hello, good morning. as we head into the 25th day of russia s invasion of ukraine, western intelligence is now claiming that the russian advance has stalled. the uk s minutes terry of defense as moscow has devoted to a strategy of attrition, as it attempts to grind ukraine down by force. it s also been reported that dozens of ukrainian soldiers have been killed while sleeping in their barracks. that city, as well as mario poll, are two crucial strongholds which have endured heavy bombardment for days. and in attempt, perhaps, to break the impasse and send a message to the west, russia says it s turned to a new generation of almost unstoppable weapons. our correspondent, nic martin, is in the southern port city of odessa and has our first report on the battle for the south. they were killed while they
and order type, maybe not to barbour s degree, but close to that. but somehow, personal relationships, people making special pleadings on behalf of others, as jack quinn did on behalf of mark rich. as denise rich did on behalf of mark rich. here a very similar situation, as you mentioned, some of these prisoners who got the pardons were actually working for years in the governor s mansion, under a fairly odd kind of work release program, where some of the prisoners, i guess, were providing household services there. and it appears the governor became friends with them and decided that they were meriting of release. but the notion that it wasn t posted, as is required under the mississippi constitution, for 30 days, in the newspaper, and that the victim families were not even contacted or their opiniof sought, again, just baffling. this is not the last chapter on this story, either. josh gerstein, thank you very much, from politico. okay, andrea. up next, the battle for the south