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And greetings my friends, patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice, believers in peace,

freedom and the American way Tom Hartman here with you.

On the line with us, our buddy Phil Etner, the veteran war correspondent currently based in

Kiev, Ukraine. His YouTube video blog lives over on YouTube. His name is spelled Philip

Etner, PHI, L-I-P-I-T-T, N-E-R, six letters each name. If you want to track it down over there.

That's also how he spills his, well, I mean, it's how he spills his name, but that's also his Twitter

handle. Phil, welcome back to the program. There's a lot going on in the Ukraine, Russia,

news here. I'm not sure where you would like to start. Let me, let me toss it to you first.

Well, I mean, there is an awful lot to talk about. I mean, obviously, I think foremost, of course,

is Buck Moot and its current status that the village of about 70,000 people before the war started

and it's been fought over long and hard. It does look like the Russians have secured the bulk

of it if not the entire city itself, but at the same time, it does appear as though Ukrainians

are making advances kind of along the outskirts of the town, potentially maybe trying their own

encirclement of the city. But for right now, the head of the Bogdor group, that private military

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