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♪ very good wednesday morning to you, i'm jim sciutto. >> and i'm erica hill. happening right now, more than 4,500 civilians are stuck in the ukrainian city of bakhmut, this as russian forces launch a barrage of attacks on the fiercely contested area, president zelenskyy calling it the country's most difficult situation. as of now, though, ukrainian forces are still holding the line. cnn is on the ground in eastern ukraine and we will bring you the very latest. plus a political -- >> sorry, go ahead. >> it's all yours. >> plus a political shakeup in chicago. mayor lori lightfoot...

Is it worth the price they're paying? >> well, there is not a lot of evade while the enemy is strong and ukraine has to take a hard look at that. they cannot afford to lose young men and women in this fight given the fact they will have to be deployed someplace else. bakhmut does not hold any strategic value on the ground really and they have to recognize that and understand that their forces are better used elsewhere at this point. it's a hard decision, likely to take, and it would not necessarily mean retreat or a loss and let russia do what it wants with it, but it's more of an evade when i...