and is determined not to repeat them in the battle for the east, jim. insufficient but brutal. i m struck by that image there. the names on those crosses recorded just in pen on plastic lids. gosh, the war, just so ruthless. phil black in kyiv. thanks so much for a fantastic story. more here in ukraine later this hour. but coming up as well, the cdc s mask mandate for travellers is no longer in effect because a federal judge just struck it down. will that decision stick? talks to a former biden administration former covid response coordinator. that s coming up. um, she s eating the rocket. lunchables! built to be eaten.
same mistakes in the next phase of the invasion, the battle for the east. kate? absolutely. multiple times and now preparing for that. phil, thank you for bringing that us to. next, u.s. officials are saying much of mariopul is reduced to rubble. ukraine is refusing to surrender. what is the situation like there tonight? a member of the mariopul city council is next. plus, okay yos and confusion at america s airports as a judge strikes down the mask mandate for travelers. cloudy glasses? when detergent alone isn t enough... .add finish jet dry 3 in 1. to dry, prevevent spots, and protect glasses against cloudineness. the dishes aren t done without finish jet dry 3 in 1. [ only wanna be with you by hootie & the blowfish] discover is accepted at 99% of places in the u.s. [ only wanna be with you by hootie the blowfish]
and they haven t been successful in making them surrender. i don t see it happening to the timeline the russians want us to believe. but it could happen. that would be, of course, a major blow to them. it s not as operationally significant as, perhaps, some would want us to believe. meanwhile, the russians are trying to regroup, trying to resupply, reposition themselves in the eastern part of the country for this upcoming battle. walk us through what we can expect and what timeline are we talking about for when this battle for the east, for the donetsk region is going to happen. i think we re still a couple of weeks away. they had 130 battalion tactical groups that started this fight. we know 40 to 50 of them are combat ineffective. it s going to take a while. it s not like a light switch we can turn it on and off. this is not a good army. this is a third rate army. they are poorly led, poorly equipped, they don t execute good tactics. they re not suddenly going to
i can see the +33 that s paris. yeah. yes, that s true. a few minutes later, he returns. his preoccupation a renewed russian military onslaught about to begin in the east. the front line of the war, it is moving to the east. it is in the east. the russians are massing their forces there now. how difficult a fight is that going to be for ukrainian forces, the battle for the east? translation: | think this - is the most difficult situation, the battle for donbas. that is where our key powerful task force is concentrated. the joint forces operation, i believe, is the centre of today s escalation. that will influence the future course of this war. and they are concentrating the troops there as much as they can, bringing their troops from everywhere, starting
you, my friend. when you have some time? so we re holding up mr macron? yeah. i can see the +33 that s paris. yeah. yes, that s true. a few minutes later, he returns. his preoccupation a renewed russian military onslaught about to begin in the east. the front line of the war, it is moving to the east. it is in the east. the russians are massing their forces there now. how difficult a fight is that going to be for ukrainian forces, the battle for the east? translation: | think this - is the most difficult situation, the battle for donbas. that is where our key powerful task force is concentrated. the joint forces operation, i believe, is the centre of today s escalation. that will influence the future course of this war. and they are concentrating the troops there as much as they can, bringing their troops from everywhere, starting