Happening now.

Fighting intensifies in southern Ukraine right now

as Russia resorts to desperate measures to try to hold the front line.

Vladimir Putin inspecting his troops and firing a rifle

himself in a new wartime show of force.

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Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

I'm Wolf-Blitzer, you're in the situation room. All right,

let's get straight to the new developments out there on the battlefield in Ukraine. We're tracking very fierce fighting and occupied territory especially in the south as Moscow's

forces are trying to hold on. See that senior international correspondent Fred

Plike and is joining us live from the war zone. Fred even the Russians now admit their troops are facing a

very difficult situation.

Yeah you're absolutely right Wolf a very difficult situation and a very tense situation there for the Russian forces down in the south of Ukraine in that Harrison region.

The Ukrainians once again continuing that counter-offense that to them is so very important. Of course, the main goal that they have and still have

is to reach the city of Harrison.

And that's exactly where the Russians have now

started evacuating people from.

And also, you're absolutely right, Wolf, the top general of the Russians saying for them the situation down is very tense here's what we're learning

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