that s what i argued several weeks ago. i said ukraine probably needed to have a plan where they would fight what is called a fighting withdrawal to where you continue to exact press on the attackers. but you have preplanned, fallback lines to where you have defensible positions so you don t get flanked and it appears ukraine has chosen that they are going to stay in the defensive positions, and just see if they can hold out. that is an option. i wouldn t have done it if i was in charge but we will see how it works out. they probably know more than do. we will see. colonel, thank you so much. peesht are your time. appreciate you being with us. thank you. well, kramatorsk, the donetsk region says at least eight residential build gts were destroid, as well as educational and infrastructure facilities, and the artillery shelling lasted throughout the night. cnn s ben wedeman has more from