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In its advance further north. but even ukrainian commanders admit this war still hangs in the balance. with russia calling up more troops. translation: it depends on how many they will be able to mobilise _ and the quality of those troops. so far we are seeing they are of poor quality and they don't have enough weapons. there's another graveyard in nearby liberated lyman. at this one they are digging up the remains of up to 200 civilians and soldiers buried during russia's brief occupation. forensic experts still looking for any evidence of torture. this war is proving costly for ukraine, too....

I think, as i said, it places increased pressure on russian ground lines of communication, the logistical network. and the russians will be desperate to try and defend that. because if they can't defend that network, then their ability to hold their positions in ukraine just come apart at the seams. so it gives the ukrainians, i think, added opportunity to press home the advantage, eidner the donbas or in the south around kherson, ultimately toward crimea. it sets up an end game where the ukrainians eject russia from the area, eventually donbas and donetsk. >> russia appointed a new general to...

But to be clear, the guy who makes that decision -- it's one man. there are no checks on mr. putin. just as he made the irresponsible decision to invade ukraine, you know, he could make another decision. but i don't see anything right now that would lead me to believe he has made such a decision. >> mr. secretary, what is your analysis of how well ukraine has done? we've all seen and been stunned by this recapture of territory, the russians fleeing. but what i want to ask you is a question everyone has is, they've been able to do a lot. they'll probably be able to push forward some more. but i...

So, in effect, any missile that hits russian positions in the donbas is already an attack on russia. in this new circumstance, why not lean forward, give the ukrainians the longer-range weaponry they're asking for? by russian law, you're hitting russia anyway when missiles hit the donbas. >> two things here, fareed. as you heard us say, this referendum is a sham, it's fiction. and we will never respect their illegal annexation of ukraine territory. and nor will most of the international community. so that's one thing. the second thing is, you know, i talk to my counterpart, the minister of def...

Allies about security in that region. we'll get to that in a moment, but first, russia and ukraine. secretary austin, pleasure to have you on the program. >> thanks, fareed. a real pleasure to be with you. >> i was in ukraine a couple of weeks and talked to a number of people there, including your counterpart. one of the things that they do say is that they would dearly wish for more american weaponry, but particularly longer range weapons. the biden administration has been hesitant to do that, because of the fear of these weapons essentially reaching into russia, seeming to be an attack on ru...