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ukraine still stands tonight, seven weeks into putin s war. you know what isn t upright anymore, however? the crown jewel of russia s navy. it has sunk. that s confirmed by russia tonight. moscow still refutes ukraine s claim that ukraine struck the more than 600-foot-long vessel with cruise missiles. russian state media blaming an accidental fire that allegedly caused the warship to lose stability in stormy seas. two sources familiar with u.s. intelligence say they believe ukraine s claim is credible. this is no doubt a huge defeat for putin and his navy, and there is something poetic about it, because this is the very same ship that attacked snake island on day one of this invasion and was famously cursed out by ukrainian soldiers with the iconic phrase, russian warship, go f yourself. and now it s no more. it s effed. ukraine is racing to prepare for the onslaught from the east. a pentagon official says the russians have started arriving in the northern part of the d ....
are now command and control components as well as aviation assets along that border. and many of the troops who took part in the northern failed offensive above and around kyiv have now taken positions in order to participate in this offensive. it is a three-pronged attack, reportedly. coming down from the north to the east, up to the south, as they soften the ground, we suffer ourselves these towns, these front lines in the donbas region are being shelled day in, day out. we visited one, where many people are desperate to evacuate, but told us they simply don t have the means to do it. the town is no stranger to war. eight years this has been the front line of ukraine s battle with russian-backed separatists. people here are used to shelling, they have never experienced anything like this. a missile can be heard overhead, an emotional man approaches us. they smashed the old part of town, he says. as we talk, the artillery intensifies. i told him it is better to go home ....
air raid sirens are sounding across ukraine. cnn teams report heavy shelling in the donetsk region in the east, as ukrainian officials say nearly all areas there are now under attack. russian forces are claiming significant advances in the besieged port city of mariupol. as the last two ukrainian military units in the city try to fend them off. and senior u.s. defense official telling cnn the city is in, quote, a dire position right now. that s despite putting up stronger than expected resistance in recent weeks. the washington post says russia sent a formal diplomatic note warning the u.s. to stop supplying arms to ukraine, saying that some weapons shipments are adding fuel to the conflict. all of this as russia faces renewed scrutiny, top prosecutor at the international criminal court has declared ukraine a, quote, crime scene, after visiting the devastated towns of bucha and borodyanka. let s begin this morning with cnn senior political correspondent, we re heari ....
afraid. i mean, not be afraid, be ready. but that is not a question to ukraine. and not only for ukraine. for all the world. i think so. more new cnn reporting this hour. the american secretary of state is telling european allies, he believes putin s invasion may last the rest of the year. and there are important battlefield developments today. the crown jewel of russia s navy, the mosqkva now at the bottom of the sea. the big loss may complicate moscow s battle plan as it tries to take the south and the east. overnight, russian retaliation. moscow hitting a military facility on the outskirts of kyiv. russia says it will launch more attacks on targets in and around the capital in the coming hours. in mariupol, time is simply running out. key military commander there says the ukrainian flag is still flying, but russia claims critical advances and appears quite close to capturing that city. along the front lines in donetsk. everything under attack. a ukrainian officia ....
involved enemies or nuke weapons or some chemical issues, chemical weapons, they should they could do it. today russia is launching a new wave of strikes across ukraine after the sinking of the jewel of the black sea fleet. that ship now sits at the bottom of the ocean. a senior u.s. defense official now said it appears the ship was hit by two ukrainian missiles. that is a major victory for ukrainian forces. overnight russia appears to be retaliating for that loss hitting a military facility on the outskirts of kyiv and russia blamed for another deadly attack near kharkiv and heavy shelling in the donetsk region. but help is on the way. first u.s. flight of new military aid should arrive in the next hours. and ben wedeman is with us. and we just heard about the tactical nuclear weapons. what does that mean there on the ground? reporter: well, i have to stress that the potential use of tactical nuclear weapons by russia is a theoretical. what people here are deal ....