courageously and bravely. we are proud of them. reporter: and, wolf, tonight, vladimir putin promising that troops fighting in ukraine additional weapons, certainly not sounding like someone who is anywhere near backing down, wolf. fred pleitgen in moscow. in the war zone, the fighting grinds on as ukrainians head into a second year of russia s aggression. our chief international correspondent clarissa ward is joining us live from kyiv right now. clarissa, you actually traveled with a group of ukraine volunteers to return fallen soldiers to their families. tell us about that. reporter: well, wolf, this is a job that not everybody has the psyche to do. it is very hard work. long hours on the road. it is very somber and sad work but it means a lot to the families who are able to be reunited with the remains of their loved ones, to give them a
imminent threat to odessa from russian ground forces or ships off the coast. intense fighting rages at the steel plant in mariupol. where day after day ukrainian forces manage to hold off the russian assault. the city s mayor said russia continues to hit the plant with heavy weaponry. but that attempts to storm the plants have been unsuccessful so far. and he also said there is about 100 civilians inside despite the fact that russian and ukraine officials have previously said all of them had been evacuated. so that news has changed in the first three hours of our show. yet while russia now has nearly 100,000 troops fighting in the eastern donbas region of ukraine, they have not been able to make any significant progress. that is according to the pentagon. where officials say russia has been hampered by bad weather and logistics issues, which has hurt them throughout the war. the new york times points out
take on his political enemies, endorsing alaska governor mike dunleavy for reelection only if he does not endorse republican senator lisa murkowski for reelection. murkowski has been in trump s sights since she voted to convict him on an impeachment charge for inciting the insurrection at the capitol. ms. murkowski. guilty. reporter: this is just the latest in a long string of controversial trump endorsements, fueled by revenge and political vendettas. the warmonger, a person that loves seeing our troops fighting, liz cheney, how about that? reporter: in wyoming, trump throwing his support behind republican congresswoman liz cheney s primary opponent, harriet higaman. hopefully they ll get rid of her with the next election. reporter: after cheney voted to impeach him and has continued to call out his dishonesty.
endorsing the alaska governor for re-election only if he does not endorse republican senator lisa murkowski for re-election. murkowski has been in trump s sight since she voted to convict him on an impeachment charge for inciting the insurrection at the capitol. ms. murkowski, guilty. reporter: this is just the latest in a long string of controversial trump endorsements fueled by getting revenge and settling political vendettas. the war monger, a person that loves seeing our troops fighting, liz cheney, how about that? reporter: in wyoming, trump throwing his support behind republican congresswoman liz cheney s primary opponent. so hopefully they ll get rid of her with the next election. reporter: after cheney voted to impeach him and has continued to call out his dishonesty. we cannot be dragged backward by the very dangerous lies of a
she has been in trump s sight since she voted to impeach him for the insurrection at the capitol. ms. murkowski? ms. murkowski guilty. reporter: this is the latest in a long string of trump endorsements, fueled by getting revenge and settling political vendetta. the war monger, a person that loves seeing our troops fighting, liz cheney. how about that? reporter: in wyoming trump throwing his support behind congresswoman liz cheney s primary opponent, harriet higamen. so hopefully they ll get rid of her with the next election. reporter: after cheney has voted to impeach him and call out his dishonesty. we cannot be dragged backward by the very dangerous lies of a former president. reporter: in georgia, trump endorsing david perdue for governor as a way to get back at republican governor brian kemp for not doing enough to undermine the will of georgia