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The latest from eastern Ukraine

Amanpour

CNN

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Ukrainian forces are now using long range “storm shadow” missiles provided by the UK to strike Russian targets, CNN reports, with the use of these weapons coming just one week after the UK announced it had delivered them to Ukraine. It comes at a moment when the war-torn country is under increased pressure: Russia launched a barrage of rockets on Kyiv overnight, an attack Ukrainian officials described as “the maximum number of attacking missiles in the shortest time possible.” Meantime the Russian mercenary company army known as the Wagner group is claiming an American citizen has been killed in the battle for Bakhmut. Correspondent Sam Kiley joins the program with the latest details from eastern Ukraine.  Also on today's show: Rob Lee, Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Research Institute's Eurasia Program; El Paso, Texas Mayor Oscar Leeser; Ondi Timoner, Filmmaker, “Last Flight Home”  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. Here's what's coming up.

0:07.0

The leader of Russia's frontline mercenary army claims an American citizen has died in the bloody fight for Bakmuth.

0:15.0

Leading Russia expert and former US Marine Rob Lee looks at Ukraine's counter-offensive strategy and what comes next.

0:22.0

Then Ben Weedaman has a special report. strategy and what comes next.

0:23.0

Then Ben Weedaman has a special report on the Palestinian man who died working in Israel

0:28.4

after being hit by an attack launched by Islamic jihad from his native Gaza.

0:34.0

Plus, the federal immigration process is broken and it needs to be fixed.

0:38.2

As officials remain on high alert for a migration surge, the mayor of El Paso, Texas gives Walter Isaac

0:44.4

send the details from America's southern border. Also ahead.

0:48.3

Daddy, you're going to see the doctor and then the clock starts. A last flight home, a claimed documentary maker,

0:55.0

Andy Timoner, turns her camera on her own father

0:58.0

and his decision to die on his own terms. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Biana Galadriga in New York sitting in for

1:19.2

Christian Amman for. CNN sources say Ukrainian forces are now using long-range storm shadow

1:25.0

missiles from the UK to strike Russian targets. Their use comes just one week

1:29.8

after the UK announced that it had delivered them to Ukraine and at a time of increased

1:34.1

pressure in the war-torn country.

1:36.2

Russia launching a barrage of rockets on Kyiv just overnight.

1:39.7

An attack Ukrainian officials have described as quote the maximum number of

1:43.3

attacking missiles in the shortest time possible. However they also say the strikes

1:47.8

did not hit their marks thanks to the US-made Patriot Missile Defense System.

1:52.6

One U.S. system was likely damaged, but not destroyed as a result of the Russian

1:56.6

attacks on and around Kyiv, a U.S. official tells CNN.

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