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That has also seen a lot of fighting. ukrainian presence right here. the goal is odesa. but when you go into the donbas region in the east, this is what we're looking at right here. this is the area that the russians control at the moment through their separatist forces. what they want is this area right here. and to link up here with the land bridge around mariupol. and that is what they're looking at. this is the big shift they are doing right now. brianna, what that means is you can see a lot of fighting here. this is where a lot of this action is going to be. what we expect then is to go w...

Just north is the russian border. east is where they are redirecting combat operations, ie, the donbas area. that's why people turn into a much hotter combat zone. it calmed down slightly. but still it's shut down. this is not operating really as you would imagine. the second city in ukraine. so, yes, they're worried. and all of those places were bound to see as russian forces get pushed back, we're bound to see, you know, the full extent, the full scale of what transpired once we can get into some of these other places. >> yeah. it's just such an empty street there in the middle of what shoul...

Logistical issues, command and control issues. they'll try to work on that and then they'll move back around ukraine over to the eastern side of the country. the belief is that then they will move back into ukraine. then the focus is expected to be on the donbas area, that disputed area in the southeast part of the country. now, that being said, as the senior defense official and jake sullivan just alluded to, that is an assessment, a u.s. assessment of what the russians may be up to here. just because that may be their plan of action doesn't mean that kyiv and some of these areas around there...

Up a team to be able to document and analyze war crimes and work closely with the state department in doing so. we're also coordinating with key allies and partners who have their own capacities. the second is what the ukrainians themselves will do on the ground to develop this case, to document the forensics of these tragic and senseless killings in this particular instance and in other instances across ukraine. the third is international organizations, including the united nations but others also well. prominent international nongovernment organizations with real credibility and expertise in...

Across red square in front of the kremlin. joining us to talk more about this is cnn military analyst and retired air force colonel cedric leighton. tell us what appears to be this shift. >> brianna, good morning. the basic shift is this. originally, the russians were involved right in this area here, kyiv. what they are doing now is moving forces and their efforts into this region right here. so this is the donbas region. this is exactly where the russians are going to be concentrating a lot of their efforts. secondary efforts, at least at the moment secondary efforts, will be right around he...