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With Ukraine consumed by war, NATO's special operations forces know their skills could be called on if the conflict spreads, and of late, they've been very publicly showing off what they can do. CBC News spent several days this week in eastern Europe, covering their exercises. ....
We will win. reporter: ukraine also claims its forces have destroyed 20 russian military vehicles near the hostomel air base. as the fighting rage, ukrainian and russian negotiators met for a second round of talks today in belarus. as ukrainian negotiated ukraine s needs are not yet achieved, president zelenskyy appealed for direct talks with putin. i think i have to talk with putin. the world has to talk with putin, because there are no other ways to stop this war. that s why i have to. reporter: zelenskyy continued with this message for putin. i don t bite. sit down with me and talk. what are you afraid of? putin, however, says his invasion will go on. the special military operation in ukraine is going according to plan in strict accordance with the schedule. all tasks are being successfully carried out. the goal was to maximize the ....
Them children. these are innocent civilians, fareed, who are just trying to flee from this area where some of the hardest fighting has been and what you re seeing today and what we re hearing today is a real intensification of russia s efforts to try to push forward in the northwest and in the west of the city. you may remember that russia sent pair troopers into the hostomel air base on day one of this war, it is now day ten and they have not successfully been able to maintain control over that. they were not able to bring in transport plains to resupply them, also to connect with ground troops. now what you re seeing is an all out very bloody battle to try to take control of that entire area and potentially then to expand what you re seeing on the ground to encircle the entire city. we have also heard of a lot more ....
It s only going to get worse, john. these are the faces of courage, the faces of suffering. the faces of war, clarissa. as we watch this exodus, the steady flow of people in the rubble behind you, do you have a sense the russians are getting closer? is the circle closing in on kyiv? reporter: so i would say this. there s no question from what we re seeing and hearing from the u.s. officials and others that the push has not gone the way that the russians had hoped. they had really hoped to take control of this hostomel air base. to be able to fly transport planes in. link up with ground troops and launch this major offensive. ho hostamel, that air base, is still contested. the ukrainians are now saying the russians are so pinned down they ve taken 40 civilian ....
The largest cargo plane in the world, the Ukraine-made Antonov-225 Mriya (AN-225), has reportedly been destroyed by the Russians after an assault had taken place on Hostomel (or Gostomel) Airport near Kyiv as reported by Ukroboronprom on February 27. The plane named "Mriya," or the "dream" in Ukrainian, has been a source of Ukrainian pride, especially with aviation enthusiasts who marvel at the sheer size and engineering of the plane. ....