it was, and it is also worth remembering we arejust it was, and it is also worth remembering we are just 50 miles here from the polish border. that is the european union and it is nato and the strikes have reminded everybody that whenever you are in ukraine, whoever you are, you are not safe from the air strikes. indeed. danjohnson, many thanks. live in lviv in western ukraine. ukrainian president volodymr zelensky says that russian forces have begun a new offensive in the east of ukraine, in what he calls the battle of donbas . russia is massing troops in the region, where ukrainian forces have been fighting russian led separatists, for the past eight years. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports now from eastern ukraine. this is now the sight and sound of the donbas. severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia s unrelenting bombardment. we tried to enter to speak to families taking shelter but the thump of artillery
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adults. this happens every day out here in del rio sector as well as in brownsville, in the rio grant valley sector. charles, back out here live, this is one of the reasons why texas governor greg abbott has started shifting the buses to washington d.c. he says the local communities out here, small communities, are sick of these mass releases. they can t handle many more. so he says that s why texas is offering to ship them to the door step of the biden administration at the u.s. capitol. now back to you. meanwhile ukrainian president zelensky says russian forces have begun the battle of donbas. we ll speak with general petraeus in just a moment. first, to jeff paul in lviv with the latest. jeff? . yeah, they re calling it the second phase of this war. as folks in the east part of the country prepare for intensified fighting, in the west, many people waking up to the sounds of air raid sirens after
exceed here moldova is next every non-nato nation is next and a few years nato. that s how much it means. one thing we can say to general keane s point is that russia has shown themself so incapable on the tactical level that they don t have the ability to go into these other places. the ukrainians have caused so much damage to the armed forces of russia, it s going to take years for them to recover. so they are actually no threat to us in tactical level, conventional level for quite some time. brian: that s a good point. we will see if they rebuild with china s money. colonel, thanks so much. appreciate it. always my pleasure. thanks for having me. brian: battle of donbas and is on and we are on it meanwhile, are we alone in the universe? well, if nasa gets their way we might soon be found out. is that a smart thing. tax kay on earth to see what