this war that a father of two is returning to this week. reporter: kate, this is the retall reality of the war on the front line in ukraine where they are fighting day after day, and they are saying that the russians have a meat grinder tactic of wave after wave where there are mass casualties on side after side, but they want the world to see what is happening, and what the soldiers are going through, and we have heard from the armed commander of the armed soldiers who has said that the war is at a stal stalemate, and both sides are locked in just to hold on to the ground and just to hold on to the trenches, and really, oleg is perplexed. he says that ukraine at the moment is not winning this war. but seeing in terrifying detail what these soldiers are up against on the front lines is so important. anna, thank you for that great reporting and bringing it to us. sara? and now to the war in the middle east, and a cease-fire violation that is blaming hamas, and hamas bl
this is cnn breaking news. two major stories developing in israel at this moment. first, today is to be the fourth scheduled release of hostage by hamas terrorists. there was a holdup. it was over the mothers who were supposed to be on the list and they were not. as part of the agreement, the mothers are to be handed over with their children, and they were not on the list initially, but we told they are now. the handover is close to happening. that is critical in the moments and hours ahead. and also what is critical is what is happening after today, and if the handover goes as planned, is there to be a further extension of the truce. new reporting is suggesting yes. kaitlan collins is standing by in tel aviv for u and the next few hours are extremely delicate, kaitlan. yes, but, kate, they are looking more hopeful than the last time we spoke, because we are hearing from the sources, they are close to resolving the issue at play here, and it does appear that the fourth