A clerk who is announced. Hes quitting politics after he was unable to form a government with good morning from martine, or National Studios in moscow, from wherever you may be watching. Welcome to this ours most pressing new stories from around the globe. A bureau is about we start with the latest from the conflict in ukraine, where caps troops have been beaten back in the country south after they tried to lodge and offensive there. Thats the latest from the Russia Defense ministry. Moscow says that ukrainians try to advance on 3 fronts at once, but have suffered heavy casualties as a result. Losing more than 500 troops along with 26 tanks and 2 aircraft. The botch defensive is said to have been ordered specifically by ukranian president zalinski. And in the higher Southern Region caps troops shelled the russian control town of know about the outcome. According to local officials hitting residential areas and hydro electric stations authority say that u. S. Applied high mars artillery