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So the threat to kyiv is not over. >> the repositioning in donbas has not manifested in terms of a market change and the strikes on the capitol. is that -- >> i can't quantify it, nancy, over the course of a day or two. i don't have a count of how many strikes are happening on kyiv. we've never given you that because we tonight have it. we do continue to see strikes on kyiv. so it's -- we're not convinced that the threat to the capitol city has been radically diminished by this proclamation. barbara, did you have one? >> could you give us a sense of russian forces are spread evenly throughout ...

Objective, and i think that was a real objective early on but it was too much for them to achieve and they have decided to decrease operations here but they will keep pressure on the ukrainian government but they need to bring forces out of there as they are doing and ship them round to the donbas region in them round to the donbas region in the south—east. so there will be more activity going on. there is engagement in talks but the russians say they are not really going anywhere and until there is a future about the future —— until there is agreement about the future of the donbas regi...

The root towards kyiv, from the north. but now that there is some indication that the russians are narrowing their military objective. the perspective is changing. russian military officials today held a briefing in front of a very big map. saying that the operation in ukraine is entering a new phase, focused on the complete liberation of the donbas. that, you will recall, is the eastern region that russia and ukraine have been fighting over for years. the russian officials claim today that russia's assault on cities like kyiv, that was just a distraction. to lure ukrainian forces away from th...

Going after the country to try to decapitate the zelenskyy regime that's a harder to sell as a victory and what administration officials are not sure about. they don't believe russia is serious yet to find a diplomatic solution yet and heard from the president whether ukraine gives up territory is up to the ukrainians. they won't dictate to ukraine what it needs to do. >> do we have a clearer idea now than the beginning what that might mean and might take for vladimir putin to essentially say okay i'm done or do you agree there's a chance ukraine might win this war? >> i think we're less certa...

They have -- a lot of ukrainian armies there. they are not being entirely successful, but it's definitely going better for them there than elsewhere in ukraine. >> so, let's play that out. whether it's because -- whether they were trying to distract ukrainian forces, or because, as you say it's not going to plan. in the end, how does it affect the outcome? what is president zelenskyy, what is his response? if he says, we just went on donbas? >> i think our government has been explicitly clear there is no compromise on our territorial integrity and sovereignty. so even if they are successful in...