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others who feel they can't or simply won't leave gather in the center, waiting at a bus stop for a water delivery which never comes. "rockets are flying overhead from both sides," valentina quietly tells us. "everywhere is covered with grad rockets. the house we wanted to move into got bombed." they walk away with piles of white tarp to protect their homes. they know the war is getting closer. but right now it's anyone's guess who will prevail in bakhmut. "nobody knows that," mykola says. "we will stand our ground, defend every meter of our land." so wolf, ukraine is standing firm as russia does appear to be making advances. we did get an update earlier tonight from russia -- from the ukrainian military general staff. there was no mention of withdrawing. they said that ukraine was managing to repel russian attacks as they tried to encircle the city and push north
this evangelical christian minister dressed in camouflage hugs one of vuhledar's last remaining residents. few others are brave enough to bring aid here and all the minister can offer are loaves of bread. 73-year-old valentina says despite it all, she won't leave. "we are frightened, but what can we do?" she says. "we live with it. we just can't say to the russians, don't shoot." now, the front line between ukrainian and russian forces may largely be static, jericka, but it stretches for hundreds of miles from the northwestern russian border all the way to the black sea. and vuhledar is now one of the deadliest hot spots. >> imtiaz tyab, thank you for your reporting as always. back here in the states, the environmental protection agency is now overseeing waste removal operations in east palestine, ohio, nearly a month after an overloaded train derailed and spilled tons of toxic chemicals. today the agency identified
are willing to do this -- willing to abort people because we think they will cost more or they'll be more trouble somatous? >> isn't that just the scariest thing you'll talk about all morning. i mean, special needs people add value to the community. the best thing that ever happened to the featherston family is have andrew be our son. he's taught me to be a better person, more tolerant, kinder and more patient and we want to talk about eugenics in 2023 is shameful. rachel: yeah, valentina is the west thing that happened to our family as well. thank you for speaking up on this issue and for people that don't have a voice. good luck. >> thank you, happy saturday. rachel: you too. coming up, mark wahlberg will join us live in the next hour but first, is now the time for governor desantis to take a hard line on ukraine? charlie hurt on how the ukraine
the few people remaining, those too poor or too old to flee. i asked valentina if it's not too dangerous to stay here. yes, it is dangerous, she says, but what can we do? of course it's dangerous, but we endure. sometimes we hide, but now it's too cold in the basements. the russians have massively beefed up their forces around kreminna. they believe they have to prevent the ukrainians breaking through here to sustain their own offenses against ba mat. russian armor getting hit by ukraine's artillery. a wounded comrade tries to crawl to safety. in all these places, drones are critical to detect and to destroy the enemy. dnipro one has its own drone workshop where nato grenades are sawed in half to be carried on
says valentina. "if that's your destiny, dead will eat you anywhere." on a hill above the city, a soviet-era t-72 tank fires into the distance. its sound and fury perhaps not enough to turn the tide. and that tank, that t-72 tank is more than 50 years old. we've seen other artillery, for instance, that dates back to 1950, older than me. and this is why the ukrainians are so insistent that they need modern weapons to fight the russians. and we heard the deputy defense minister of ukraine say today that ukraine is disappointed with the german hesitance to provide them with these leopard 2 tanks, and they say they
from kyiv, i'm confident we can win. for the few remaining civilians near soledar, exhaustion. nine months, says valentina, flying back and forth over my head. with conflicting rumors coming from the town, helena says her family is leaving. the soldiers are surrounded, she tells me. my sister's pregnant. she decided to leave, so we'll follow her. late afternoon ukrainian marines prepare rockets. the battle for soledar is not over yet. ben wedeman, cnn, outside soledar. >> ukraine is stepping up
certain of how the war will end. to be honest, in the first days i had some doubts because according to the news, russia has the strongest army, he says. but since we've pushed them back from kyiv and kharkiv, i'm confident we can win. for the few remaining civilians near soledar, exhaustion. nine months it's like this, says valentina, flying back and forth over my head. with conflicting rumors coming from the town, paulina says her family is leaving. the soldiers are surrounded, she tells me. my sister who's pregnant decided to leave, so we'll follow her. late afternoon and ukrainian marines prepare a fresh salvo of
ukrainian tactics designed to make every step forward come at a heavy price. despite the battle nearby, this sol soldier is certain of how the war will end. to be honest, in the first days i had some doubts, because according to the news, russia has the strongest army, he says. but since we pushed them back from kyiv and kharkiv, i'm confident we can win. for the few remaining civilians near soledar, exhaustion. nine months it's like this, says valentina, flying back and forth over my head. with conflicting rumors coming from the town, paulina said her family is leaving.
empathy. >> translator: i want you to know that i personally, the entire leadership of the country, we share your pain. we understand that nothing can replace the loss of a son, a child, especially for a mother. >> reporter: as the war in ukraine, what russia calls the special military operation, drags on and casualties mount, an increasing number of wives and mothers are calling on russia's president to help their husbands and sons. valentina heads the russian soldiers mothers committee and says her group and many others were not invited to meet the president. >> translator: why didn't they take these women who recorded the videos? how many are there? 50 people? well, bring them to moscow, put them in the hole not too close to putin. no, they didn't want to. they wanted to handpick others. >> reporter: the russian military says it has mobilized more than 300,000 russians from september to november. but complaints have been