Establish, quote, full control over southern ukraine adding that control there would give russian forces access to transnistria. u.s. is praising ukraine s efforts to resist russia s aggression, saying the west is doing what it can to help ukraine win. they have certainly defeated mr. putin s strategic objectives thus far. he did not take kyiv or chernihiv. they had some limited progress in the south and there is active fight going on in the east in the donbas region. it is hard to look at this fight and preclude that russia has won, that mr. putin achieved his objectives. he has not. the ukrainians have beaten him back at almost every turn. what we re trying to do here today in germany is to make sure the turns to come that ukraine can to inbbeat them back. joining us to discuss, major general paul eaton, former
Nato naval forces need to give a very strong point to president putin that he does not own the black sea. that his ships, if they come into military influence on the south of ukraine, are going to be pressed, that we will put enough naval forces in there to ensure that he does not have freedom of action or freedom of navigation in the international waters or the black sea. that would be quite a stand-up there, general eaton, thank you so much as always. thank you very much, jim. still to come this hour, cnn s clarissa ward and her team follow the paramedics doing incredibly dangerous work, trying to save people wounded in russia s attacks, often becoming targets themselves.
Long-range fires. so much to digest there. a lot of really important insight. thank you so much to major general and cnn military analyst paul eaton. appreciate it. up next, as putin s war drags on, thousands of ukrainians are facing a stark choice. stay in their homes in the war zone or flee to the very country attacking them? that s russia. stay with us. see him? he s not checkin the stats. he s finding some investment ideas with merrill. eyes on the ball baby. digital tools so impressive, you just can t stop. eyes on the ball baby. what would you like the power to do? wet dishes? spots? cloudy glasses? when detergent alone isn t enough. .add finish jet dry 3 in 1.
I don t want to leave. and some have a rather a bit of confidence that the russians will be stopped, but certainly given what we ve seen today, basically strikes all over ukraine and intense strikes in this part of the country does not bode well. dana? not at all to hear people saying i m going to be okay. i m safe. it just is an eerie reminder of so many wars we ve seen over history of people feeling that way. i just want to say as we were checking him out before we came to you, general eaton, who we re about to talk to, said he is very proud to be associated with people like you and your crew. and i couldn t agree more. thank you so much for everything that you re doing. that reporting. and stay safe, as you can. thank you, ben. with me now is retired major general and cnn military analyst paul eaton. germ eaton, i want to start with