CNN CNN Newsroom With Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell June 4, 2024 19:13:00
Soviet tactics would expect that this is preparatory for a large offensive operation. we don't know how far the russians would want to push the separatists in their own forces but this is something that could well be a second phase, a much tougher phase for the ukrainians. and if that's the case, it's going to get bloodier and there are going to be more civilians suffering as a result. >> secretary austin today denied the claims from the foreign minister from russia, sergey lavrov that this is a proxy war for nato with the flooding in of military aide, what's your take on that proxy war claim?...