that intense video is of a firefight between ukrainian forces and the russian military caught near a train situation in the village of velyka dymerka, roughly 18 miles from the capital. russian forces opened fire on a shopping area, residences. four people were injured in the attacks. horrifying scene in the port city of mariupol. fires, widespread destruction there by maxar. the russians are firing from the ships of the sea of azov. cruise missiles being launched off the coast of crimea. the russians claim they struck a military arsenal in northwestern ukraine with sea-launched missiles in a campaign with targets to the western border. that means the border with
they have taking back key strategic i areas. this wasn t supposed to happen. they were trying to encircle kyiv. something they thought would half happen in 24 to 48 hours. even areas like irpin are contested as the forces push back. even the river is flooded, which is blocking russian troop progress. so it s like even nature is fighting against them. it s interesting. i was wondering why it was flooded. there were some questions out there. it really is just this change. yeah. we have seen the change in the weather. so you have this increasing flow. can we talk a little bit about russian forces. jim touched on this a bit. they have been experiencing a lot of head winds, and we knew that. now they are experiencing frostbite. yes. we have been hearing from
him, state media repeats his lies. it should cause us some concern. as we go to the negotiating table eventually or try to come up with some sort of diplomatic solution to this war, i don t think this is someone acting exactly fully rationale because the fantasy world has become his reality over the last 22 years. is putin someone who has more or less power than he did a month ago? . in a sense, he has less power. his ability to transfer preferences on the world stage is curtailed. russia has become a pariah state. that s likely to come. the more he is isolated internationally, the more he will crack down domestically. you will have this vertical amount of power. he is at the top of the a system
but it just takes a couple of storms in your neighborhood to make a big difference, john. all right, chad, thanks so much. we have breaking news this morning out of ukraine. we re getting word that russians have struck private homes as they increase attacks on civilians. cnn is there live. plus, the death toll in russia s unprovoked invasion of ukraine rising on both sides of the war. cnn gets a look at where bodies of russian soldiers are going. l neuroscientist. and i love the science behind neuriva plus. unlike ordinary memory supplements, neuriva plus fuels six key indicators of brain performancn. more b brain performance? yes, please! neuriva. think b bigger. andy, justin tested positive. let s do a cue test. okay. (whispers) whoa, what is th? who ishis new device? i m cue d i m here to protect the family. hey, that s job. i m a smart home testingab. i m fast and super accurate.
if it is an existential threat for our country, it can be used in accordance with our concept. joining me now is brian clause, professor of global politics at university college london. professor, great to have you on. it s part of russian doctrine, and we all thought it to mean if the russian homeland was invaded, part is the use of nuclear weapons. now, the perception, how has it changed? if we are talking about an existential threat to vladimir putin, what does he see as an existential threat now? . well, it s not very surprising they re not ruling out the use of nuclear weapons. we would expect that to be the case. and i think it s one of those areas where we have to understand russia s place in the world and how it is shifting very, very quickly. before this invasion, russia s economy was sandwiched between italy and mexico in terms of its size.