to let the city fall holding out in an iron and steel plants. today russian special forces began starting buildings nearby. but a russian victory is far from certain in ukraine. let us focus on why that region is so important and what could lie ahead in the next stage of this conflict. samuel cranny evans is a military analyst from british defence and security think tank, royal united services institute. thank you forjoining us on outside source. why do you think they russians are putting so much military emphasis on this one part of the country? of the country? there are a lot of reasons for of the country? there are a lot of reasons for it. of the country? there are a lot of reasons for it. perhaps of the country? there are a lot of reasons for it. perhaps the - of the country? there are a lot of. reasons for it. perhaps the primary is prior to the conflict, putin plus plus recognition of the people s republic of china so focusing on
realty concern for the latest development really is concern for the latest development really is the eu has sanctioned for some really is the eu has sanctioned for some people and entities including that he some people and entities including that he was staff to putin plus make president that he was staff to putin plus make president to executive office and the defence minister. not unsurprising names but the question realty unsurprising names but the question really is unsurprising names but the question really is whether they are prepared to go really is whether they are prepared to go forward with a second charge as quickly to go forward with a second charge as quickly as the next 24 48 hours when as quickly as the next 24 48 hours when we as quickly as the next 24 48 hours when we hear these horrible warning si-ns when we hear these horrible warning signs that when we hear these horrible warning signs that we might get the next stage signs that we might get th
how long this will go on. you think? this, of course, is special counsel robert mueller s investigation into russian meddling. what the trump folks did in 2016 and what donald trump has done as we were just reporting in potential obstruction. now, if you judge by the geyser of new reporting about just one piece of this, michael cohen, donald trump s long-time lawyer, mueller has a lot more to chew on than many people initially knew. it was just two days ago that michael avenatti, stormy daniels attorney, dropped the bomb with that report outlining and alleging a slush fund run by cohen which saw money deposited by the likes of among others this company columbus nova with strong ties to a russian oligarch linked to putin plus at&t, plus a big pharmaceutical company, novartis. mueller s team questioned both those companies over the payments. that happened a while ago, we just didn t know about it until avenatti dropped this bomb. in fact, now that it s come out, neither of those compan
and what donald trump has done as we were just reporting in potential obstruction. now, if you judge by the geyser of new reporting about just one piece of this, michael cohen, donald trump s long-time lawyer, mueller has a lot more to chew on than many people initially knew. it was just two days ago that michael avenatti, stormy daniels attorney, dropped the bomb with that report outlining and alleging a slush fund run by cohen which saw money deposited by the likes of among others this company columbus nova with strong ties to a russian oligarch linked to putin plus at&t, plus a big pharmaceutical company, novartis. mueller s team questioned both those companies over the payments. that happened a while ago, we just didn t know about it until avenatti dropped this bomb. in fact, now that it s come out, neither of those companies deny the payments, but there s even more to this story. the drug giant ceo sending an e-mail to all staff saying, yesterday was not a good day for novartis