ishieiiii. eastern ukraine at the moment? well, we still don't — eastern ukraine at the moment?krainian generals, but there are multiple reports from the troops on the ground, and there is a report, an official report, of russian, that they left lyman, but this was obviously a one—off, successful operation of ukrainian troops, and we expect confirmation of how many losses the russians have. they are now counting around 600 being dead, and we still expect that there could be a lot of prisoners of war in this situation. how significant would be the regaining of this town to ukraine? that is significant because of the operational meaning. it has interconnection and is a good position for pushing back rusher, as well as in the donetsk and luhansk region. it has some routes which are important for transportation and logistics, but it is also important from the point of view that your correspondence just mentioned, that yesterday there was an annexation of this territory, and only a day later, a defeat, so that is quite remarkable for ukrainians, and we continue to defend our territor

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in eastern ukraine preparations are underway to survive the winter. cold weapons and ammunition are crucial if the ukrainian military hopes to continue retaking ground seized by russia. but the soldiers in eastern ukraine's donnette screeching know that being prepared for freezing temperatures will also be key to their survival in the coming months, from sleeping bags to socks to trenches. they aren't just bracing for battle, they're bracing for the cold winter. and the dorm buses, hell, it's a step climate with freezing nights, temperatures down to minus 30 degrees celsius. i felt it in 2014, it's hell. there are no forests. regular winds and very low temperatures was recalled. so either this trench is just 700 meters from russian positions, but life goes on for the soldiers of the 5th assault brigade, one meter under ground, they wash, eat and sleep by a wood fire stove. there's also a sauna built using a tutorial they found on the internet. it wasn't 3 days to bill the sona 1st, we dug the ditch them, recovered it with a special membrane and bags for to sustain at least minimum mortar fi

nato's secretary general says the recapture of a town in eastern ukraine — within the territory russiavladimir putin's forces. the retaking of lyman is a significant gain for ukraine, but there is a large part of the east and south of the country which russia controls. our senior international correspondent orla guerin and camera journalist goktay koraltan sent this report from the frontlines in bakhmut. explosions. at the frontline with the guns in action, the order is "run". we reach ukrainian positions in the city of bakhmut. we can't say where. but the russians are close, we are told — just a00m away. troops are standing their ground here but in this corner of the donetsk region, it's tough. oleksandr leads the unit and knows the cost of war, not only from fighting his own battles. "my brother died", he says, "but i don't know where "and when exactly, because he was drafted "by a different drafting office in a different region. "as well as my brother, a few of my comrades died." explosions, gunfire. as battles rage just beyond the building... drone buzzes. ..they deploy one of the

i said, beg, i'll da 0, eastern ukraine. people in somalia are searching for lost loved ones after a suicide attack. killed at least a 100 people in the capitol. mogadishu, 300 others were wounded. families are searching through rubble and in body bags. for those missing 2, car bombs exploded on saturday at a busy junction near several government offices. a 2nd happened, as ambulances arrived on the scene, and i have the, the victims were somalia, people who are recuperating from the shabbat tags 5 years ago in the same area. some of them recovered from injury somewhere disabled somewhere orphans who lost a loved relatives in previous attacks and others. the most we and the muslim somali people are at war with these men are shut up. at the time we are talking, there is fighting against them going on in many parts of the country. whether it's gonna doug harish about southwest, or jubilant in sudan protest as a marching towards the presidential palace and the capital cost whom there is a monday to return to civilian rule. auth

i said, beg, i'll da 0, eastern ukraine. the united nations turkey and ukraine have agreed on a plan to help move 14 ships transporting rain in turkish waters. ukraine says a total of $218.00 vessels are effectively bluffed following russia decision to pull out if a un brokered grain deal western governments or urging moscow to reverse the move, saying it undermines efforts to ease the global food crisis. harry false, that has more from the ukrainian capital to kia, is saying that it is in talks with the russians and saying that there is some cause for optimism in those talks as well as that we've been hearing from the un secretary general antonio garish. saying that he has delayed his departure for the arab league summit in algiers by a day in order to continue his efforts to try to get this deal back up and running, saying he will engage to try to restore the food and fertilize it exports from ukraine. but also to try to remove the remaining obstacles to such exports coming out of russia. and that has been a demand for some

for years, and not taking seriously despite georgia in 2008, despite syria, despite crimea, and eastern ukraine in 2014, because he is a declining power. he has got, economy is in the tank, one economy economy, we had tendency not to take him serious yet all the time he has been talking about ukraine is a part of russia and i'm going to make it a part of russia. president xi says the same thing about taiwan, by the way. and also, and this is the important part, that his design to bring back under the umbrella of russia the former soviet republics now in nato and that is largely the baltics and particularly poland, lesser degree romania. we dismissed all of that but i believe putin has never given up on that. for $66 billion what we're get something ukraine is doing the fighting, they are literally destroying the russian army on the battlefield, which would set them back for years and deny them the ability to ever accomplish under putin any of his ambitions in terms of taking back some of the soviet republics. by the way if that would happen, that would mean war between nato and russia. the scal

they want to do is hold the line and make sure the country doesn't fall as big as the 0 eastern ukraine or russia is being accused of weaponized food after moscow stop participating in a un broker, green export deal with ukraine. the president of greenville of rosalyn case as rushes moved threatens to bring large scale families to africa and asia. he says more than 2000000 tons of food are now stuck at sea. moscow says it's called off the 3 month old deal because of attacks on its chips anchored off crimea. for a decade, germany has been committed to phasing out nuclear power. the plant had been for its 3 remaining reactors to shut down permanently at the end of this year. but would be warned ukraine cutting off energy from russia. many are asking if that decision should be reconsidered. dominey cane reports from berlin. on a calm, sunny day, the eas, out sky power station in bavaria, seems unremarkable. but a closer inspection shows its energy source is nuclear. one of 3 reactors in germany, which together provide around 6 percent of the country's energy and which would you to be switc

what you get mostly for you on the frontline and eastern ukraine as camp counter offensive pushes ahead, were in a town retaken from russian forces. tis a few soldiers behind me that are running towards us. village off to village has been completely destroyed in this area. as ukrainian forces push forward along this road towards the child camino ah hello. there i'm to start the attain. this is al jazeera life and are ha also coming. rally is, are held across the us to demand women's rights and urge people to vote next month to mid term elections. and personhood rights for europe's largest seawater lagoon were in spain. environmental campaign has struck a major victory. ah . now at least 17 people have been killed and a russian attack, and the ukrainian city is upper risha. and that's according to ukrainian officials whose a russian forces showed the cities residential areas overnight. it happened hours after an explosion, partially collapsed, the key bridge linking the crimean peninsula with mainland russia. while the battle and eastern ukraine is intensifying as keeps forces, try to ad

in eastern ukraine, preparations are underway to survive the winter cold. >> weapons and ammunition arerucial if the ukrainian military hopes to continue retaking ground seized by russia, but the soldiers in eastern ukraine's donuts region know that being for -- donetsk region know it will be crucial to survival in the upcoming months. they are not just bracing for battle, they are bracing for the cold. >> winter in the donbas is held. temperatures down to -30 degrees celsius. i felt it in 2014. it is hell. there are no forests, and brutal temperatures. >> this trench is just 700 meters from russian positions, but life goes on for the soldiers of the fifth assault brigade. they wash, eat, and sleep by a wood fire stove. there's also a sauna built using the tutorial they found on the internet. >> it took three days to build this sauna. first we dug the ditch, then we covered it with a special membrane and bags for it to sustain at leastinimal mortar fire. we think it cod survive an explosion from 82 caliber fire. >> close to the russian border, preparing for combat and the cold oh hand-i

new video of a raging fire in eastern ukraine and vladimir putin's new threat tonight when it comes to american satellites. abc's tom soufi burridge in kyiv. >> reporter: as the battle rages in ukraine, vladimir putin tonight blasting the west and warning of the most dangerous and unpredictable decade since the end of world war ii. and after weeks of making nuclear threats, tonight, putin denying he would conduct a nuclear attack, saying there is no need. but putin repeating his baseless claim that ukraine is preparing to detonate a dirty bomb containing radioactive material on its own territory. western officials fear russia could then launch its own attack and blame ukraine. defense secretary austin today saying the u.s. has no intelligence russia is planning to detonate a dirty bomb, but adding -- >> russian aggression does pose an immediate and sharp threat to our interests and values. >> reporter: and today, for the first time, russia threatening to strike american satellites in space. if the u.s. becomes more heavily involved in ukraine. the white house warning it would respond i

he double del, on his commitment to securing the don't bass region and eastern ukraine and still referring to the invasion as a special military operation. putin went down the list of reasons for the conflict, but there was a noticeable omission. who can said nothing about his goal of cleansing ukraine of its neo nazis. he also made it clear who qualifies now as an ally to russia, topping the list, china, which is declared a no limits partnership with russia. and there is also something personal here for putin as well. the day he called chinese president, she can ping a close friend. here is part of what vladimir putin said to day. he begins by lashing out at the west, debated with the state the historical period of undivided dominance of the western world affairs is coming to an end. the unipolar world is becoming a thing of the past. we stand at a historical frontier after all that he will resume will quite recently shames that good. we thought that we were turning into a semi colon in human emotion. this deal. it is natural. we could not do anything without our western partners. we coul

channel, row c o, one, the topic, rushes unilateral annexation on september 30th of parts of eastern ukraine and its military humiliating retreat and from some of that same territory the very next day . there also been some of that as the linear strategic if you'd suggest to go so in your switch they, it should come under william as well, probably in your wife's time. and it was the kind of analysis that will get you call them back food state, excuse me, out of some sort of us. but he to be it's, i get out and crane. they me just kidding me. so if you're a political player and you're online, like the oligarchy, you have any promotion or for amazon could be off vladimir putin man in chechnya, you tend to have more leeway. but not that much. so you ripped the underline, it's and go after putin's generals, calling them unfit to lead on the battlefield. there is a thing in the russian side. gotcha, by your reply. he, it's r as good boy jasa baths are where sod sounds fossils. so the idea is, if you don't criticize, sorry to criticize people who are in charge of from implementing his decisions, i

with a narrative that is shifting in russia since the crumbling annexation of 4 provinces in eastern ukraine, its forces have suffered setbacks, some russian voices on the airwaves, and online have grown more critical, not of latimer putin that comes with consequences, but of the russian military, these aren't anti war voices. for the most part, those have been silenced. the pro war putin faithful, are now grappling with defeats. they never expected to see russian troops in retreat from towns likely mon. inside the annexation zone, the generals taking the flak are getting it from some public figures who carry considerable cloud on line loyalists on usually subservient state television channels are echoing route and military bloggers go to sources for russians, trying to find more authentic reporting from the battlefield. or painting a picture that's everybody's bleak. the angle of this story that has not drawn enough attention, the nuclear one and putin's refusal to take that option off the. our starting point this week is moscow. if you're a russian in a state controlled new studio these da

completely rejected the idea that russia would give away ukraine's participation elon musk noted that eastern ukraine is pro-russian because russians live there and published a map with the results of the twelfth ukraine in the majority voted for the pro-russian party of regions, it is obvious that not everyone who voted for the pro-russian party. wanted to join russia, but also to say that no one wanted this, elon musk already summed up incorrectly. and europe again reminded ukraine that it would not be accepted into nato, at least as long as hostilities are ongoing on its territory . this was stated by the eu commissioner for the internal market of the breton series in an interview with the bfm tv channel, zelenki asked for ukraine to join nato, but as you know, questions of joining the alliance cannot be raised during the period of hostilities on the territory of the country. while it is difficult to say when the hostilities will be completed, the european commissioner. noticed the announcement of joining the alliance from zelensky is a political march at home. the exhibition of medicine and healt

not allowed to say where it is, other than eastern ukraine. and identified soldiers is forbidden. uk has given ukraine six of these rocket launchers. veterans of past wars, winning new fans. those soldiers live in the cabin . telltale signs of its origin aren't hard to find. it can hold 12 in total. each with a range of more than 50 miles. it all comes in, a mission. go right a bit. target locked, commander in english says fire. a switch is flipped. we watched from a distance. the target is apparently a mobile command post. video footage has been capturing the impact of artillery strikes similar to the one we witnessed. here, russian armored vehicles are destroyed. the soldiers constantly check in devices for new orders. another one comes in, and out they roll. it is a relentless fight for survival. and the aim is to win. deborah haynes, sky news, in eastern ukraine. >>> herschel walker , sticking to his story. what he said today about the abortion claim and how the controversy is paying off for the senate candidate. plus, brand-new polling in this crucial race. >>> a settlement in

all stuff with al jazeera horse, good eastern ukraine. russia says road and round traffic has resumed on a vital bridge that connects crimea to mainland russia. it was damaged by a large explosion. early on saturday. moscow says at least 3 paperwork killed, and president vladimir putin has ordered additional security. let's show you where the explosion to place and why significant the air is showing in red are under the control of russian forces and they separatist allies. the coach bridge is a critical route supplying moscow's troops in southern ukraine and the naval port of sylvester pome. ukraine. has not claimed responsibility, but the attack comes as it pushes its forces rather push ahead with a counter offensive in the east and south mohammed vow reports from moscow. this was the moment caught on ometer video cameras. at 607 am local time in crimea, purportedly showing a cargo track exploding on the motorway parallel to the catch bridge. the blast will so huge flames as the breeze crossed to the other lane and reached a fuel cargo train that was passing by russia. the government

that's part of the counter offensive in eastern ukraine. the drive to tank positions on the eastern front is often a long, muddy isolated roads. hidden in the forest on the wet autumn leaves we find ukrainian soldiers. with the 5th assault tank regiment tanks, he had been vital in preventing a russian advance as ukrainian troops continued a counter offensive that his recently we've taken sales of square kilometers from russian forces. the forest will offer less cover from russian drones and as strikes in the coming weeks and months. heavy machine gun far echoes through the trees throng of the final preparations. the signal to move is given the near 40 year old t 72 tank moves out from under the trees. it's a 5 minute drive to its firing position, exposing the crew to russia time. we follow it to a nearby field and within a minute the tell tale winding sails signal, it will fire seconds. a minute later, a 2nd blast to the tank has moved into its operating position. we understand that they are firing a russian positions about 3 kilometers fro

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the west did not notice this, because the west never needed terri ukraine without eastern ukraine, andard the statement of western politicians that ukraine would become. they weren't hiding now, when we start to overdry these things anew, it was clear that they weren't hiding. nothing. they saw a training ground for the military in ukraine actions. they then declared that there would be no peaceful resolution. yes, you just had to read it. it's, uh, more clearly, even in this case, everything was still done to resolve this situation peacefully. but when it already goes to some kind of edge. and what's next for these people, if not the territory of russia, then what's next, what's next to go to death go? where to concentration camps? where they will be healed there, what to do next, therefore, here is the filtering, therefore, here, as it were, it seems to me, a completely logical resolution, the situation. and thank god that these people and the fact that people came to vote and such a percentage of votes and observations. we have something valuable today. well, you know. why did the p

i said, beg, i'll da 0, eastern ukraine. russia is being accused of weapon ising food after moscow. stop participating in a un broker, green export deal with ukraine president villagers. lensky says russia move threatens to bring large scale famines, africa, and asia. he says more than 2000000 to the food are now stuck at sea. moscow says it's called off the 3 month old deal because of a tax on it. ships anchored off crimea still hands on al jazeera voters in northern island, say they are tired of political stalemate as they head towards yet another election . we'll tell you why france can be the 1st team, indicates the claim. back to back world cup trophies. ah hello and welcome to look at the international forecasts we have now seen tropical storm mel gay, make its way across the philippines is out into the open waters of the south china sea and it will intensify slightly as we go on through the next couple days. it may become a typhoon if it does so, it won't be for long. it pushes way up to was hong kong, southern parts of china as we go through the next. there's still plenty of

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once home to 100,000 people, it's now a military objective in eastern ukraine. the russians creep closer each day and this ambulance must deal with the consequences. >> there is smoke at the end of the lane possibly fire. >> we follow the vehicle to the outskirts of the city. the paramedics find a woman lying on the ground. her chest is bleeding. the tips of her shoes torn off she calls out to her partner this neighborhood has been pounded by the russians. the front line just a few kilometers away. before they could treat their patient another attack begins. >> reporter: we saw burning white fos ferrous above us and found the ground shake from multiple explosions. we ran to the car. we couldn't stay any longer. we've left the ambulance crew there with a woman who suffered what looks like serious injuries, but that area came under attack, possibly from the air, maybe ground missiles, we're not sure, but we couldn't stay it just wasn't safe. this city has been broken, sliced and pummelled in less than a month nowhere is safe. this car was hit by an artillery shell

i said, beg, i'll da 0, eastern ukraine. russia's being accused a weapon, housing food after moscow, stopped participating in a un brokerage green export deal with ukraine. president vladimir zalinski says rushes move threatens to bring a large scale famine to africa and asia. it says more than $2000000.00 tons of food and i stuck see moscow says it's called off the 3 month old deal because of attacks of his ships anchored off crimea. for a decade, germany has been committed to facing out nuclear power plant. had been for its 3 remaining reactors to shut down permanently at the end of this year, but to the war and ukraine cutting off energy from russia. many are asking if that decision should be reconsidered. dominic came reports from berlin on a calm, sunny day. the eas, out sky power station in bavaria seems unremarkable. but a closer inspection shows its energy source is nuclear. one of 3 reactors in germany, which together provide around 6 percent of the country's energy and which would you to be switched off permanently? but with russian gas pipelines switched off its coal embarg

i said beg, i'll da 0, eastern ukraine. and the u. s. mid term elections are just over a week away, and immigration is a key issue, shaping the ballot as voters true between democrats and republicans. kristen salumi reports on this from new york. the number of arrest that the u. s. southern border has never been hire us border patrol, recorded 2400000 migrant encounters in the last fiscal year, pedro was one of them. he says he crossed through 7 countries to get from venezuela to the united states. the main reason why i had to vote is because i was a care, pedro was among 150000 venezuela allowed to remain in the country to file for asylum. most of those asylum seekers wait near the border to be processed. but recently, governors from republican, my border states have been putting migrants like him on buses and sending them to democratic lead city in protest of federal immigration policies. with a record number of migrants pressing into the united states and arriving in cities like new york by the bus load. the government has promised

john sparks, sky news in eastern ukraine. >>> well, a russian analyst who provided information for the s ukraine. >>> well, a russian analyst wh provided information for the so-called steele dossier, the one that alleged ties between the 2016 trump campaign and russia, that russian analyst just found not guilty today on all four counts of lying to the fbi. his name igor danchenko. that's when the agency was trying to verify information in the largely discredited dossier detailing president trump's alleged ties to the kremlin. today, danchenko's lawyer said the fbi had no reason to doubt his client >> so we've known all along that mr. danchenko was innocent we're happy now that the american public knows that as well >> the verdict is yet another blow to the former special counsel john durham and the former president in 2019, attorney general william barr asked durham to investigate the fbi's probe into the trump campaign's ties to russia at the time, president trump predicted durham would uncover what he called the crime of the century inside the federal agencies that probed his campaig

he says it has pulled out its troops from the strategically important town of leman in eastern ukraine. and key of says its soldiers have now entered the city. lehman is in the don't ask region one a for that russian president vladimir putin proclaimed to be part of russia on friday. the recapture of lima by ukrainian forces is part of a wider counter offensive that scene ukraine retake significant amounts of territory in the east. all right, our correspondent nick connelly and joins us now from the ukrainian capital. here with more on these developments. so nick, moscow says that its troops were withdrawn from this key ukrainian town. what does this mean for ukrainian? ukraine's continued advance man, this is a significant wind for ukraine, especially coming as it does symbolically a day after that big event in the criminal in moscow with that are very are dramatic performance by putin in that are very telegenic events, supposedly climbing outta annex all 4 of those ukraine regions, and now just a day later, ukraine is taking a city in the doing its region that rush claims its own. a

>> president biden talked about both russia's annexation of parts of eastern ukraine and the federal response to hurricane ian in remarks he made at the white house. the president warned russia, the u.s. and its allies will not be intimidated, stressing the u.s. is prepared to defend nato territory. and the president previously approved disaster declarations for both the states. pres. biden: good afternoon, folks. with hurricane ian, i want to update you on what we've seen since i last spoke to you about 24 hours ago. i've directed that every possible action be taken to save lives and get help to survivors because every single minute counts. it's not just a crisis for florida, it's a national crisis. i've spoken to governor desantis on multiple occasions, as well as mayors and county officials both republican and democrats from areas most affected. i've spoke within governor mcmasters as well. last night i requested for emergency declaration from governor mcmasters, which i approved right away just as i did with florida. this allows funding for the state to shelter people and provide

i said big al jazeera, eastern ukraine. these urging russia to honor the un broker green export deal with ukraine a day after moscow withdrew from the agreement, president, luckily as low as he says, rushes move threatens to bring large scale famine to africa. and asia. moscow says it's called off a 3 month old deal because of strikes and it's ships anchored of crimea. russia has effectively cut off gas supplies to europe in response to sanctions imposed on it, following its invasion of ukraine. there are fears that would cause an energy crisis this winter for a decade. germany has been committed to phasing out nuclear power, but many are asking if that decision should be reconsidered. dominic came ports. would berlin on a. com, sunny day. the eas arts fi power station in bavaria seems unremarkable. but a closer inspection shows its energy source is nuclear. one of 3 reactors in germany, which together provide around 6 percent of the country's energy and which word you to be switched off permanently. split with russian gas p

these regions of ukraine — in red — it's managed to establish a corridor up through southern and eastern ukraineidge, connecting russia to the crimean peninsula in the black sea, was an important supply route for sending russian troops and artillery into ukraine. the blast there is another humiliation for the kremlin, as our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. it is the bridge the kremlin built, steve rosenberg, reports. and it was under attack. steve rosenberg, reports. an explosion at dawn. steve rosenberg, reports. this was the result. steve rosenberg, reports. russian officials claim a lorry had been blown up here and that the fire then spread to a fuel train. whatever the cause, you can see the damage. this is the bridge that links russia to annexed crimea, and parts of the road had collapsed into the sea. later, investigators announced that three people had been killed. they've opened a criminal case. the 12—mile—long road and rail bridge is not only strategically important to the kremlin as a supply route, it is also a symbol of the russian annexation of crimea. vladimir putin opened

defense ministry says it's pulled its troops out of the strategically important town of leman in eastern ukraine and key it says its soldiers have now entered the city. leman is in the den that screeching and one of 4 regions that russian president vladimir putin proclaimed to be part of russia on friday. the recapture of lima and by ukrainian troops is part of a wider counter offensive. that is seen ukraine retake significant amounts of territory in the east of the country politically raising their flag once again. these images purportedly show ukrainian troops taking back control of layman . although, after the russian defense minister confirmed his troops withdrawal from the town while was whether on the british only. but despite al significant superiority in forces and mains, the enemy brought in reserves and continued the offensive. due to the threat of encirclement, the allied troops were withdrawn from the settlement of lehman to more advantageous linesman the whatever good little dessert. the recapture of the town in dannetta combs is 24 hours after moscow formalized its illegal annexati

if the russian position in ukraine and ukrainian forces are pushing russian forces out of eastern ukraine, may be even out of crimea, couldn't is facing humiliating defeat -- putin is facing a humiliating defeat. will he be removed from office and killed in the streets of moscow? if he faces a humiliating defeat, using nuclear weapons is more attractive than losing decisively. host: let's go to the phone lines now. we are talking about the cuban missile crisis and the threat of nuclear warfare today. we have the eastern and central time zones, (202) 748-8000. mountain and pacific, (202) 748-8002. -- mountain and pacific, (202) 748-8001. if you remember the incident, (202) 748-8002. our first caller remembers the incident. do you have a question for matthew kroenig? caller: we were driving to michigan. i said to my dad, " get out of here, this is a big target!" with the cuban missile crisis, i did not worry about it. we had to pull missiles out of turkey. didn't we have missiles in turkey, and that is why cuba was being targeted? this whole thing with putin and ukraine, this war, i have ne

ministry says it has pulled out its troops from the strategically important town of lehman in the eastern ukraine, and key of says its soldiers have now entered the city. leman is in the denounced region, one of 4 that russian president vladimir putin proclaimed to be part of russia on friday. the recapture of lee mon, by ukrainian troops, is part of a wider counter offensive that seem ukraine re take significant amounts of territory in the east. earlier i suppose our correspondent nick connelly and kias and he told me why the withdrawal of the russian truth lehman was so significant. man, this is a significant wind for ukraine, especially coming as it does symbolic a day after that the event in the criminal in moscow. with that, her very earlier dramatic performance by putin in that are very telegenic events, supposedly coming out annex all 4 of those ukraine regions. and now just a day later, ukraine is taking a city in the doing it's region that rush claims its own. a one that russia took at huge costs to its own soldiers and tech back in the summer. and i think there's also been a lot of reac