of nuclear weapons. obviously something to be concerned with as putin feels cornered as the military has been making advances. on that note, ukrainian forces are making lightning advances through territory falsely claimed by russia. the landscape of one ukrainian town bears witness to the speed and intensity of the fighting by ukrainian troops. the story now from cnn international security editor nick paton walsh. reporter: hidden but unstoppable. ukraine s not bragged much about its march south from kharkiv to donetsk, but every rooftop or treeline suggests they ve just been too busy advancing. day by day, reducing hoff much occupied ukraine, moscow has this day falsely declared russian territory with the
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finland and sweden to join nato, saying they re confident it will be approved. momentum has shifted significantly in favor of ukraine, and the debate is now over whether it s possible for kyiv to retake crimea and the donbas territories. cnn international security editor nick paton walsh joins me now from kharkiv. what s the latest been there on fighting? reporter: certainly we are seeing signs of ukrainian progress, but they re also sadly balanced by ukraine losing territory that it had seemed more optimistic about. certainly in the place we re about to see our report from from the outskirts of kharkiv, a city significantly more relaxed because of the success ukrainian forces have had pushing russian forces back, you do occasionally hear blasts here. but certainly today ukraine has said they ve pushed yet further north away from the city here. the report you re about to see
kyiv. the ukrainian capital. thank you very much. despite moscow s stepped up aggression right now, ukrainian forces are in many places holding their own and even retaking ground from russian troops. cnn international security editor nick paton walsh is on the ground for us tonight in ukraine. racing under the treeline, changing their path every time with russian troops often just meters away, this is the fight for ukraine s most important river bank. and this is the place where moscow s brutal advance has been stopped. they were held by russian troops for week, but now the russians shell where they once hid and probe the outskirts daily. vladimir and his men have been alert since 4:00 a.m., fearing a russian attack and more of the cluster bombs they say tore down this tree.
russian military. cnn international security editor nick peyton wall sunshine in nick paton walsh has more. reporter: in ukraine s south multiple areas held by the russians, some for a matter of months. we have seen people emerging in large numbers out of kherson. there are gaps in the russian control of checkpoints. some days it is impossible and the cars queue for tens of miles. other days they re waved through. in kherson, we just heard that officials, ukrainian officials are concerned that those trying to leave are indeed being abused. this is increasingly hard to get out and increasing signs of russian elements and daily life there. the internet taken down now, locals saying you may need to get a russian passport to get a russian sim card to operate on future cell phone services there. and also too the russian ruble having been in evidence as a