CNN CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto February 18, 2022 15:05:00
Russian-backed forces there. first of all, how tense is the situation there now? >> we were at the front lines a couple of weeks ago and yesterday just a few miles back from the front lines and it definitely felt a lot more tense. it was a different situation. you would normally have three or more major cease-fire violations along the front lines in any given day. yesterday, there were more than 40 according to the ukrainian military and i want to be clear that it is reportedly going on both sides. we can't verify the claims of the people in the separatist areas, ukrainian military are also fu...