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messages of condolence from it members of parliament. we ll have more on the funeral plans for queen elizabeth and take a look at the future of the monarchy. good morning, welcome to way too early on this monday, september 12th. thank you for starting your day with us. we ll begin with the war in ukraine. ukrainian forces are claiming major victories on the battlefield after recapturing large parts of the territories in the eastern partst country. ukrainian troops on saturday took back the strategic city and areas around the country s second largest city. that forced russian forces into retreat. russia initially claimed it was pulling back to regroup. however, moscow yesterday had to acknowledge that it had lost nearly all of the northern parts of karkiev. their forces have retain more than 1,000 square miles of land since the counter offensive began the beginning of the month. that s more area than russian forces have captured in all of the operations in ukraine si ....
Facilities kept russian leaders on the move and disrupted their communications making it more difficult for them to direct combat operations. none of this is what russian president putt yun was expecting. if anything, putin thought the whole ukraine chapter was going to be a short one. a ten day operation that russia would easily dominate. but almost ten months into this war, ten months, ukraine has defied even the wildest expectations. but those successes come at a price. russia s ground forces have not been able to defeat ukraine. the battle in the air, that is an entire dlifrn matter. using primarily rhinian made drones, putin s soldiers are hitting the energy infrastructure plunging of much of that country into cold and darkness as winter begins. close to 50% of the country s energy facilities have already been affected by russian attacks and the remaining 50% remain under constant threat of bombardment. now hitting civilian areas and infrastructure is a war crime. ....
Take a number of months. that will likely happen at existing u.s. bases in germany most likely. i would be very surprised if that is already on going considering the feeling that white house and the defense have had for some time about providing these systems. so it s very likely that this won t kick in and have active effects in ukraine for some months. but it is very good and will be helpful to ukraine that the process is starting now. how does putin take this? he s had a lot of he s been ratcheting up the rhetoric. does this have an escalation effect? i mean, we ve been saying the phrase armageddon and nuclear war off and on throughout this war. but does this have a measurable effect on that? sure. the first thing i note is we still think it s incredibly unlikely that putt yun will use nuclear weapons in ukraine at this point. and certainly not against the u.s. and nato. the thing is, in isn t really much putin can do to escalate here. the strikes against ukrainian critical ....
Come here. also stunning how lack of a resistance there that they seem to be high tailing and running and leaving putin behind. they are retaliating. there were several attacks yesterday. what do those lead to and what are the concerns that now push back in a corner that putt yun putin may lash out with something more dangerous? several regions including kharkiv, they pushed back. so this is that was a retaliation, clearly. the russia today editor in chief ....
Into ukraine. our teams on the ground reporting on going assault including explosions to day heard from kyiv. here s video that shows explosions in northeastern ukraine earlier today. they held a rare session on the crisis after puttin put russia s nuclear deterrent put them on alert. americans should not be worried about a nuclear attack. but putt yun is facing a global united movement that really at foreign policy levels has a type of solidarity. the pentagon cautioning putin has significant combat power. at a face-to-face mighting with russia today in belaruse, there was no reported breakthrough though from those talks. ukrainian president zelenskyy continues his extraordinary leadership. another video where he addresses ....