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ukraine. jim? anderson, thanks so much. this is cnn tonight. i m jim sciutto live from lviv in ukraine, along with the great laura coates in the u.s. the pentagon says tens of thousands of russian troops have now amassed in eastern ukraine. one of putin s commanders claims their new goal is to take full control of not just the donbas region in the east but southern ukraine to provide a land corridor to crimea and perhaps go further. still, president zelenskyy expressed hope and defiance tonight. translator: we will defend ourselves as long as necessary to break this ambition of the russian federation. the armed forces of ukraine continue to deter attacks by russian invaders in the east and south of our country. and i am grateful to each of our defenders who are bravely holding on. in this new offensive, they continue tonight in the region. this is the push and pull of the front lines. the russians launched for air strikes on the southern port city of mariupol ea ....
They can count the ukrainians can counter this with counterartillery fire. russians cannot maneuver in this area. ukraine is on their home turf. they have home field advantage on this. they know how to maneuver. they have not been successful yet in the east. they ve tried several reconnaissance and force missions in the donbas so far. as sam mentioned earlier, they have hit with artillery several towns. but their maneuver has not been such where they ve taken over towns or they control towns. and in fact, they re not moving all that much. and i personally think ukraine is playing it very smart, the ukrainian generals. they re allowing them to think that they re moving just a little bit, and the counterattacks by the ukrainian forces are soon to come. and these are all battle lines. they ve been fighting there for eight years. so, ukrainians know them well. general mark hurt lee, always good to have you on. pleasure jim, thank you. ahead, there is great ....