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Russian army's mounting in the east. i don't see them as being anything particularly strategic in that particular sense. more about helping out the russian army in the east. >> let's talk about the battlefield, that offensive in the east. i was just reading the uk defense intelligence, just in the last few minutes, that says despite struggling to break through, that russia is highly likely, intends to proceed, it says, to kramatorsk, as you can see there, and donetsk. what do you make of this strategy here? because it seems like it's being used as a staging point, isn't it? >> yeah, certainly ...

Russia has deployed 22 battalion tactical groups near izyum in its attempt to advance along the northern axis of the donbas, that's despite struggling to breakthrough ukrainian defenses and build momentum. russia highly likely, it says, intends to proceed beyond izyum to capture kramatorsk and another city there, capturing these locations would consolidate russian military control of the northeastern donbas and provide a staging point for the efforts to cut off ukrainian forces in the region. joining me now is retired army major mike lions. thank you for being with us. just to show people what...

Lviv as a staging point to move further on into europe. and this is a reminder that nowhere in ukraine is out of range of vladimir putin's missiles. the russian defense ministry had said that they would target cities in the center and to the west of this country in response to what they said were ukrainian attacks over the border in are into russian territory. ukraine's government is not commenting on those claims. but i'll tell you, a lot of people here on the ground suspect what is really going on is vladimir putin is retaliate ing for the humiliating sinking of his flagship, the "moskva," o...

Kyiv. this could be used as a staging point, general, for more russian forces to come in and we saw those satellite images, dozens of helicopters and columns of armored personnel ready to go in. i am wondering, according to the pentagon only a third of the forces that are here have been used. what are they waiting for? why is it bogged down like this if they have so many forced ready to go? >> i think it's because of the resistance they are meeting. the lack of effective air power. look at that air field, john. if there was our plan, that airport would be a strategic key. that's where we will ...

Parts of the country coming to lviv? and then what happens when they move on? i saw the scenes at the border, hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the country, many of them now in lviv, very uncertain. yes, the trains— now in lviv, very uncertain. yes, the trains are _ now in lviv, very uncertain. yes, the trains are still _ now in lviv, very uncertain. yes, the trains are still moving. i now in lviv, very uncertain. yes, the trains are still moving. we . the trains are still moving. we still have packed trains coming into lviv station from the east of this country and they are then being...