‘Catastrophic moment’: Russia advances on key city in Ukraine

EXPERIENCE TO COVER GLOBAL NEWS WITH PASSION AND INTELLECT ONE WORLD TONIGHT ON CNN SECRETARY STATE ANTONY BLINKEN IS IN KEY FOR A SECOND DAY TRYING TO REFORM US SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE AFTER THE US RECENTLY GREENLIT MORE THAN 60 BILLION IN MILITARY SUPPORT. BUT THAT AIDES PRETTY LATE AND IT COMES JUST AS RUSSIA LAUNCHED ANOTHER ROUND OF GROUND AND AIR ATTACKS ON NORTHERN KHARKIV THIS MORNING OFFICIALS SAY ABOUT 8,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EVACUATED FROM THE AREA. >> THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, THANKING THE US, BUT PLEADING FOR EVEN MORE HELP ITS AIR DEFENSE, THE BIGGEST DEFICIT FOR US, REALLY WE NEED TODAY. >> TWO PETRO’S FOR KHARKIV. FOR KHARKIV REGION BECAUSE THEY THE PEOPLE ARE UNDER ATTACK ALL RIGHT CNN’S, NICK PATON WALSH JOINS US NOW, LIVE FROM THAT REGION OF UKRAINE. NICK GOOD MORNING TO YOU. WE’RE JUST LEARNING THAT’S LENSKI IS ALSO POSTPONING HIS PARTICIPATION IN ALL INTERNATIONAL EVENTS IN THE COMING DAYS BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND, THERE IN KHARKIV, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? >> YEAH I MEAN, THAT IS JUST THE REFLECTION, FRANKLY, OF HOW GRAVE IS GETTING NORTH OF KHARKIV, PART OF HIS JOB AS YOU WERE SAYING, TO GO ROUND ALLIES DOESN’T MAKE THE URGENT CASE FOR MORE BETTER AID QUICKLY. NOW, WHAT WE’RE SEEING NORTH OF KHARKIV, AND WE MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF THIS IS NOT ANOTHER ACTIVE FRONT LINE FOR THE RUSSIANS ARE SEEING SUCCESS. THEY’VE BEEN SEEING SUCCESS AND MOVING FORWARDS IN THE EAST QUITE DRAMATICALLY OVER THE PAST WEEKS, WHAT THEY DID ON FRIDAY IS LAUNCHED A SIGNIFICANT NEW INVASION, FRANKLY FROM THEIR TERRITORY INTO PARTS OF UKRAINE THAT THEY’D BEEN KICKED OUT TWO YEARS AGO. AND IT’S FRANKLY DEPRESSING TO BE BACK HERE. THIS WAS A FRONT LINE TWO YEARS AGO THAT WE WORKED AROUND SOUND TO SEE. NOW THIS POTENTIALLY UNDER THREAT AGAIN, NOW THE RUSSIANS HAVE COME AT THIS WITH FORCE RESOURCES. THEY’VE NOT FOUND THE UKRAINIANS READY. WE’VE NOT DRIVEN PASSING INEFFICIENT FORTIFICATIONS ON THE WAY TO HERE TO PLACES WHERE THEY’RE BEING URGENTLY BONT. WE DID SEE AND KEY TO ALL OF THIS IS A TOWN CALLED VOVCHANSK. NOW THAT IS ON THE BORDER. WE WERE THERE WHEN THEY WERE KICKED OUT TWO YEARS AGO AND NOW THE RUSSIANS ARE BACK. IT SEEMS A LOCAL POLICE CHIEF TALKING ABOUT HEARING GUNFIRE ARE IN AROUND THE CITY. SO IT SEEMS THAT MOST GENEROUS TOOK CARE OF THE RUSSIANS ARE CERTAINLY ON THE OUTSKIRTS AND YOU SPAIN’S MILITARY TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY’D MOVED TO AFFECT MORE FAVORABLE POSITIONS OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS. THAT’S SORT OF THEIR EUPHEMISM FOR A FORM OF RETREATS. SO CLEARLY ON RUSSIA ON THE FOURTH THEY HAVE OTHER KEY SETTLEMENTS IN THEIR SIGHTS. TWO, ONE OF WHICH LYPTSI MIGHT POTENTIALLY ENABLE THEM TO SHELL KHARKIV, UKRAINE’S SECOND BIGGEST CITY. REMEMBER PLACE WITH MILLIONS I FELT FOR A WHILE COM THE ABILITY TO GET BACK TO NORMAL LIFE AND HIS NOW FACING THE POSSIBILITY OF CONTINUED SHELLING. THEY’VE HAD AIRSTRIKES OVER THE PAST DAYS IT’S ALSO AND SO ALL OF THIS A REFLECTION OF HOW RUSSIA APPEARS TO HAVE GONE ITS RESOURCES TOGETHER, TO HAVE TURNED ITS ECONOMY INTO A WAR TIME ONE AND REGAINED ITS FOCUS. AND ITS MANPOWER UKRAINE HAS BEEN LEFT WITH ITS MORALE CREATED BECAUSE THE SIX MONTHS IS HAD TO WAIT FOR THAT $61 BILLION BACK IN DECEMBER, PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY DIDN’T GET IT. THEY WERE FINISHED, THAT THE WEIGHT FIVE OR SIX MONTHS. THAT’S STARVED THEM OF ME ADDITION ON THE FRONT LINES TO STOP RUSSIAN ADVANCES. THAT’S LEFT THEM QUESTIONING WHERE THEY HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY DEVOTE WHAT LITTLE THEY HAVE LEFT AND AN A KEY MOMENT LIKE THIS RUSSIA HAS LAUNCHED AN ENTIRELY NEW OFFENSIVE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. THEY NOW HAVE TO MAKE CHOICES ABOUT WHERE THEY SEND THE TROOPS TO HOLD THAT BACK. AND WE’RE ALSO SEEING RUSSIA MAKING ADVANCES IN THE EAST TO SO THIS IS FRANKLY A CATASTROPHIC MOMENT FOR KYIV, A CHANGE IN THE WAR AND SOMETHING REFLECTED IN ZELENSKYY DECIDING NOT TO MAKE THOSE URGENT VISITS TO ALLIES IN THE DAY DAYS AHEAD, WE’RE INTO A VERY GRAVE MOMENT HERE AND THE AID SIMPLY CANNOT COME FAST ENOUGH IF INDEED IT’S NOT TOO LATE FOR SOME PARTS OF UKRAINE, CASEY YEAH, SOMETIMES IT CAN BE HARD TO WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND THE REAL RAMIFICATIONS OF THE DELAYS HERE IN WASHINGTON AS YOU’RE COVERING THEM DAY-TO-DAY. >> I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT VERY CLEAR REPORTING ABOUT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND THE REAL

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is postponing his participation in all international events scheduled for the coming days due to the situation in the Kharkiv region, his office announced, as Russia continues its push into the country’s northeast. CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh reports from the region.

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40 comments

  1. Has it ever occurred to western minds that much of these weapons sent will be captured? All it takes is a crack division or two pulled from elsewhere along the front to be unleashed in the area where these new weapon shipments are concentrated, the west should at least have a say about where their material is headed preferably and exclusively to the best Ukrainian troops

  3. Now Putin is using Benjamin's [model] of genocide to just level out buildings with innocent people inside. This wicked system will very soon come to an end.

  4. Even the foolish people are well versed that Ukraine is winning the war in social media and Russia is winning the real war but western media especially cnn and bbc admitting that Ukraine is in a bad shape speaks volumes the bad shape of Ukraine because of comedian zelensky and it's god father USA and USA puppet countries European countries

  6. What happend to the Slovakian president..?.
    He was not backing the Ukraine was he.. Hint hint..
    And I bet the other countries turning on their governments.. Is there any influencing going on around here..
    Who's borders have grown the most in the last 40 years.. And how.
    Who's got the most military camps all over the world.. Ect.
    Who's got their thumbs in every single war going on now.
    And who's brought down more governments than anyone else in countries that's not theirs. Funny how you all know who I am on about yet I haven't named them.. That's the un programmed part of your brain working.

  8. No more money for Ukraine! They are not a member of NATO. No more money for Israel. America needs help,the world is intentionally bleeding us dry infiltrating our borders causing disruptions within.america first

  26. We said less than a decade ago that we would "… support those who seek peace and stability" and defeat those "… who wish to tear the world down." We don't need to give to Ukraine, we should want to give because that's the country I want us to be. And whatever we give will not be enough until there is peace.

  28. why are they showing all these videos that Uceren is winning and now Russia is gaining ground, it is very misleading and discouraging

  35. US aid to Ukraine was delayed because many Republicans kept voting against helping ukraine. I usually vote republican but their determination to (indirectly) help russia, destroy women's rights to our bodies are making me rethink my political stance.

  37. Questions need to be asked of how equipment is being utilized, million dollar machine is only as good as the operator, use what you are given before you ask for more.

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