on when that will happen. norah. o donnell: chris davis, thank you so much. we turn now to the war in ukraine. the director of national intelligence said today that vladimir putin is preparing for a prolonged conflict in ukraine with goals beyond the donbas region. meanwhile, russian missiles struck the port city of odessa in an effort to disrupt supply lines, and those western weapons shipments. cbs charlie d agata reports tonight from the front lines in eastern ukraine. reporter: multiple missiles once again pounded the port city of odessa, widening the war in an apparent attempt to disrupt supply lines of western weapons. russian troops are now trying to punch through ukrainian defenses, battering frontline towns such as lyman, lysychansk, and popasna, in the aim of advancing to the strategic cities of kramatorsk and slovyansk. their capture critical to moscow s stated objective of
then another surprise. while we are speaking to his wife, yulia, her phone rings. it is her husband still held captive, but calling with important news. he spoke about a prisoner exchange, she says. my husband said the russians might swap him for prisoners held by our government. soon, i hope. so maybe everything will work out. perhaps it will. but for others still trapped in the town of popasna, no help at hand. this is as close as we can get to the town right now. you can hear the boom of artillery in the distance and some shells landing the other side of this field. we have been told all rescue efforts have now been suspended because of the danger, but that still leaves something like 2,000 civilians trapped in this town, and, we are told, many more civilians caught in other frontline towns. all evidence of a slow, grinding conflict with no end in sight. andrew harding, bbc news,
this is brand-new video of ukrainian troops holding out in azovstal s underground bunker. they say, quote, it is sweeter for us to die in battle than to live in chains. this morning the russians claim they will open humanitarian corridors for civilians to evacuate that steel plant. we have seen russian forces firing on the corridors in the past. we ll have more on this unfolding situation in just a moment. in the luhansk and donetsk regions, the ukrainian military says russian forces have had no success breaking through the front lines here in the past 24 hours. a total of 11 attacks had been repulsed, they say. the russian onslaught is not letting up. this is drone footage showing the devastation from air strikes in the small town of popasna. we have new reporting in the kharkiv region. ukrainian troops have retain another village. troops were seen there placing a flag on a building in moldova, a
then another surprise. while we are speaking to his wife, yulia, her phone rings. it is her husband still held captive, but calling with important news. he spoke about a prisoner exchange, she says. my husband said the russians might swap him for prisoners held by our government. soon, i hope. so maybe everything will work out. perhaps it will. but for others still trapped in the town of popasna, no help at hand. this is as close as we can get to the town right now. you can hear the boom of artillery in the distance and some shells landing the other side of this field. we have been told all rescue efforts have now been suspended because of the danger, but that still leaves something like 2,000 civilians trapped in this town, and, we are told, many more civilians caught in other frontline towns.