which has been well received by those who saw it very well received by president zelenskyy took to twitter saying thank you for rallying support around the world, kiev stands tall and proud is there any sense of what ukrainians think or official there is think vladimir putin s next step may be? obviously they have been waiting for this major offensive. there s been a lot of concern understandably, because they understand that 150,000 russian troops have just finished training and are ready to be deployed into the battlefield and they re seeing the russians are pushing quited hard along several particularly in the cafe region, they ve been making small incremental gains, and other areas ukrainian managed to take back are just being brought
faces. that was a view that was also put out there by one of his top advisers, who talked about how confused putin seemed and how irrelevant so much of what he talked about was in his obsession, as he said, with what he called not seize martians and conspiracy theories. so, clearly ukrainians feeling very strongly that essentially, russia and president putin putting forward just an alternate version of reality, which is in stark contrast to the response to biden s speech, which has been well received by those who saw it, very well received by president zelenskyy. he took to twitter, he said, thank you, potus, for rallying support around the world. kyiv stands tall and kyiv stands proud. is there any sense of what the ukrainians think or officials or think about vladimir putin s next up maybe. obviously, they ve been waiting for the sort of major offensive. there is been a lot of concern, understandably, because they understand that 150,000 russian troops have
a lot of shake-up in the biden political world. maryalice parks with late reporting tonight, thank you. we turn now to the war in ukraine and the mounting toll of dead and woundned. officials telling abc news russia suffered more than 150,000 casualties. meantime, heavy fighting continues to rage in the east. these recent images were released by a ukrainian unit near bakhmut. and tonight, new details on the former navy s.e.a.l. killed while fighting in ukraine. abc s matt gutman on the ground in kyiv. reporter: tonight, the staggering toll of putin s war coming into focus. u.s. officials now estimate that over 150,000 russian soldiers have been killed or wounded since the start of the war. many of those taking place in the slaughterhouse of bakhmut in eastern ukraine. this undated video from ukrainian forces capturing intense close combat in the streets. and with russia encroaching in the east ahead of an expected offensive this spring, pressure
destruction. we re also hearing about a possible after weeks of ukraine announcing continued progress on the battlefield. it s still happening now as i speak in this area around me, as russia appears to be making progress. they ve faced huge manpower issues, but that 300,000 is wishful thinking at best. they struggled to keep 150,000 russian troops properly fed, equipped and commanded, so there s an idea there s in magical reserve that experienced fighters who can simply be put on the front lines to make the turnaround russia so urgently needs is a bit of a ask if not impossible, but it gives the general impression that
reuters is citing information in a fox news agency, tens of thousands of additional troops remain in regions near ukraine here s what the vice president had to say. we are having direct conversation with russia, we are very clear that russia should not invade the sovereignty of ukraine, we must stand up and we are standing up for its territorial integrity. over 150,000 russian troops have been running drills near ukrainian border is signal to u.s. intelligence officials that russia was gearing up for an attack, president vladimir putin has denied this file we do talk with president biden earlier this month, putin said he is weighing his options that the u.s. does not give into the security guarantee alongside commitment to halt nato s expansion into eastern europe, representative from russia, europe and u.s. are continuing discussion sometime next month in geneva. president biden said he ll give