last speaking, john and brianna, that is and cedric highlighted this too, that this does mean the two sides are talking. lengthy process, and probably before this invasion started. because we re only two months in and it is pretty likely this has been going on for months now. likely the channels were open before russia came in here, but they continued after russia invaded a country unprovoked. so to see the two sides at least have channels open is something. and it presents the possibility of discussions on other topics, notably the bloody war taking place here. whether that leads anywhere, we don t know. sometimes in the past they have, in situations like this. but it is an open channel and that has significance. jim sciutto, thank you so much for, being with us and your reporting. i m sure we ll see you again very soon. we re going to take a quick break. before we do, you have heard again directly from paula reed. would you read us what we heard
a second missile strike overnight on a strategic bridge near odesa. this is video that you re seeing here from the first strike. new images coming in just moments ago showing the damage. this rail and road bridge is the only link between the southwest corner of ukraine and the rest of the country. let s go live now to kyiv and bring in cnn s chief international correspondent clarissa ward. you re seeing even more devastating destruction there in ukraine. can you tell us what you re seeing? so it is very interesting, you and john mentioned the three explosions that have been reported in russia, one of them taking place in the city of belgorod. that is just across the border from the city of kharkiv, where we spent several days. it is a vital supply line for russian forces and weaponry as they try to push down further south. and it is also a big part of why that city of kharkiv has been getting hammered now for more
again. and tell us how trevor s feeling. tell us what he said about this. he sounds kind of subdued. i think he s a little overwhelmed. he seemed to be in shock a little bit. they had moved him to another prison, they moved him to a moscow prison this week. we didn t know that. he went to the same president than paul whelan was held in for a long time, and then they flew him from there to turkey, and then trevor quickly told us that they the american plane pulled up next to the russian plane and they walked both prisoners across at the same time like you see in the movies. in turkey? in turkey. and then they were leaving turkey, and in the air when he called us and told us this. so they re en route back to we believe to the united states, but they can t tell us for sure. so do you expect joey, to see him soon? we re not sure.
and they have that goal in mind. they have the goal of getting in this case trevor reed home and, you know, from the united states perspective, of course, that is not only the right thing to do, but it is a must do for the way in which he handle our people and deal with citizens that are imprisoned abroad like trevor was. senator, thank you very much. let s go back to jim chsciut in western ukraine. what can you tell us? from the nsc as well, quite similar position to what arlette was saying from the white house. a key point here in this statement is they quote, his safe return is a testament to the priority that president biden places on bringing home americans held hostage and wrongfully detained abroad. that is the u.s. view of this. that trevor reed was not in prison because of a just judicial process in russia, but that these were trumped up
get in the summer we hope he will enroll for the fall. so maybe get back on track. convince him to wait for a moment to sit still. it is hard to know in a situation like this what the right move is right? he s probably and you re probably going to have to figure that out. yes. we have done a lot of thinking about it. i m sure we know he has too. and so it is just a matter of getting settled in and getting back to normal. you know, paula, i know we talked a lot about this, whether this war in ukraine that russia is waging, whether that was going to, you know, on one hand elevate trevor s case, but on the other hand, maybe endanger the possibility that he would able to get out of russia. what do you think about what it says that this deal was able to be brokered at a time where russian and american relations