leave. hours after i filmed that interview with that man, dmytro, his wife got a phone call from her mother. it s very hard to get a call in and out of mariupol right now because most of the cell phone networks have been turned down. and the mother was weeping and saying good-bye because she did not think she would survive the night s artillery bombardment. don? ivan watson, thank you very much. ana? don, we ll check back with you all in a moment. let s talk about the military strategy here and the state of play. u.s. defense officials are telling us the u.s. has been unable to even identify a designated command er responsibe for leading the war in ukraine on the russian side, which likely explains what we are seeing play out. with us is cnn military analyst colonel cedric leighton. here we are, week four. walk us through russia s strategy right now as you see it, especially based on what
reporter: and carr actually believes this operation may have had a role in deterring russia from mounting destructive cyber attacks against ukraine. experts thought they would shut down the power grid, turn down the cell phone networks. that hasn t happened and this expert believes ukrainian hackers are playing a role in preventing that. the ukrainian people continue to amaze and surprise and impress. thank you. any minute president biden is set to get a briefing in poland on the humanitarian response to the crisis in ukraine. tomorrow the president is expected to meet with some of the refugees himself, all after plans to welcome 100,000 ukrainians to the united states. with me congressman allred, a member of the house.
potentially put the taliban puts them at least certifying their leadership role. bus they certainly don t like isis-k and the taliban will be happy about the air strike. what is next for afghanistan? how can they co-exist there? can they? they have a history of conflict between them. the taliban doesn t seem to like isis-k. they have to establish they have command and control over afghanistan. i think one of the big questions going forward, 20 years ago when the taliban was in power, afghanistan was almost a medieval state. there were no paved roads out of kabul and the man cities, huh to go across the boarder to pakistan to make a phone call. was no telephone infrastructure. you have paved roads, and airports, and cell phone networks that ironically, the
spring peace. how extensive that will be, how fast it will move, how much of syria it hopes to take, are key questions here. there s mounting moves toward sanctions. if, for example, what we saw yesterday and today, proves to be the opening flourish, and maybe we see a pause over the next few months or so, will that slow down criticism, it s been remarkable how unified most of the countries you would expect to have kind words inner t er t how unified they are. they are fighting the southern border from what they call terrorists. but you said yourself, the syrian kurds gave so many lives defeati defeati defeating isis. there will be reports of shelling, over parts of the border. part of the military strategy will be to cut coms and cell
smartphones. brian thomas has been looking into this. what are you finding out? huawei was already in trouble with the u.s. government for its dealings with iran. tnight there are new details of how that firm worked in secret to skirt international rules and help north korea build its cell phone networks. reporter: in a regime where the propaganda is carefully crafted and information from the outside world is completely controlled, having a cell phone in north korea isn t just a luxury, it s a privilege. this north korean woman told a cnn crew in 2017 she likes to read boox and listen to music on her phone. analysts say only about 4 million to 5 million of north korea s 25 million people have cell phones. but until now how they were able to use them was a mystery. tonight a new investigation shows the tech giant huawei already blacklisted by the u.s. government secretly helped north korea build its wireless network