that the worst could be yet to come here. also it bears noting that you don t change a commander if you re winning a war. so, there s a real fear this invasion could turn even more brutal than what we ve already seen. here was the pentagon today on that eight-mile-long russian convoy believed to be headed from the donbas region. another convoy of vehicles that are heading south towards that town of izium, we believe these are the early stages of a reinforcement effort by the russians in the donbas. cnn has geolocated this new video that shows this large column of russian military vehicles inside russian not far from the eastern border of ukraine. vehicles are seen facing northwest in the direction of donbas. there is also new tape tonight of an alleged ukrainian strike on a russian weapons depot in the luhansk region of donbas. ukrainian officials claim they destroyed an ammunition warehouse there, and ukyou can e burned out shells and rockets scattered all over the groun
the strike destroyed homes as well as a fertilizer warehouse. meantime, ukrainian officials say they are still defending the besieged port city of mariupol despite recent reports russian forces have been gaining ground and on monday, came unconfirmed reports of a chemical attack in that city. cnn cannot verify that claim, but ukraine s president says they are taking that report and that threat seriously. translator: today, we heard a statement from the occupiers confirming they are preparing for a new stage in their terror against us and our defenders. one of the spokespeople of the invaders said they are considering using chemical weapons against the defenders of mariupol. we take it very seriously. zelenskyy also accused russian forces of planting tens, if not hundreds of thousands of mines, and ordinance in northern ukraine, a move he calls a war crime. that s after the russian military s retreat from the kyiv region. as the russians ramp up their efforts in areas here
know this will be a different fight in the east. it will be a more consolidated russian forceful one where they have more fire power, more raw strength focused into a specific geographic area. but they ll be going up against ukrainians, the most experienced ukrainian troops. and they are confident they can hold out if they get the support they need from western allies. the military weapons and such. today putin met with the austrian chancellor, carl, for 75 minutes in moscow. he says it was not a friendly visit. he is not particularly optimistic from the talks. what do you make of the face to face meeting? he is the first to meet since the start of the war. austria is militarily neutral. but as the chancellor says, not morally neutral. this is a chancellor only yesterday was talking with streets of bucha, seeing for himself the aftermath of russia s occupation. so his messages to putin were blunt. effectively, this is on you. there must be accountability for war crime. th
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