quad catherine lab, direct from our studios in moscow. this is arch international and sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. i know 97 percent of the gods republic is now free of ukrainian forces and according to the russian defense minister. meanwhile, the ukrainian president says that the future of the don bath is now being decided in the several done yet where most intensive fighting is ongoing. here on the map, you can see an area where it is said, thousands of ukrainian troops are about to be encircled as russian and dunbar forces are slowly advancing from the north and south r. t. c was done of visit the strategically important city of personnel. almost raised to the ground, reportedly by the ukrainian artillery citizens of this little town in the le ganske people s republic. they had to walk through hell fire. their town is no more. those piles of concrete burnt houses, burnt apartment blocks all over the place. it won t be soon when the life will at spring ag