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In kyiv, but that's in stark contrast to what is going on in other parts of ukraine, in the south and east, where the russian brutality is doing horrific things to the people every single day. in terms of wars won and lost, i come back to the proposition that, in terms of russia's war aims, russia has already failed and ukraine has already succeeded because the principal aim that president putin brought to this, in his own words, was to fully subsume ukraine back into russia, to take away its sovereignty and independence, and that has not happened. 0ur diplomatic correspondent is james landale...

US says diplomats to return to Kyiv, as 'Russia has already failed' in war aims

Proposition that in terms of russia's war aims, russia has already failed and ukraine has already succeeded because the principle aim that president putin brought to this in his own words was to fully subsume ukraine back into russia, to take away its sovereignty and independence. and that has not happened, and clearly will not happen. where the contours of the war goes from here, how much death and destruction continues, obviously that's of deep concern. we want to do everything we can to help the ukrainians bring this to an end on the best possible terms as quickly as possible. much of the w...

In the capital on sunday. mr blinken, said it was an important moment to be in ukraine and to show support for the country. he said while in the capital, he saw people walking around and it was a sign that russia had already failed its mission. we certainly saw people on the streets in kyiv. evidence of the fact that the battle for kyiv was won and there is, what looks from the surface at least, to be a normal life in kyiv, but that's in stark contrast to what is going on in other parts of ukraine, in the south and east, where the russian brutality is doing horrific things to the people every ...

Level of ambition. >> it is also notable, as phil black said in his live shot, they are now seeming to double down on mariupol. they've already devastated that city, but now they are seemingly positioning themselves to storm this steel plant. does that signal a russia that is poised to have even bigger ambitions? they seem to be struggling just to say victory when it comes to a city that they've already devastated mariupol. >> i think it's them constantly repositioning, and respining their failures early on in the war into successes. so i think getting back to the map you showed, this is them ...