The donbas region. we have more with our reporter in lviv. good morning, matt. that s right, shannon. the exact number of troops cannot be confirmed, but 62,000 are on the ground here in ukraine. russia is attempting to essentially splice ukraine into, which is on the far eastern side of this country, the donbas region. it would deprive ukraine of its own critical mines and factories and infrastructure. they have retreated from the urban capital city of kyiv to the familiar ground of the donbas, divided into two areas, donetsk and luhansk.