Special report: First look at a town battered by Russian fire

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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The brutality of war has been a daily tragedy for almost a year in Ukraine. Cities, towns and villages on the eastern front are now reminders of devastation and suffering. The town of Vuhledar in Bakhmut is one of them. Alex Marquardt gets an exclusive look inside the town. Also on today's show: Denise Brown, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine; US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Jessica Chen Weiss, Professor for China and Asia-Pacific Studies, Cornell University To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur live from Keed. Here's what's coming up.
0:11.2	Ukraine boosts its security and we get a look inside the badder town of Voolidar on the front lines.
0:18.0	Plus, the dire situation facing victims of this war, Denise Brown, the UN's humanitarian coordinator, joins me here in Kyiv.
0:26.2	And as NATO yet again pledges support, I speak to the US Under Secretary of State
0:32.0	Victoria Newland, then...
0:34.0	The hardest part is when you drop them off, he says,
0:38.0	when there are relatives present, to look them in the eye.
0:41.0	Bringing Ukraine's fallen soldiers back to their families and...
0:45.0	China has, I think, consistently been playing a really difficult strategic game here.
0:50.0	So what is China's next move?
0:52.0	We get analysis after its top diplomat... So what is China's next move?
0:52.5	We get analysis after its top diplomat visits Moscow. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in Kyiv, where extra security measures
1:15.7	are being implemented on the eve of the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion.
1:20.8	There are fears that Putin could launch a fresh wave of attacks, but
1:24.9	over this year people have become hardened to this threat and increasingly they
1:30.0	are optimistic that they will manage to resist.
1:33.4	Right now the situation is worse in cities, towns and villages on the eastern front,
1:38.6	like in Bahut and the town of Volitar.
1:41.6	CNN has gained exclusive access and correspondent Alex Marquardt
1:46.1	is there.
1:49.2	This fight for Voolidar right now is one of the most important and difficult in the country.
1:53.7	While the fight for Bachmut is largely symbolic, this is a very strategic fight for both sides.
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