russian forces around the strategically important city. eastern city of lucy's chat, while the w's nick conley is in kia. he told us how people reacted to sundays rocket attack on the city. i think definitely a shock. this was the 1st attack full weeks and the 1st for much longer than that, that really hit a residential area. so close the downtown about to clumps is where i am standing now. i heard the last of the blasts. i'm definitely you had messages on your phone for people around city. everyone who'd kind of tried to commit themselves that they could live some kind of normal life, couple of 100 kilometers behind the front lines. now brought back to the reality of war very quickly. and also this was, he showed how on precise the weapons of the missile systems, all that russia is using. there is a factory where in the past the some weapons did she were produced. i think no one really believes that there was anything going on there. right. now given the logistic situation, ukraine, given the vulnerability that everyone knows they have here, but this heat to residential areas, kindergarten, q

w. nick conley visited a farmer on the front lines near me. call life birdsong and tractors not the only sounds on india even of is 4000 hector's artillery far in the distance, never really stops. but in a d and her team, a preoccupied with other things, the quarter 1000000 look at the suite. it's under fed. it's under love to that, i think but that wasn't for want of trying on ideas, but for most of the crew slowly growing season, she couldn't even get to have fields they were was own fighting is now at least 25 kilometers away. far enough from the d n. her team to get back to feeding the world the glare of the missile fly over our heads towards mc alive over there. we're in the fields catches fire really easily with all the dry straw. if you do get a direct hit, you could lose hector's to the flames. in a matter of minutes, this unexploded russian missile had dug its way a meter into the ground. to some the ordinance of the russians left behind them. no st. landmines and countless shells. they also took a lot with them from chainsaws to food

thanks, rick, at the w, corresponded nick conley in mc alive. going back to those 3 soldiers who have been sentenced to death. one of them is moroccan natural, brought him as a dune, asked his friend mo, as a hans to that. why bry, him decided to join ukraine's military? well, the problem is, but she didn't find a job. he was a university, but so he was feeling useless. so he wanted to do something useful, and also he told me he wanted to get some military experience. and others court says he's a mercenary. what do you think is a that's his not a mercenary. i have all the copies of his documents, all those contracts signed names, but they are meant for ukraine. so he's not a mercenary. he is, you know, like the, the folder of the ukraine and army. and i have all the documents verifying, but and confirming that he signed that contract in november of 2021. well, the sentencing of those 3 men is certain to raise concerns about the fate of other captured foreign fighters. as early as the 27th of february, ukraine announced the formation of a foreign

nick conley. in goliath. well let's look at the progress of this war from the failed attempt to take keep to the grinding slog of the battle in the dawn bass. they w reporter joel dull roy has been looking at russia's changing military goals. well, during the 3 and a half months of russia's invasion of ukraine, the front line has shifted dramatically. russia's initial attempt focused on the capital of keys and the 2nd biggest city of khaki have. but the ukrainian military surprised their world with a defined resistance pushing the underprepared russians back. after leaving here, they focus most of the units on the south and east and focus their efforts. instead on taking full control of the don bass region. the port city of mario poll also became a major flash point. ukrainian troops held out there longer than anyone expected, under terrible conditions, but finally surrendered in may who after months of strong ukrainian resistance western military analysts say that russia is now regaining some traction rushes defense minister this week claim success in being able to open up rail connections between the occupied crimea, peninsula and russia. much o