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Counteroffensive over the weekend to take back the southern city of kherson, which fell to the russians during the early days of the invasion. joining us now, a regular, michael weiss. great to see you. let's start with this counteroffensive we're seeing from the ukrainians. how much progress have they made? we've had some reports here that the russians, after being stalled for so long, have been able to pick off some small towns, made some progress in that donbas region. >> yeah. >> give us an overview of the ukrainian sucess and the losses of russia. >> president wants luhansk and donetsk. h...

Ukraine. the range is about 190 miles. there are different missiles that can be provided with the mlrs systems that are shorter range. frankly, the ukrainians don't need 190-mile ranges. they can do with 40 to 70 miles, basically encompass the entire territory of russian forces on all three fronts. including kherson, including kharkiv, including donbas. this was the cry on twitter. a lot of journalists are trying to pour through the sort of -- they're trying to read what joe biden meant. i think it was telegraphing to the russians, we're not going to give things that can strike deep in your co...

Forces have made some progress, pushing russian forces back from kharkiv. that's progress, but that russian forces and they have been focusing their attention and pressure there lately have apparently made some gains in the east. i wonder are you concerned that russia is making progress in the east? >> you know, we're not concerned about russia. we're only concerned about us as ukraine and supporting us every day. with that to say, you mentioned my home city kharkiv which also a safe shield for the whole region, in the east, including donbas. the plan was to conquer it also within several days...

Whole ukrainian, including donbas and crimea and recognize ukraine. this is our goal. this is the only way to see victory comes for us. for nine years of russia deploying military aggression, we do not trust in any security guarantees or appeasement or type of diplomacy. so this is the only way, every inch of ukrainian territory without russian troops, plus compensation and international -- not just for putin, but also for his regime and his ministries, generals and soldiers. >> hanna hopko and rick stengel, thank you very much. right now the supreme court is hearing arguments about the bide...

Operation. what would you anticipate to be a peaceful or resolute outcome to this conflict? in which there is no more fighting. would it be the russians withdrawing completely from the donbas and crimea? would it simply be ending hostilities. would be the removal of russian soldiers in areas around kyiv and elsewhere? >> so, first of all, it will be the removal of russian forces from our territory. including donbas and including luhansk and russia giving up on crimea. i know that sounds right now very optimistic, however, this is what we anticipate could happen if and when the problems inside ...