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It is impossible to tell how long ukrainian forces will manage to hold out. >> melissa bell, keep us posted there from kyiv, thank you so much. let's bring in retired army brigadier general pierce whack, senior defense attache to the russian federation and an author of a memoir in his time called "swimming the vulga," what does it mean if bakhmut were to fall? >> good to see you again. it will be a set daback, but no strategic. i think it would be a tactical, what we call operational setback, and the ukrainians have built already successful defense lines behind it, this does not create an op...

However, if the ukrainians decide to make a tactical withdrawal, it's not a strategic withdrawal, the russians pulling back from keherson was strategi. if they do, they will fall on defense lines. yes, it will make links between towns in that area more challenging, but it is not the end of the war in the donebas bt the russians also in the back butte/donbas area have the russians in a bit -- excuse the metaphor -- of a bear hug. so what becomes most important near term nuts and bolts -- artillery. artillery rounds. 155 millimeter artillery rounds, more stingers, which will knock down low flyin...

It is going to take so much to rebuild and restore ukraine. nic robertson, cnn, kyiv, ukraine. there's no letup in russian efforts to gain ground in eastern ukraine. kyiv says russian troops launched new attacks across the region's front lines on friday, and that includes in bakhmut. but despite that, ukrainian defense lines are holding. >> translator: military action of extreme violence is still ongoing in the donetsk region. in the past 24 hours, about 100 russian assaults have been aborted in the donetsk region. >> meanwhile ukraine says this is the sign of ordinary life coming back to th...

Polish border village on tuesday killing two people. poland and nato said the blast was likely an accident caused by a stray ukrainian missile. but western officials also said that russia is ultimately to blame because it started the war in ukraine. and there's no letup in russian efforts to gain ground in eastern ukraine. kyiv says russian troops launched new attacks across the region's front lines on friday. that includes in that area. despite the russian pressure, president zelenskyy says the defense lines are holding. >> translator: military action of extreme violence is still ongoing in...

The president is indicating his troops may try to do even more to put russian forces on the defensive. volodymyr zelenskyy says his military has significant potential to advance on the battlefield and inflict heavy casualties on russian troops. now, this as ukraine says their defense lines are holding steady, despite russian ground to attacks across the country. the donbas region is taking artillery fire around the clock. well we're seeing here, this is video from the city of mock moot, which ukraine says was pounded with both artillery and airstrikes thursday. but, as russia keeps up at a tax...