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And most like livly one of the reasons that russia is calling in backup, putin moving in troops from the independent country of georgia, a country russia invaded and took a region of back in 2008. it all comes as russia may be losing its group on the ukrainian region of kherson. there are areas that were under full russian control. officials saying, quote, we would argue that kherson is contested territory again. and kherson is crucial. it is an area along the black sea so it's that crucial sea access. it was first occupied by russian forces on march 3rd after days of devastating strikes. just...

As well, they have been making gains here in mykolaiv, they have pushed the russian forces back here we saw the attack against the two russian ships, one of which sank at the pier. if you are trying to stop people from bringing things in, you want to sink a ship at the pier so other things cannot come in. it's extraordinary fighting back, how could this accelerate if they get more stingers and javelin missiles. >> it's important, and to keep ukraine from being cut off from sea access. concerns about getting food in and out of the country are critical and putin said his goal was to cut them off...

On egypt, a higher state of awareness but no higher state of alert. that's what the joint chiefs chairman says, but the pentagon has good reason to be deeply concerned if egypt becomes unstable. here is pentagon correspondent barbara starr. >> reporter: with unrest now sweeping across egypt and neighboring countries, new questions about whether it's a security crisis here at the pentagon. a quick look at the map tells you how deeply tied the u.s. military is to regimes across the middle east and persian gulf. in egypt the u.s. provides around $1.3 billion a year in military aid. in return, the...