is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. ukrainian president ze zelenskyy said that more than a thousand villages and towns have been retaken, including six more over the past 24 hours. he said the russians are paying a heavy price for their aggression. translator: russia has lost almost 27,000 soldiers. many of them young conscripts, they have lost more than 3,000 tanks, armored combat vehicles and a large number of conventional military vehicles, helicopters and drones and all of the prospects as a state. ukraine said that russian troops are continuing to retreat around the city of kharkiv in the north. they claim to have blocked a russian advance in a key river, the destroyed pontoon bridges, the top u.s. defense ministry spoke for an hour on friday, their first since the war began. the pentagon said that lloyd austin appealed to keep the lines of communication open. in the donbas, ukrainian forces claimed to have stopped a russian advance across a key river. repor
injuries and these types of effects from this abuse are life-long and very long-term, and usually require quite intensive treatment, both physical and psychological. and many people don t actually have the financial resources to seek that treatment and to get the care that they need. if these things were happening in a school or at home, there would be serious consequences almost immediately. but for some reason when we put it in the context of a sport, and particularly gymnastics, we normalize it to such a degree that we ve completely lost sight of the fact that these this is child abuse. this is not coaching. this is just straight-up child abuse. you are now speaking out. you are now telling your story. i suspect many other gymnasts are going to be telling their stories as well. how does it feel to be speaking out? how does it feel to be taking ownership of your story? it feels really empowering, and i m really proud of all of the survivors who have started to come forward.
i thankfully have been able to stave off a very severe eating disorder, but it has required constant vigilance on my part to make sure i m not slipping into really harmful eating patterns. i continue to have nightmares and it s the affects are wide ranging and long-term. so i m almost 20 years removed from the sport, and i m still dealing with these things every day. so number of you are filing a class action lawsuit, which i guess could grow and grow in terms of numbers. what you hoping to achieve? first and foremost, we re really trying to hold these institutions accountable and to send a message that you will not be able to allow these things to continue without being held liable for them. second of all, what we re really looking for is to ensure that survivors are taken care of and that they can seek the treatment that they need, because as we know, these these types of
although we have not been served, the allegations we have been made aware of in the claim describe behavior that is unacceptable in any sport environment, and we take them very seriously. as leaders in the sport of gymnastics within canada, we are committed to providing a safe environment for members of our sport, free from all forms of mal treatment. six-time major champ phil mickelson has pulled out of next weekend s pga championship after also missing the masters tournament a month ago. the 51-year-old made history when he won last year s pga, becoming golf s oldest major winner. he gave no reason for not defending his title, but earlier this year he said he would take some time away from the sport. thanks for spending part of your day with me. i m michael holmes. i ll have more news in just a minute.
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