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activity in the kherson region and they note russia is having manpower problems with its military. and we begin our coverage in kyiv with melissa bell. what are ukrainian officials saying about this counteroffensive in the south? >> reporter: what we're hearing from regional officials is that day two of that counteroffensive is seeing more fighting in a number of towns along the front line. clearly this is a counteroffensive long anticipated and long prepared for. what we're seeing for the time being are warnings from senior ukrainian officials that while it is under way, people need...

Have acknowledged that there were pretty heavy strikes there overnight. there is no electricity or water there. and also there was talk of gunfire in the streets of the town of kherson itself, that of course the big prize that the ooubian ukrainians want, the only one that they say that they want it back. and that those have been neutralized by the russian forces. impossible to independently verify that, however the russians do very much acknowledge that this is a very hot battle field at the moment and ukrainians are trying to advance towards the city of kherson. >> fred plig, keep us posted....

Very important answers that many people are looking for. in fact that could help term how trump hams russia as president. in that "wall street journal" article that i mentioned, trump said that he wanted some flexibility. he said this, "if you get along and if russia is really helping us, why would anybody have sanctions if somebody is doing some really great things." many in congress want the united states to continue its tough stance against russia at the same time donald trump is also saying that he is prepared to meet with the russian president vladimir putin. let's go live to moscow and f...

Russians are trying to do everything to make sure that the mood isn't toured frsoured from get-go. peskov, a spokesman, was asked whether or not russians would have to get rid of sanctions before any better relations, and he said absolutely not. but they are happy that donald trump is talking about wanting to improve the relations. >> i want to push further on the topic of sanctions there. these sanctions that have been levied not just recently due to the alleged hacking but also due to the nation's annexation of crimea, russia hoping for a major policy shift with donald trump. but the questio...