safe territory. there are remnants of the missiles and the dead people. elsewhere, additional pictures of russian firepower in kharkiv, the russian strike burning through a bread factory. a thick black crowd stretching for miles. and there s intense worry today the ukrainian military that russia is near finished with preparations for a, quote, breakthrough attempt to take eastern ukraine. the donbas. we start our coverage on the front lines in central ukraine. ivan watson is there. what is the latest? well, the russian defense ministry is denying that russia had anything to do with this believed tactical missile strike on this crowded train station in the east of the country in kramatorsk. as they have denied other accusations of having carried out possible war crimes gans the civilian population here. russia does claim responsibility
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