ukraine blasted today s video as a disinformation campaign. but ukrainian commanders eadmit they are facing russian attacks. the eastern commander posted photos today of a visit tob bakhmut where he was briefed on the problems with ukrainian defenses despite no announcement of the withdrawal, some signs have appeared. this bakhmut rail bridge strategically bombed by soldiers to make it impassable. the head of a ukrainian unit saying they received an order to leave without given a reason. in neighboring cities, soldiers from ab artillery unit says they have no plante plans to stop fugting here fearing what could then happen. the problem is not just russia taking bakhmut. they will not stop and will keep destroying the next cities we need to wait for reenforcements to come and then kick them out. for now there s no sign or
wagner s gain. ukrainian commanders admit they re facing withering russian attacks an eastern commander posted photos of a visit to bakhmut where he was briefed on the problems of ukrainian defenses despite no announcement of a withdrawal, some possible signs appeared this bakhmut rail bridge strategically bombed by ukrainian soldiers to make it impassable. head of a ukrainian reconnaissance unit saying they received an order to immediately leave bakhmut without a reason. neighboring soldiers from an artillery unit told us they have no plans to stop fighting here. hearing what could then happen. the problem is not just russia taking bakhmut, they will not stop and will keep destroying the next cities. we need to wait for reenforcements to come and kick
booms echoing every few seconds from the ukrainian colleagues firing on russian positions. the problem is not just russia taking bakhmut, he said they will not stop and keep destroying the next cities. we need to wait for reenforcements to come and kick them out. whether ukrainian reenforcements are indeed coming to save bakhmut remains to be seen be so far, there s no ukrainian retreat. ukraine s military admits they re being battered by wagner mercenaries made gains they say president head in and around the city. ferocious street to street fighting left many dead on both sides as the wagner troops along with russian soldiers try to end circle bakhmut, it s been regularly hit in recent days as
warfare brings any closer the aims of the kremlin to take over those areas in the east, it certainly doesn t seem like it. this is very, very intense fighting, and neither side can potentially hold out forever with this kind of warfare. david mckenzie, thank you. retired u.s. army major mike lyons joins us now. let s pick up with the claim from this wagner group claiming control of back mud. it s not just the ability to take over the village, but the ability to hold it. do you think the russian forces are better equipped this time around to hold this territory throughout the rest of the winter into the spring offensive it s expecting? victor, it s going to depend on how many reenforcements that russians can get into the town and whether they decide to go on a full offensive.
burdened by debt, the american people are sick and tired of it and they keep sending us reenforcements. reenforcements that today help make up our small majority. but a majority is only a majority if we actually work together. now lots of people back home don t trust anyone in this town. perhaps, we would be wise to listen to them and some wisdom from ronald reagan. trust, but verify. trust is a fragile condition and easily broken. as i have listened to my friends, 20 of whom have opposed kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house, the root issue is this. they do not trust kevin mccarthy. what can heal that divide? right now, there are a lot of colleagues that don t trust 20 or more of my fellow