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>> reporter: what you're watching right now is them actually practicing storming a russian trench. this is what they would do to go in and take over an enemy trench. some of them are wearing lasers on their bulletproof vests and when the lasers light up, it means that they're dead. nateem was working at an online retailer before the war. after working the past year, he's now a trainer. >> it's very important, even for defense. you already know the tactics of your enemy, what they will do. >> reporter: the front line, of course, is massive, but most of the fighting is happening in incredibly small spaces, just like these, along tree lines, on the counteroffensive front lines. what these soldiers are doing is practicing laying trip wires with grenades on the end, and that is what so much of the combat is right now, both offensively and defensive, finding and laying these trip
actually practicing storming a russian trench. this was what they would do actually going in to take over an enemy trench. some of them are wearing lasers on their bulletproof vests. and when the lasers light up, it means that they're dead. he was working in an online retailer before the war. after fighting the past year, he's now a trainer. >> translator: it's very important, even for defense. you already know the tactics of your enemy what, they will do. >> reporter: the front line, of course, is massive. but most of the fighting is happening in incredibly small spaces just like these along tree lines on the counteroffensive front lines. what these soldiers are doing is actually practicing laying trip wires with grenades on the end. and that is what so much of the combat is right now. both offensively and defensively finding and laying these tripwires.
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direct hit, but its armored plating shields ukrainian troops inside from the worst of the impact. the presence of bradleys on the battlefield, alongside german-made leopard tanks, a sign kyiv is throwing its most advanced western weapons in the fight to drive out russian forces standing alongside canada's prime minister, president zelenskyy today giving his strongest hint yet that major operations are under way. "defensive counterattacks are taking place in ukraine. at what stage, i will not say in detail." in the city of dnipro, we meet anton, a soldier who has been fighting on the front lines in the east, and who was badly wounded in a russian missile attacks. we're starting to see western tanks reaching the battlefield. how much of a difference are they making? >> translator: this is more maneuverable equipment. it's better quality. more accurate, which allows us to clear the enemy's tree lines and fortifications much fastster >> reporter: meanwhile, in odesa, three civilians killed in a russian drone attack, according to ukraine's military and on odesa's beaches, debris washing up from the city of kherson, which flooded this week after a major dam was destroyed. the explosion also cutting water levels near ukraine's largest nuclear power plant.
and armored carriers in this area alone and seems several hundred soldiers. these seen without leadership or tactics as russian soldiers scramble to take cover, they are me mercilily cut down, russian tanks and fighting vehicles careen straight into well-placed minefields and at one point the lifeless body of a russian soldier get entangled in tank tracks. they provided to cnn show the intense bombardment of the tree lines where russian armor tried and failed to take cover. and the landscape littered with destroyed machines. president putin's only comment on the fighting here -- the marine infantry are maintaining the operation just fine, he says. this very moment, they are fighting heroically. the uk says that russians are losing soldiers at their highest rate since the start of the war. even russian military bloggers are venting their anger at the tactics and commanders, only
oftentimes at night, using tree lines for cover to probe the gray zone and identify the forward most russian positions for ukrainians to target with artillery. so that was obviously even more dangerous and risky, and many of their comrades had been injured and killed, and the same goes obviously for their ukrainian counterparts >> speaking of danger, luke, in your piece you recount a close encounter while pinned down in a ukrainian village. the code names of the soldiers you were with, you asked doc asked herring to locate the russian tank it's coming about ten degrees to the left, he said. i got to wait for this to sub side to run out and grab the drone. another strike near the house made doc's response inaudible. i gotta get that drone
that gave colorado its first blizzard warning in warning in two years and that in the south caused these massive tornados. we have video from texas where they're going through a damage assessment right now where officials say there are downed tree lines, downed powerlines and trees. you see the damage from the buildings there. we're also hearing in grapevine, texas, a similar story where officials are going through, checking the situation there. more than five people have been hospitalized. and you have some stores that are completely closed now as officials are looking at possible tornados there. now you mentioned this massive system. it's moving east and heading east and we're going to be dealing with the effects of this for some time. minneapolis getting a rain and sleet. not just today, but really throughout the rest of the week. but when you get to the east coast, you're bracing for a mess by the end of the week. we're talking about rain, snow, and the concern of ice where
ukrainian troops are pressing ahead with a counter—offensive in the nearby region of kherson, to retake areas seized by russia. our correspondent quentin sommerville filed this exclusive report from the frontline, in the donbas region of eastern ukraine. and a warning, there are some distressing scenes in his report. in donbas, there will be no harvest. as russian shells fall about us, these fields and furrows are instead ploughed by gun tracks and fighting men. ukraine's national guard leads us through the barrage. they pause only briefly and by the cover of tree lines. this is a war of artillery, of seemingly limitless firepower, and of scorched earth. the destruction is measured in the square kilometres. with phosphorus and cluster bombs, russia burns and scores what it seeks to capture.
are some distressing scenes in his report. in donbas, there will be no harvest. as russian shells fall about us, these fields and furrows are instead ploughed by gun tracks and fighting men. ukraine's national guard leads us through the barrage. they pause only briefly and by the cover of tree lines. this is a war of artillery, of seemingly limitless firepower, and of scorched earth. the destruction is measured in the square kilometres. with phosphorus and cluster bombs, russia burns and scores what it seeks to capture. a canopy of acacias gives some protection from drones. but from here onwards, they must go on foot. the breakthrough in kherson has buoyed spirits,
in donbas, there will be no harvest. as russian shells fall about us, these fields and furrows are instead ploughed by gun tracks and fighting men. ukraine's national guard leads us through the barrage. they pause only briefly and by the cover of tree lines. this is a war of artillery, of seemingly limitless firepower, and of scorched earth. the destruction is measured in the square kilometres. with phosphorus and cluster bombs, russia burns and scores what it seeks to capture. a canopy of acacias gives some protection from drones. but from here onwards, they must go on foot. the breakthrough in kherson has buoyed spirits, even as russia's dominance in donbas rings out loudly.