what is entirely apparent is the ukrainian troops prepared to defend lisa johnston for months and months everywhere, all over the city. there are dugouts in trenches, slide please. they take a lot of work. every major intersection in the city is blocked off like least with rows of vehicles confiscated from civilians as well as broken down vehicle that you can see it intersection and all 4 roads leading. yes, a blocks off, something happened, something happened that forced ukrainian troops, thousands upon thousands of them to leave, to flee, sometimes to rod. from what we gathered, speaking to locals. this organization was rife, the myriad of ukrainian units were demoralized and believed that they were being abandoned at least a chance. when one unit decided to retreat, it began and the avalanche eventually no one was left. the city and the suburbs were liberated entirely in just hours. my landfill, mister johnston, we knew they had a great concentration of troops here and that there were many civilians. so we learned them out of the city and slowly whittled them down. they didn't have th

they said that lisa johnston say better than he asked the battles for those 2 cities would determine the fate of east and ukraine. but now we saw that ukrainian elements pulled out of the city before russian forces reached the city proper. we talked to the locals, many of them welcoming russian forces. well, the majority that we, that we spoke to saying that finally, finally they were rid of this, this wall, this fighting reunited with the rest of the guns from a province. but they said that ukrainian units inside the city will highly disorganized and demoralized as russian troops approached that was this organisation amongst them that all these huge what, what are the different command? there was very little collaboration and communication among them. eventually one unit decided to pull off seeing the situation as hopeless and, and the rest hectic. he followed suit, eventually none were left and in the city itself, all of them believing that they had been abandoned by their lead that so. so he asked his need, has had been reported. now the entirety of the guns, prominent province, t

intense ground fighting is taking place in eastern ukraine, specifically in and around the city lisa johnston the only city that currently stands between russian forces in total control of the luhansk region. and remember, after russian forces chose failed to achieve some of their earlier assaults on cities like kyiv, and kharkiv, they shifted their focus to the industrial donbas region. the luhansk province is one of two provinces that make up that region. the other one is dim ask, and what we are seeing now is that fighting there is largely ground artillery fighting, continues. the uk ministry of defense says that russian forces appear to be making some incremental gains in that area. but they say the southeastern part of the city, ukrainian forces are actually seeming to hold forces back a bit, at least at this point. this is happening while at the same time we are seeing missile strikes in crease. this week, across ukraine. you mentioned that missile strike in odessa, ukraine officials say they believe that wasn't a fit tack on civilian infrastructures, and civilian that was specifically

johnston that'll work for furnished or something like that. and then we go at that point, then that might be more, it's a residential, eval grain lisa it, do you mind shooting? you mean? yeah, with the media, look on your bill says that it's not with mold or what is in and spoke with her when she got statistics earliest. so you'd use thing williams? sure. it's a new lights going in. those are 9000, but i'm not sure about with the most video with miss eleanor green sprinklers for some reason that they said i'm going into for option year when using the checklist. people with reason, joy, you're coming out to boston with them we to prove a storage form which not a counselor consent appropriate graham to the student. ah, and then i know, since concerns with all of a sudden i was in the last stella schuster now had him up for incomplete honesty, but a full nor walker is showing me it's a, this medical unit has been sent up in a maintenance building. it's protected from shelling or slow hold on the running of when you spoke to the team works 10 minutes drive from the front line. it's quiet now, but sometimes shells fly in excitement to know them. th

that lisa chanced, when one unit decided to retreat, it began an avalanche. eventually no one was left. the city had that suburbs were liberated entirely in just ours. my landfill, mister johnston, we knew they had a great concentration of troops here, and that there were many civilians, so we learned them out of the city and slowly whittled them down. they didn't have the strength, material, or spirit to resist. here. all of ukraine's military might, and you could say the army itself was in merry you, paul. they were apparently trained, apparently prepared and apparently knew how to fight. and yet you saw how our fighters beat them here. they do not last 15 minutes in a fight. they didn't marry you, paul, but they do not hear. the people have lisa chance. overjoyed, the city is largely intact. new mary, you will hear. the fighting has ended and spirits have lifted on the shoulder with joy. just imagine where citizens of russia can you imagine how we lived here? not to her. well, she, i want to hold in my arms. so a soldiers who are fighting has been for months of hell. the ukrainians behaved like an humans. thank you so much. larry to the liberators. glory to the russian soldi