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Other cities. and this is where all the forces and logistics comes from. if you strike at this you basically are telling them not only are you paying attention but you're preventing the southern monument of the logistics trains, of the convoys, of the tanks, of all the things that could potentially harm you. so what you're trying to do is you're trying to cut them off. and that's why it's very important to actually keep this -- this area controlled and to make it very clear to the russians that they can't really hide on their own territory. >> the pentagon is confirming more than half of the 9...

They're while it's making for dismal conditions in that city however they don't seem to be making a main effort here. the main effort seems to be in this general direction and to some extent into the northwest from the luhansk area. these areas right here are also scenes of fighting. so this is really where most of the fighting in this part of the country is at right now. >> do you think russia can hold onto these eastern towns and villages because we're told this war could go on for months and even years and we've seen how determined ukrainian forces are. >> that's right, don. they're very de...

It's just not a in vacuum. it's consistent russian targeting of civilian areas. i've seen some of those areas myself. i saw them today for example in the northwestern part of kyiv and it leaves you with a sense of bewilderment as to why russia would take some of these lives so needlessly. not only in odesa, but we are seeing shelling throughout ukraine. we have seen multiple people killed today in the luhansk region, in the donetsk region. the two areas that make up the donbas area, the target of russia's renewed military offensive. we just heard from my colleague who's in kharkiv, the second ...

Who belonged to do that but it is going to say. everything that they had to be able to take donbas. and it does that arise that russia can do that but it will come at great cost and they wil be a spent force and they're going to take this over a substantial period of time off afterwards of the going to thin about going anywhere beyond donbas, which has a million people. you're going to have another hundred. that is -- eight the that rush is that going depth that many troops. >> thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> a love of a drinker trying t squeeze country time because they are...

Especially keep back, as you know because of all the cash an he said they suffered in there. they had hundreds of kilometers of supply line. now that they are focusing on the donbas area, it's all secured on there. on the side of that front, the ukraine have long -- and almost refers to it started and russia can contradict that' supply line. they have long range missiles and airstrikes with with long-range artillery. is having a pretty good impact so the big problem for ukraine, brinkley. >> what you think about all thi talk to your hearing about the potential of moving on to moldova after thi...