ukrainian military says russia s assault on the eastern part of the country is heating up as the next phase of russia s war gets under way. now a key town in that region. ukraine is accusing russia of shelling the town friday with cluster munitions which scatter over a wide area. in the small town outside of kyiv, drone video that you re looking at shows a really apocalyptic landscape left by russian shelling during the first phase of the war. ukrainian forces are being honored for holding the town and for blocking of course the russian advance on the capitol. and president volodymyr zelenskyy is vowing to keep fighting. have a listen. we will defend ourselves as long as necessary to break this ambition of the russian federation. the armed forces of ukraine continue to deter attacks by russian invaders in the east and south of the country. i m grateful to each of our defenders bravely holding. meanwhile, russia military now confirming its objective is to take full control
beginning. attack on ukraine is only the beginning. how concerned should moldova be here? well, it shouldn t be concerned in the short, medium term. i don t think the russians have the means to do it. however if russia isn t stopped in ukraine, then who knows what will happen next. and we re seeing nato bolster forces in the baltic states and poland. and elsewhere. i think that s a sensible thing to do. what i would say is that some point, ukraine has needs to stop having to react to what russians are doing and take the initiative. and if i was advising president zelenskyy and ukrainian military, and bear in mind i m only a lonely retired lieutenant kornl. i would say if you have the means, why don t you shift onto the front foot and launch a strategic offensive.