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welcome back to all our viewers around the world and rock and you're watching cnn newsroom ukrainian artillery is fighting to keep russian troops at bay as they press ahead with their offensive in the east. ukraine says russia launched more than 40 attacks across the eastern front lines in the past 24 hours. officials see russian forces are not giving up their attempt to take full control of mahmoud and as nick paton walsh reports they could be making some headway. the battle for barca mood has been one of lengthy and deadly attrition for months. most of the winter. frankly, the key focus of russia , be it. it's mercenary group wagner trying to stake a symbolic victory there to prove its military metal or the tradition, rational military in the background there as well. but the uk intelligence assessment not entirely clear
then the membership of ukraine eventual membership of ukrainian nato. and that is what they want here, and this will certainly be another moments that will give leverage to ukraine to eventually try as he put it to join nato and improve security in ukrainian size john certainly , finland joining nato is something that russia has dreaded for decades and decades would have been unimaginable sometime ago. david there is the question of bach mood. this city in eastern ukraine in donetsk, which has been hardly fought over for months and months now who is in control? that's a very good question. you had this video i have to say, dodgy looking video nighttime vision shots of yevgeny ferguson, the head of the vagner mercenary group, he said that they had their estimation, legal control over much of mahmoud. he raised the russian flag there. well,
perhaps later. claire sebastian reporting. thank you so much, claire. the head of the russian mercenary group of wagner says a russian flag has been raised in memory of water ski on the battlefield and mahmoud all those comments from yevgeny version coming in in a brief video he claims was recorded in the eastern ukrainian city. cnn can't immediately confirm the location where version recorded the message holding a flag that was in distinct in the darkness . meantime ukraine says at least six people were killed in russian airstrikes on the town of christian teeny fca, the ukrainian defense ministry says russian forces targeted residential areas launching two strikes with 300 long range missiles and four strikes with a multiple launch rocket system. thousands have been wounded in the war, and now there is new help for some of those who were
40% of that city. unfortunately since the 21st of february, mahmoud for journalists has been a red zone declared by the ukrainians so we don't we're not able to report firsthand on what what? what's going on, but certainly by allah counts by the video that's coming out. from ukrainian troops. the fighting is indeed intense and that fighting sort of spills out over into the towns around babu just south of here and constant in an apartment building was hit by russian fire, and that instance six civilians killed. it appears that the russians in addition to trying to take bomb mood are trying to make life in the surrounding towns, unlivable omar. ben wedeman. thank you as always, and please stay safe. pope francis jumping right into
manner of munitions, mahmoud, the most hotly contested city in the region. wagner mercenaries fighting on behalf of moscow raised the vagner not russian flag near the center of the city. where does the war go from here? let me bring in my guest today, retired admiral william mcraven before he retired from the military in 2014 mcraven led special operations command, where he oversaw the us military's most elite combat units. mccraven has another terrific new book. it is called the wisdom of the bullfrog. leadership made simple but not easy. bill. welcome. thanks. very good to be with you. um when you look at this bomb mood situation, um the lansky had to make a very important decision, which was whether to hold the line here. lot of people say militarily. this is not significant. why devote so much space? he did it and he seems to have so far resisted the russian advance. was it worth it? or was
flag you see on the bottom of your screen is wagner's the group posted this video that seems to show the flag on a building near the city's center recovering these developments for you from all angles. david mckenzie is standing by in keith, while claire sebastian joins us now live from london first to you, david wagner. fighters appear to have raised the group's flag near the center of embattled mahmoud does this mean that it's now in russian hands? no not necessarily. but it might mean that at least temporarily, they were able to access that rooftop and place that distinctive black in the center of mahmoud. i think what it is, of course, a propaganda victory for the mercenary group that has been battling along with regular russian forces for many months now to take over back mood that city in the east. the uh, there isn't any indication that at least the majority of the city has been taken by wagner or russian
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apparently raising their flag near the center of back move, but that battle is far from over. how significant is it? michael. not the first time we've seen vagner video emerging of a wagner flag being raised over by mahmoud this was posted on saturday to have wagner affiliated telegram channel. it shows the flag being flown on a building, which is just west of the bomb. vodka river, which sort of backs up reports that we've seen coming out of both sides in the last few days. that russia has taken up positions along that river potentially even crossed in certain places, which is relatively significant . but this is if you look closer, only a few blocks away from neighborhoods that we already knew to be in russian control, so it shows just how incremental and slow and grinding this battle is. we know that the destruction in that town is intense. i think the snow somewhat masks it in that video, and we know that there's been a lot of expenditure of manpower and ammunition. on both
the charges facing him. a true trump is probably guilty. but will it create more or less faith in our judicial system and our democratic system? that is the worry that leads me to conclude that this is a case of trying the right man for the wrong crime. and let's get started. mhm. the battle for eastern ukraine was incredibly intense and bloody this week has russia hammered its neighbor with all manner of munitions, mahmoud, the most hotly contested city in the region. wagner mercenaries fighting on behalf of moscow raised the vagner not russian flag near the center of the city. where does the war go from here? let me bring in my guest today, retired admiral william mcraven before he retired from the military in 2014 mcraven led special
trademark black flag right in the center of that town on a high rise building. now, this doesn't mean necessarily. that they have taken over that city. but what it does mean based on our geolocation is that they are making some progress. they had a very heavy cost. based on all accounts, that city has been fought over. it's largely depopulated for many, many months. now it's become a symbolic fulcrum of this content . this this conflict i should say in the east, the ukrainians maintain they still control a large part of the urban center of what's left of it of mahmoud and as you say, even as they fight over that city, there are still civilians killed and almost daily basis from shelling , rocket attacks and missile attacks from russian forces. fred alright david mckenzie, thanks so much for that update. the wall street journal's editor in chief, is vowing to do everything in their power to secure the release of evan ceviche, the journalist who is