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biden administration on the defensive. plus, we re live at the cnn weather center. how climate change is destroying homes with extreme weather across the u.s. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says more than 1,000 towns and villages have been retaken so far from russian forces. he says the russian military is paying heavy price for its aggression. translator: russia has lost almost 27,000 soldiers, many of them young conscripts. russia has lost more than 3,000 tanks, armored combat vehicles, a large number of conventional military vehicles, helicopters, drones and all of its prospects as a state. ukraine also says russian troops continue to retreat from around the city of kharkiv in the north. further south, ukraine claims it successfully blocked a russian advance at a key river in the donbas. ukraine says it destroyed more than 70 armored vehicles including tanks and multiple failed
Its first formal response after they arrive in cairo. The cia director William Burns is reportedly in cairo and thats very important because us support for this deal has been crucial. Now, the Sticking Point in all of this is that hamas wants a commitment by israel that the fighting stops. Israel wont give that commitment, partly for political reasons and partly for political military reasons. It believes the remaining four Group Battalions of hamas are hiding out in buffer, probably below ground entitles and yahya sinwar, the leader of us, the military leader and the architect the october seven massacre, is amongst them. Hiding out there, possibly even surrounded by hostages. So the Israeli Military want to go in and finish the job. Now, a Ceasefire Deal would certainly postpone, if not shelved that rafah Military Operation altogether. But hamas are taking their time over responding and i think they will want some reassurance that they dont give up hostages and then immediately find t
To give its first formal response after they arrive in cairo. The cia director William Burns is reportedly in cairo and thats very important because us support for this deal has been crucial. Now, the Sticking Point in all of this is that hamas wants a commitment by israel that the fighting stops. Israel wont give that commitment, partly for political reasons and partly for political military reasons. It believes the remaining four Group Battalions of hamas are hiding out in buffer, probably below ground entitles and yahya sinwar, the leader of us, the military leader of us, the military leader and the architect the october seven massacre, is amongst them. Hiding out there, possibly even surrounded by hostages. So the Israeli Military want to go in and finish thejob. Now, a Ceasefire Deal would certainly postpone, if not shelved that rafah Military Operation altogether. But hamas are taking their time over responding and i think they will want some reassurance that they dont give up ho
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