Soldiers concerned this will be a secondary strikes. Russia can pick and choose where they try and force brakethrough. Russia more than just launching an invaegs, more than launching a war, is undertaking a campaign of terror. This is how the russians live and that evidence suggests their existence here is neither disciplined. We will keep fighting and defending. We will be doing this daily announcer this is cnn Breaking News. The battle for the donbas region now appears to be underway. Ukraines top security official said they attacked along the Eastern Front lines on monday in kharkiv, donetsk and luhansk. For the most part those towns held. Russian forces have been regrouping in southern and Eastern Ukraine. They say it looks like russia is trying to learn from earlier failures in the north and the pentagon believes russia has now deployed thousands of additional troops to the reasoning gone. Nkts we do believe that they have reinforced the number of ba tallian tactical groups in the
Russian forces are concentrated and focused on that offensive. No matter how many Russian Service men theyre bringing into that area, we will keep on fighting and defending and we will be doing this daily. At the same time Ukrainian Forces are struggling to hold out in the Southeastern Port City of mariupol after they rejected a russian deadline to surr surrender. This shows women and children sheltering inside a steel plant there. Ukraine says Russian Forces are firing on the plant willingly despite knowing there are civilians inside. Our coverage begins with cnns ed lavandera with kyiv, ukraine. Good morning, ed. What do we know about these recent movements of Russian Forces and what are ukrainians doing to prepare . Reporter we know that Ukrainian Forces have been adjusting and moving into this region to prepare for this renewed offensive from Russian Forces there in Eastern Ukraine and what we have seen from Russian Forces in the last 24 hours, in the last few days is just constant
The fate of that city currently in the hands of an unknown number of defenders. Two hours ago Russian Forces issued a second deadline to surrender. No word on what ukrainians are going to do there. It includes civilians, by the way. This comes as video shows hundreds of people sheltering in the basement of that burning steel plant you see there. We are told that Russian Forces are firing at the facility willingly. These are some of the people who are hiding inside, dozens of women, children, the elderly. They have been there now four weeks. These mothers say conditions for their kids are desperate. Theres not a lot of food. Their childrens teeth are starting to spoil. As a parent, just imagine going through that. This morning President Biden will hold a call with u. S. Al lice and partners to discuss how to hold moscow further accountable. White House Press Secretary jen psaki indicates the u. S. Is preparing to impose some new sanctions, expand current ones against the kremlin. Will t
The ukrainian military. This battle will almost certainly be the bloodiest to date. President zelenskyy is vowing that his forces will fight on and we are already seeing efforts to breakthrough ukraines front lines in three different regions. Take a look at this video. It shows these columns of a Russian Military vehicle heading from the russian border toward the city of iz yum, where Russian Troops have already been gathering. U. S. Officials telling me here to expect a world war iilike battlefield. In mariupol, the Azov Steel Plant, a out for the citys still stiff resistance. The fate of that city now in the hands of an unknown number of defenders. An hour ago Russian Forces issued a second deadline for them to surrender. No word on what ukrainians who include civilians, by the way, are going to do. This comes as video shows hundreds of people sheltering in the basement of that steel plant. Were told Russian Forces are firing at the plant willingly. Look at the smoke rising there. Al
Of tonight, we will be talking more about that this hour as well. In politics today, we had another one of those days that feels i guess sort of normal us to now but even just a few years ago, todays politics headlines would have been rejected out of hand as completely unimaginable and over the top. I mean we just saw the defacto leader of the Republican Party, former president donald trump, give one of his coveted endorsements to a candidate named jd vance, who is running for the United States senate seat in ohio this year, that endorsement from trump was followed immediately, no surprise, by mr. Vance launching a huge tv ad campaign, touting the trump endorsement, bragging about how much he agrees with trump, how close he is to trump, how much trump likes him, but then that of course was followed almost inevitably by a former roommate of mr. Vance sharing his Text Messages from 2016, in which mr. Vance reportedly told people how he thought there was a pretty good chance that donald t