particularly in the city of kharkiv, even though it has been battered, that people are also emb emboldened. they started to see ukrainian forces made serious gains on the battlefield, they saw that russian forces were successfully pushed back in the north around kyiv. and i think a lot of people are now sort of daring to dream that it might actually be possible to win this war. and they re very much fixated on that. now, at the same time, let s be clear eyed about this, it is going to be an enormous challenge they are still coming under incredibly heavy bombardment, taking a lot of losses. the russians have a serious amount of weaponry and manpower at their disposal. there is not going to be an easy fight. more likely than not it is going to be a long and painful grind. and many civilians as you mentioned, john, will pay the ultimate price for that. clarissa, amazing reporting as always. thank you so much. we have more on our breaking news, american trevor reed to be released from pr
on what that is. reporter: that s right. so far we have not receive details from the white house about how exactly this prisoner exchange was conducted. but we did just minutes ago receive a statement from president biden, confirming trevor reed s return to the united states. he said today we will welcome home we welcome home trevor reed and celebrate his return to the family that missed him dearly. trevor, a former u.s. marine, is free from russian detention. i heard in the voices of trevor s parents how much they worried about his health, and missed his presence. and i was delighted to be able to share with them the good news about trevor s freedom. the president went on to thank the various u.s. government and diplomatic officials who helped with the negotiations, and he added the negotiations that allowed us to bring trevor home required difficult decisions that i do not take lightly. his safe return is a testament to the priority mai administration places on bringing home amer
have never been worse here? i think it is a good sign. i think it is a testament to what the state department has told us all along, that even though the war and everything that is going on with ukraine, that the talks for negotiations were on a different channel, and i was always kind of skeptical of that, but obviously they were correct and it happened. so kudos to that. i hope it is a sign of good things to come for the relationships between russia and america and all the other countries, i hope it is a good sign. paula and joey, we wish you best. we wish trevor the best. this news is really i mean, it is just unbelievable as you say right now, trevor is on his way back to you. congratulations. you thanked so many people. we read your statement out loud as you thanked so many people. but you also have yourselves to thank. it was incredible to watch the both of you and the dedication every day, every minute you were giving to your son and how much
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an adviser to ukrainian president zelenskyy just said, quote, sooner or later the debts will have to be paid. that s why disarming the belgorod voronezh depots is a natural process. karma is a cruel thing. zelenskyy adviser says karma is a cruel thing. on the other hand, there is other news out of the region today. russia has blocked gas from being exported to poland and bulgaria. it has cut off natural gas supply to these two countries after they refused to pay for it in rubles. this is significant, both countries are alreliant on russn energy and they both aided in the ukrainian defense. ukraine is admitting it is taking losses in east as russian forces intensify their attacks on this new strategic bom bombardment. and then in the south.