wherever you are around the, world cnn ongoing coverage of israel s war with hamas, i m john vause in atlanta where it is now one a.m., and seven a.m. in gaza, which is now divided into by israeli ground forces battling hamas militants in the north. for weeks, israeli officials urged palestinians to evacuate relative safety in the, south ahead of a major ground incursion. and as dawn now, breaks the israeli troops have gaza city completely surrounded according to senior idf commanders. in the past few hours, cnn crews reported flares and explosions, lighting up the night sky over northern gaza around the not far from the israeli border. so far, 23 israeli soldiers have beeeen killed dururing this military o offensive, whwhich is fofocused on locatating and destroying hamas t tunnel netwo, as well as senior hamas leaders. our soldiers have been operating in gaza city for the past few, days surrounding it from several directions, deepening the operation. our forces are in
it s just awful to see the fear in people s eyes. they re just frantically trying to get their loved ones out. we ve seen a lot of families saying goodbye to each other. there s a very real sense for a lot of these families that they might never see them again, and that is what feels different. of course, it s happening at the same time as you re seeing this real intensification of the fight. so why this sprint to get on the train where clarissa is in downtown kyiv? it s because of what s happening nearby in cities like irpin. let me show you new video we just got in from irpin moments ago. these are russian tanks taking up position downtown in this suburb of kyiv. much more on this coming up. stuff. we love stuff. and there s some really great stuff out there. but i doubt that any of us
they re also going to be used to shoot at civilians if necessary. do the russians have what it takes to occupy kyiv if they want to? that s a good question. they ve got a long history of occupying after bitter, hard fighting. stalingrad in 1942, grozny, they helped out in aleppo. that is a war that is an urban combat fight that takes a lot of troops and you have to have a lot of spine because you re going to take a lot of casualties. the ukrainians, if they fight the city combat well, can take a devastating toll on the russians. this comes at an enormous cost to the ukrainian people right now. you talk about graz nia and ol lep poe, at such a cost, they leveled them first. but the ukrainians seem to be willing to pay that cost for their country. general kimmitt, great to have you here. thanks very much. so the mayor of irpin says the russians are deliberately attacking evacuation routes.
business. the shot from the west had failed. there had been a massive amount of poverty and hunger throughout the country, disarray, and crime was up as well. this was one of the weakest moments in russia s history. the currency devalued, defaulted in the 1998 financial crisis in russia. this was all leading up to where he was taking this conversation and that train of thought. that is this country is in disarray and needs order, and order is where he took that country quite literally. jake did a nice job yesterday, given a guy who loved totalitarianism from the beginning, how much the united states has accommodated him over the years. now it s coming home to roost. i want to shift gears and look at u.s. policy. jim sciutto noted this on air, a lot of things in measure that two, three weeks ago the u.s. and the administration basically said they wouldn t do now seems like they re on the verge of happening. there does appear to be an urge to stop the import of russian
shoulder fired, so far high limb pactful on the battlefield. those convoys you ve seen, russian convoys, a lot of the armour tanks, armored personnel carriers, aircraft helicopters and jets taken down by these missiles provided by the west. by the way, there was prework on this as well. these are systems that u.s. trainers have been training the ukrainian military to use for some time prior to the invasion. so there was some investment in time and effort prior to the invasion really the vast majority coming in since then. part of the reason for that, john, is because they re concerned these supply lines are that are getting those weapons in, eventually russia is going to try to target them, perhaps successfully target them and stop that flow. they want to get as much in the position as possible prior to that point, and the other note i would make, just about weapons,