in a televised, mating protein told his defense minister sergey chicago to blockade the us up. stall, steel, plant with ukrainian troops, sensibility and strapped inside. critical. again, i consider the proposed storming of the industrial area, pointless. i ought to a bolt it. this is a case where we must think, we must always think that it's even more so in this case, about preserving the life and health of our soldiers and officers. there is no need to climb into these catacombs and crawled underground through these industrial facilities block off this industrial area so that not even a fly can get through the molecular t u m, which doesn't actually move. or earlier i spoke to d. w, correspond rebecca ritter's in keir, and asked her about the situation in maria pull. when he heard it there from the horses mouth, president ploot potent and claiming victory of mary paul for the russians. we haven't had confirmation all from the ukrainian side, but it's not unexpected. terry have been expecting mary full to full to russian control for some days now. but in reality, territorially, nothi

congratulations rushes defense minister, sergey chicago, has said that the city has been cleared of ukrainian forces with half of them eliminated. and about a quarter of them surrendering the remaining fighters are reportedly hold up in underground sections of the as of stall. factory. meanwhile, gives president lensky has refused to acknowledge losing control of variable and says ukrainian troops are continuing to fight old. i. russian allied forces have been leaving. are you able to return to their permanent bases after the city was cleared of ukrainian nationalist troops? soldiers of the done? yes. republic, claiming victory haven't been receiving warm welcomes by local residents. but the formerly besieged city faces. huge humanitarian problems as local residents, like necessities such as fuel, food and water. with essential aid is being doled out on a broad scale. him are you able to help local residents overcome the humanitarian crisis in the city? archie correspondent, lancaster reports on occasion. in self barrios, all are still living without the electricity or running water. they hav

and we've also been hearing from the russian defense minister, sergei chicago, who says that the reason this so called special military operation is taking so long is that the united states muster. countries have been pumping weapons into ukraine, flying arms to the ukrainian army, and they are really delaying this conflict. as a result of it. he said that it seems to be their goal to try and drag this on as long as possible. and until the very last ukrainian soldier, the idea is that the western countries are interested through using ukraine to weaken russia and its influence in this region. that is what the defense ministry believes to be the case of the moments. for now, this 2nd phase of the so called special military operation seems to be underway. and the russian officials are saying that they have achieved their goal so far. and we'll have to wait and see how the 2nd phase unfolds or go. so thanks for to, that's a bitter in moscow just by reporting. as you mentioned, the crane says it's repelled, the number of russian attacks is more on that from the for suspects. not that it's a