russian troops were allegedly reverted. the u.s. says russia is bringing in reinforcements from georgia which russia invaded in 2008. the top russian general claims everything is going according to moscow s battle plan. and that the military focus will now turn to eastern ukraine. the general insisted 1300 russian troops have died in the fighting, the first casualty update in weeks. the ukrainian officials believe russia s casualties are far higher than the kremlin will admit. on friday, a blunt message to pro-russian separatists fighting in eastern ukraine. translator: i want to warn all the traitors in ukraine who has battled with the enemy in crimea years ago. you switched sides because you thought you would live better, right? not because you want to repeat the tragic fate of your colleague who died on those ships or somewhere else on land or at the sea in ukraine.
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lynda. atika shubert, great to have you with us. thank you. some military experts take the russian strategy with a grain of salt. that s partly because moscow declared the first phase of the war over, only after the ground offenses take the war. it has not taken what has become the main target, the capital, the city of kyiv. cnn s ben wedeman has the details. reporter: russian forces continue to be pushed back from the capital kyiv. although they continue to fire long-range missiles and artillery in the city, u.s. defense officials say russian forces around kyiv are beginning to take up defensive positions. friday, the russian ministry of defense acknowledged that 1,351 members of its armed forces have been killed in this war. that contrast starkly with what we re hearing from nato officials who estimate that somewhere between 7,000 and