result of russia s war in ukraine, but putin threat to use nuclear weapons and his call-up of the country s 300,000 reserve troops has really sent a chill, and that partial mobilization would be the first of its kind since world war ii. according to reports, one-way flights out of the country to other countries that allow russian citizens to enter without a visa have been selling out fast, and russia parliament making hasty changes that would make it a crime to dodge the draft. but putin has framed his nuclear threat as a defensive move. he is painting a tale as the aggressor and accusing the west of nuclear blackmail. he falsely claimed that the west encouraged ukraine to shella nuclear plant in the southeast and now control. the territorial integrity of our country is threatened. we will without doubt use all available means to protect russia and our people. this is not a bluff. this follows russia s efforts to organize sham referenda to
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the second suspected ukrainian attack in a week russia s military called it sabotage ukraine s military didn t take credit for it publicly but said it makes them happy. in moscow they said u.s. weapons fueled the war saying it is lengthening the conflict president zelenskyy accuses putin of nuclear blackmail for weeks ukraine s leaders have been promising a counter offensive to drive russian forces out of the south. reporter: who right now is winning the war? there have been ebbs and flows in the war i would say the ukrainians have seized the initiative. reporter: today we spoke with alexander vinman in kyiv he s the ukrainian american white house official who blew the whistle on the phone call with zelenskyy it was my duty to report. reporter: and took center stage in trump s first impeachment. we could have helped make this a short war.
continued to operate. president volodymyr villa zelenskyy monday calling on the world to introduce tough sanctions as a response to russia s, quote, nuclear blackmail. [interpreter] the provocative shelling of the territory of the plant continues, under cover of the plant, invaders are shelling nearby towns and communities. the russian military hides munitions and equipment at the facilities of the plant. now, ukrainian officials still not have commented directly on those blasts in russian-occupied crimea. but late tuesday, president zelenskyy did warn ukrainian nationals to keep away from russian military assets in crimea. david mckenzie, cnn, kyiv. still ahead here on cnn. cnn predicting-less cheney will lose her seat in the u.s. congress. so, what s next for one of donald trump s most outspoken