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Ukrainian forces now understood to have
captured the town of Islam which does

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have strategic importance.
Can you tell us a bit about the

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significance of that and whether or not
Ukrainian forces were surprised by how

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far they managed to go.
Yeah.

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Well that that that that element of
surprise seems to play on both sides as

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you say.
The next question or the looming

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question for for the Ukrainians after
this quite stunning by all accounts

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advance in this in this northward pocket
right up against the Russian border is

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of course what do you do from there.
Because we heard or actually I was

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watching President Zalewski.
It is in his nightly broadcast or video

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address saying as he always does.
You know the goal is to retake

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everything that Russia has has captured.
So there is a risk of course of the

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Ukrainians despite U.S.
and Western military aid overstretching.

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And that's something that will probably
play out.

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And in the days and weeks ahead ECM is
important because it is a rail junction

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and it's it's been a sort of a gateway
for Russian supply lines into this area

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around higher cough or Kharkiv which is
Ukraine's second city.

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And the there's there were some Russian
reports that there that the Russians had

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given it up.
And tonight

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Zelinsky or last night Zelinsky hinted
that in fact the Ukrainians are claiming

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that they have retaken it.
Yeah.

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Tell us a little bit more about what the
reaction has been so far from Russian

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what we're expecting next from them.
Russia hasn't said that much publicly.

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There's been some criticism by several
Russian aligned military bloggers and

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also from some of the people in these
these self-proclaimed republics that

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have been set up
in eastern Ukraine since 2014 when

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Russia first moved or encroached on this
area.

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So that that it's not like there's been
a blackout or an information blackout.

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But what didn't happen is is according
to the Ukrainian side that

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Sunday night there was a series of
missile strikes against infrastructure

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targets which we take to mean you know
electricity or electrical stations or

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power plants.
And there's been reports of significant

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power outages in various parts of
Ukraine.

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The Ukrainians say this is Russia
hitting back in frustration and

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retaliation for our advances.
But it's a real thing.

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And of course shows that that Russia
still holds significant cards including

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missile capabilities that can strike.
What the Ukrainians describe as civilian

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targets.