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ukraine. jim? anderson, thanks so much. this is cnn tonight. i m jim sciutto live from lviv in ukraine, along with the great laura coates in the u.s. the pentagon says tens of thousands of russian troops have now amassed in eastern ukraine. one of putin s commanders claims their new goal is to take full control of not just the donbas region in the east but southern ukraine to provide a land corridor to crimea and perhaps go further. still, president zelenskyy expressed hope and defiance tonight. translator: we will defend ourselves as long as necessary to break this ambition of the russian federation. the armed forces of ukraine continue to deter attacks by russian invaders in the east and south of our country. and i am grateful to each of our defenders who are bravely holding on. in this new offensive, they continue tonight in the region. this is the push and pull of the front lines. the russians launched for air strikes on the southern port city of mariupol ea ....
rockets. russian troops are attempting to break through the defenses and advance south, further into donbas. in a small town outside of kyiv, new video shows damaged and destroyed homes left by russian shelling during the first phase of this conflict. as ukraine s orthodox christians celebrate easter this weekend, ukraine s president said he was hopeful of prevailing against russia. translator: the 58th day of our defense is coming to an end. it ends on good friday, the day when death seems to have won. but we hope for a resurrection. we believe in the victory of life over death, and we pray that death loses. moscow has finally acknowledged casualties from the sinking of the moskva more than a week ago. says one sailor was killed, 27 missing. claiming the 396 remaining crew were rescued and taken to crimea. for more, let s bring in isa soares. hi to you, isa. reporter: a very good morning to you, michael. as our reporters meet more ukrainians, the stories of bruta ....
Putin has a huge army, a very difficult political position because he s made a catastrophic blunder. the only option he has is to continue to try to use his ap appalling, grinding approach. led by artillery, trying to grind the ukrainians down. the situation is, i m afraid, unpredictable at this stage. we need to be realistic about that. but the u.s. disagrees with that view. a top u.s. security adviser says efforts to keep ukraine a sovereign nation would just intensify over time. and putin still has much to lose. ultimately, putin will see this is not the end game he bargained for. thousands of body bags are coming home. his economy is contracting by double digits, inflation, shelves empty, people can t travel, that s not a win for putin. ....
And resources there? sam kylie, good to have you there in dnipro. thanks so much. the british prime minister says it is a realistic possibility that putin wins this war. but i got a very different assessment when i spoke with a member of the biden administration this morning. have a listen. ultimately, putin will see that this is not the end game he bargained for. as thousands of body bags are coming home, his economy is kraekting by double digits, inflation is up, shelves are empty, people can t travel, the country is in default, that s not a win for putin. that s the biden administration view. let s take that question and others to the former u.s. army commanding general, retired lieutenant general mark hurtly. to that first question, mark, you ve been a skeptic from the beginning and rightly so really in a lot of cases of russia s ability here to win the war and to gain the ground they want to ....