reduced and we can focus e...

Poland and he is going to make a major speech about the ukraine war and about what he sees as the necessary response of democratic nations. ,., ., ., necessary response of democratic nations. ., ., ~ ., the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, has urged russia to respond to military setbacks it has suffered in his country, and engage in serious peace talks. in his latest video address, the president claimed more than 16,000 russian troops had been killed, including senior officers. on friday, moscow said it was moving to a new phase of the operation, which would focus on the eastern region...