then, i don t want to die, quote of a student who called 911 as a gunman was inside her cl classroom. did the police on the scene ever eve hear her plea for help? i m erin burnett, 100 days of war, destruction and death, grim milestone in putin s invasion of ukraine. his blitzkrieg on kyiv failed but tonight, ukrainian military officials say once again putin is ramping up, flooding ukraine with more troops and reenforcements and artillery as i speak and they say he s said to have, quote, partial success in the east of ukraine in a key city of severodonetsk. but success in this horrific war for putin, again, just means leveling places, utter destruction, rendering them unhabitable. it s unclear how much of is left of severodonetsk at this point and the red cross, as destruction rushes past in eastern ukraine, in their words, defies comprehension. these images show what is left of a high school in the east in another town, every single window blown out. there s nothing left, it
around the country, but there is this resilience here, still, and a commitment to continue fighting no matter what. matthew chance, thank you very much, live from kyiv tonight. and outfront now, dan rice, he is now the special adviser to general valerie salusney, commander in chief of all ukrainian forces and with me retired army brigadier general mark kimmett former assistant secretary of state for political affairs as well. let me begin with you, i mentioned the latest assessment from the uk, intelligence arm of the defense ministry. they say russia is likely to control all of the whole of the luhansk region, donbas, within two weeks. when up look at what s happening on the ground, do you think this is accurate, that russia is making these sorts of gains? well, i really do. i think the british intelligence is about right, but i think it s important to understand that the fight is for the entire donbas.
the russian separatist pretty well control hluhansk so i thin it s important the battles are taking place showing the russians are gaining a bit, but i don t think this is going to end up being a strategic victory for the russians if they take luhansk back because the real goal is to take the entire donbas and they re nowhere near doing that now. that, of course, is the big point, zelenskyy saying russia controls 20% of ukraine. to anyone listening, that sounds like a lot. it is a lot. double to what they had claims pri to have the invasion, when they had just parts of the donbas and crimea. so you spent time with the general, commander in chief of the armed forces. what is his state of mind right now? well, i think they have done an amazing job from 2014 through 2022 to get ready and prepare for this war so the rest of the world might not realize but when russia took crimea in the donbas