to have you here. high apologies for butchering your last name, tell me about your next mission to ukraine. well, i m working with a nonprofit. somewhere operation combat medics, to extract civilians out of the hot zone, it is more difficult to do that because many areas of under heavy siege, russia continues to bombard the okay, youian cities to bemorallize the population. y can demoralize the population. it is so bad, injuries could not be evacuated. sent city was cut off by russia forces, there are 200 residents killed, 130 people reportedly without height, electricity or water.
reporter: good monday morning. from lviv, as we enter a new week and what is likely a new and very significant phase of this war. the fighting continues across this country. the destruction of various cities and towns continues. what they also show is that russia has been suffering grave losses on the battlefield of men and equipment. this is an interesting point. does russia back off? we have anecdotal evidence they are doing so in and around kyiv. the capital itself. we see where they will go from here, are they more willing to talk, president zelenskyy of ukraine said they should be, he is ready.
president macron says they will prioritize territorial integrity and sovereignty. zelle requires respond after russian journalists who interviewed will not publish their conversation. back to my co-anchor, jonathan hunt. he s live in lviv. dawn has broken. it s early morning in ukraine. the fear and the chaos when that depot outside the city was hit, ukrainians must welcome a relatively peaceful dawn this morning. jonathan: it has been peaceful so far today in lviv, western ukraine.
are ahead because we are look for peace. ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity are beyond doubt. jonathan: we mentioned the comments by president biden that putin can t remain in power were met with excitement because many believe he has to go. they are considering whether to just focus on the east much this area, an area known fast the donbas. there it is known as the donbas. russian generals talked about completing the first stage of this military operation and that is now their focus. so that might be what they want to take to the table for peace talks. this is the part of ukraine we
i am interested in what we re seeing with troop movement rather than straight up numbers. jon: they had such problem with their supply lines, is that going to continue if they try to keep circling kyiv or they try again? it will continue. but the question, is how much are the russians willing to lose, that question is only answered by vladimir putin. the policy from the united states and west at-this-point seems to be to allow the ukrainian military to bleed the russian forces that hopefully, russian forcing collapse. but at-this-point in time, it that say choice only vladimir putin can make in how long he wants to stay there. ukrainians