this comes as russia continues its assault in eastern ukraine, nbc s erin mclaughlin joins me now from kharkiv with the latest. hello, aaron harry? doing he catie. well here in kharkiv, they have been facing yet another russian assault in the over night hours on a market. starting a big fire here near the center of the city. meanwhile, the this morning there has been heavy shelling in a suburb northwest of the city, towards the russian border, killing at least one civilian and wounding 20 others. ukrainian officials tell us that they have actually moved the u.s. supplies to howitzer into that area, and russian forces are in the process of trying to take those howitzers out. so while military analysts say that ukraine has won the battle for kharkiv, it is very clear from what we are seeing here on
one of fossil fuel to one that is electric. geoff bennett, thank you so much. good to see you. you, too. this morning, finland s state-opened energy company says they will cut off natural gas to finland, starting tomorrow morning. this week, finland applied to join nato. on the battlefield, russia is trying to regain ground it has been losing in ukraine, by firing missiles into kharkiv in the northeast. ukrainian forces are putting up a fight. they showed this video blowing up a bridge in donbas to stop the russian advance. erin mclaughlin is in kharkiv. and joined by michael mcfaul, former ambassador to russia and msnbc international affairs analyst. give us the state of play on the ground there, erin. hey, katie. analysts say that ukraine has won the battle for kharkiv. but based on what we ve been
i saw the institute for the study of war quoted everywhere this weekend and one of the things that people are really curious about for your analysis is what does it mean for a military like russia to lose a third of its troops in this 76 days that we re at or 80 days into this war? how debilitating is that for russia? can they keep this pace up? well, it is certainly very debilitating. those kind of casualty rates we haven t seen on a scale like this since world war ii. so it is very impactful what is taking place. certainly where we are is the battle for kharkiv, which is the second largest city in ukraine and close to the russian border is over. and ukraine has won that battle much like they did for the capital city kyiv. the russians have withdrawn their artillery and pushing back towards their border. in the donbas region, their primary offensive the russians
president zelensky said the situation in the eastern donbas region remained very difficult. our correspondent laura bicker sent this report from dnipro. yesterday, these smouldering ruins were a home. russian bombs blasted the bricks and mortar, but they ve not broken the spirit of this woman. translation: we were standing here as everything exploded. i my sunshine, you re alive! her neighbours were relieved to find each other. the russians have now left here, retreated back to near the border. the battle for kharkiv and its surrounding villages has been won for now. russia s withdrawal from kharkiv marks a breaking point, according to the head of military intelligence in ukraine. what he means is that forces can be sent east to the donbas and south towards the besieged
her neighbours were relieved to find each other. the russians have now left here, retreated back to near the border. the battle for kharkiv and its surrounding villages has been won for now. russia s withdrawal from kharkiv marks a breaking point, according to the head of military intelligence in ukraine. what he means is that forces can be sent east to the donbas and south towards the besieged port of mariupol, areas that are seeing the most intense fighting. just south of dnipro, ukrainian forces test out new grenade launchers. ..weapons supplied from european allies. russian troops are not farfrom here. the ukrainians hope they can push them back and replicate the success of kharkiv. but even with new weapons, a quick victory is far from assured. both sides agree on just one thing this conflict will continue.