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all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. this is early start. we begin with ukrainian forces struggling to hold on in the eastern city of bakhmut, as russian troops close in from three sides. ukrainian officials say the situation in bakhmut has grown much tougher. they say their forces may need to retreat to avoid being trapped by encircling russians. cnn s scott mclean is tracking this story for us from london. and, scott, what are the chances the ukrainians will be able to turn this around? and if they can t, does that mean russia is back on the offensive. so, christine, good morning. it really depends on who you ask. because last week there were plenty of indications that the ukrainians may in fact be forced to withdraw from that area. a drone reconnaissance university has been ordered to retreat from the area. you also had a key bridge by the russians kiting off the ukrainians final supply routes in and out. a
people who are in distress here relative to these topics, it is huge. we do our best to take care of those folks in-house as well. and through our local partners it s so important. we are a year into this, as we said. do you worry about a lack of empathy from the outside world, that attention might be turned away? michael holmes, the generosity in sport we have seen so far from the international community here has been, frankly, humbling. i know there are competing catastrophes we are looking at. i want to acknowledge what the people of turkey and syria are going through right now as a result of their. but i will say that there has been a continuity of support relative to the ukraine crisis that he s moving and impressive. so, i hope that continues and the situation continues to unfold. matthew stearns, international medical corps. bank so much for the work that you and your colleagues are doing there in ukraine. it s valuable. thank you so much, michael. i m happ
right now on early start, what is going on up there? three mystery objects shot out of the sky by american fighter jets. plus, against all odds. people are still being saved from the rubble of turkey and syria s earthquake disaster, more than a week later. kansas city erupts as the chiefs take the super bowl for the second time in four years. all right. here we go, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. we begin with the u.s. fighter jet shooting down another airborne object on sunday. this one over lake huron. according to the pentagon the object was not a military threat but it was determined to be a flight hazard. the operation marks the third day in a row that an unidentified object was shot down over north american airspace. these are objects, i m not able to categorize how they stay aloft. it could be a guess. it s a type of balloon inside a structure. or it could be some type of a propulsion system. but c
america this weekend. kasie hunt picks up our coverage right now. good afternoon. i m kasie hunt here in washington. we re going to begin with the scramble for answers after a u.s. fighter jet were scrambled three days in a row this weekend, shooting down three separate aerial objects that were flying over north america. in just moments, the white house is going to take questions on this deepening national security mystery, as president biden faces increasing pressure to address the nation to explain what exactly is going on and who is behind these incursions. we re going to bring you that white house briefing as soon as it gets under way. but we want to get started right now with cnn s kylie atwood and phil mattingly, who are tracking all of this. kylie, let me start with you at the state department. so much of this is going to depend on what the government recovers from what is shot down. what is the status of this? if they haven t determined the origins of these objects,