your service. you risk your lives for all of us and our country. thank you for defending ukraine s independence. stay safe. well, elsewhere, of course in, that eastern ukraine area a lot of fierce fighting in the donbas area which the russians have said, again, is a priority for them to take, significant military goal for them in this conflict. matthew chance, thank you very much for your reporting live from kyiv for us today. it s the top of the hour. i m poppy harlow. thanks for being with us. -ins a special edition of cnn newsroom. and today a very, very sad day seeing the first of the funeral services for 19 children and 2 teachers and visitations for anne marie garcia and maita rodriguez both 10 years old.
noticeable notable, rather, because what we have heard from russian generals over the past couple past couple days is part of their military goal here in ukraine and they said this public hi for the first time will be to take southern ukraine, which puts a city like odesa that s largely been spared some of this fighting directly in the crosshairs of the russian military. matt rivers thank you so much for that. latte continue to conversation. se cedric leighton is cnn military analyst and retired u.s. air force colonel. thank you so much for joining us, colonel. so we know russia has captured small towns in eastern ukraine but british officials are saying and this is interesting they say russia has not made any major gains in the last 24 hours. how important is battlefield momentum at this point? pamela, it is usually important. battle field momentum is, in essence, the lifeblood of an army, especially if it is doing these things so what the british are talking about her
that as well. i m confident that the biden administration is doing everything it can to message that it s going to keep prices down as much as possible. although biden has said, prepare, this is the one aspect of the crisis in ukraine that might touch u.s. consumers. and around the world, improving the sanctions against russia. the question is the time line, we know to feel the sanctions it takes time. it s not expeditious. with that said, what is your expectation about when the effects of sanctions reach president putin in russia? will it do so before he may reach his military goal in ukraine? well, short of the military goal in ukraine is, unfortunately, you cannot stop tanks with banks. what we see on the ground, physical movement of russian
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