translator: in the donetsk region in general, and in the reengs in general and kharkiv and the surrounding areas, the occupiers are trying to achieve a goal, to kill as much as possible and destroy everything they see. also ahead this hour, still can cultural wars, governor desantis signs law punishing disney which affects black voters and putting restrictions on how schools, businesses can talk about race and gender. i want to get straight to the war in ukraine now. live for us there in lviv. hello to you. what is the latest on the situation on the ground tonight? reporter: good evening to you, don. what we have been seeing in the last 24 hours or so has been the push and pull of battle. the fighting has intensified in eastern ukraine as ten of thousands of russian forces have amassed in the region and continue to unleash quite frankly a fire storm of artillery and air strikes. this is when we know for this hour in the east for w that new offensive. in the donbass re
continue to unleash quite frankly a fire storm of artillery and air strikes. this is when we know for this hour in the east for w that new offensive. in the donbass region pb 42 settlements are now under control, but the ukrainian governments telling us they hope to get them back under their control. about 80% is under russian control, more than 2,500 people are still hiding in shelters and basements. that is terrifying. and that, don, is just here, but have a look at this drone video. this is a village or i should say was a village just north of kyiv, and it looks to the untrained eyes like a tornado has gone through it. this is not an act of god. it s the aftermath of a barrage of russian artillery and air strikes. the extent of russian atrocities that we have been seeing every day. just to be clear for our