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This is the Tom Hartman program.

The line with us is our buddy Phil Idner, the veteran war correspondent based in Keeve, Ukraine.

He's got a video blog over on YouTube, his name is spelled PHI, L-I-P-I-T-T-N-E-R.

It's also his Twitter handle, Philip Idner.

Phil, welcome back. I understand you're in Zafariza today.

I'm traveling currently Tom, that's correct. I am down in the southeast battle front

on the western side of the Nipro River, and I'm about two or three miles from the front lines

currently at a hotel. And thankfully Zafaroja is kind of protected from

some of the attacks. We have power, there's infrastructure, shops are open, restaurants are open,

that kind of thing. But we are, make no mistake about it very close to the front lines.

Isn't that the town where there's the nuclear power plant that the Russians had cut off once

their choice? Absolutely right. And apparently there's talk, and it's unconfirmed at this time,

that there were some explosions outside of the plant. I want to stress that outside of the plant,

not near, you know, not on the actual grounds of the plant. And that is still, you know,

the specifics of it are still confirmed. But yes, that is Zafaroja, and it's also the spot

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