or hear me. hopefully can you now. we re okay by the way, for all those asking. everything is fine here. just a transmission issue. this is don lemm 199western ukraine. thank you for joining us. i m in lviv. breaking news new video shows the horror of vladimir putin s war on this country. before i show it to you i have to warn you it is difficult to watch. in the kyiv region bodies seen in the street and village of bucka after five guys of intense fire fight. unclear from the video whether the bodies are civilian or military. ukraine said it recaptured the town about 15 miles from the capital. and moscow s assault faltering. that ukraine attack on russia was on russia soil, who did it volodymyr zelenskyy saying this tonight. i do not discuss any of my orders as commander in chief. the leader of this state, you need to understand, that on that
negotiating table so far that is not happening. i m glad you said that, because i ve been thinking that as i ve been here. and talking to people who have been fleeing the east, right? and coming further west. into lviv and even beyond across the border. yes, the the ukrainian troops are pushing the russian troops back. they re being they re stronger than people would have thought. they re more strategic than people would have naught. more cunning, they have the will and good morale and all that. but the cities are being decimated. people are losing their lives. losing their homes. families are being separated. so to what end, right? to what end? i think you are right what will bring russia to the negotiating table? because even with all of that it doesn t seem like they re going to stop. they use the crude weaponry, they use the missiles, even had a missile strike here in lviv last week.
russian soldiers are low on morale, can that have an impact on the battlefield? we have to accept that a lot of what we re putting out is in fact getting to the russian community. and i understand, having heard your previous segment, that particularly the older generation of russians are rallying around putin. but i also believe information is getting through. they re going to face the tangible consequences of lost family members, as well as the economic consequences. i like to think that by keeping the pressure up, keeping our foot on the accelerator, it will continue to cause the type of internal pressure and the real consequences that will ideally make putin more willing to negotiate. you have a piece out on cnn.com where you talk about how biden s remarks this week that putin cannot remain in power take us further away from our
across the border. and, look, this attack on this oil and fuel depot is not going to have a significant impact tonight on the fight taking place tonight. it will down the road because it atmospherely degrades the severely did he grades the russians ability. you push logistics forward. what the russians are doing is moving stuff back to rekit and refill and get ready for the next initiative if they have any. it s wonderful for the ukrainians to take the initiative and push the russians, keep pushing the russians and set the conditions. it impacts negatively on their ability to refuel. what about the psychological blow to russia. i mean this is 25 miles inside their borders. as fred pleitgen reported. it s it s a heavily defended area, isn t it? you have to imagine that it really is. i mean at the start of the war
russia captured the air field on the first day of the war. that as officials say three missiles were launched from crimea hit the odessa region. there are reportedly casualty we don t know how many. meanwhile buses crowded with 700 residents of mariupol arriving in zaparisya tonight. more than 100,000 still trapped in mariupol. the red cross wasn t able to get in today. they are trying again tomorrow. i want to bring in now cnn fred pleitgen in kyiv. fred, hello. ukrainian officials aren t confirming or denying whether they hit the fuel depot in russian territory. you reported from belgarad what do you think. it s complete will i unclear whether or not the ukrainians are lind it. certainly that is what the russians say. in fact in a move remarkable, the russian defense ministry