U.S. Skeptical Of Russian Claims Of Scaling Back War On Ukraine

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🗓️ 29 March 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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The White House is adding skepticism to Russia’s so-called strategy shift which claims forces will retreat from the capital city Kyiv. Ahead, a member of Ukraine’s parliament helps push back Putin’s army as a member of the Ukrainian resistance. Plus, as refugees flee Ukraine, medical foot soldiers move in to offer their expertise in hard hit areas of Russia’s invasion. Also, the January 6th investigation committee wraps up its investigation, zeroing in on a suspicious seven hour gap in Trump call logs as rioters stormed the capital. 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	Once upon a time, the Russians claimed they would not invade Ukraine, so why would anyone
0:07.2	believe what they have to say this time?
0:09.1	The lead starts right now.
0:11.1	The White House adding skepticism to Russia's so-called strategy shift, claiming its forces
0:16.2	will retreat from Ukraine's capital city of Kiev, ahead a member of Ukraine's parliament
0:21.3	who is helping push back Putin's army as a member of the Ukrainian resistance, plus,
0:27.1	as refugees flee Ukraine, medical foot soldiers move in offering their expertise in hard-hit
0:33.1	areas of Russian sub-Asian.
0:35.1	Also, the January 6th investigation committee wraps up its investigation, zeroing in on
0:42.0	a very suspicious seven-hour gap in Trump call logs, as rioters storm the capital.
0:50.2	This is CNN Breaking News.
0:54.5	Welcome to the lead object tap, where we're going to start with Breaking News and our
0:57.0	world-lead President Biden and his top administration officials making it quite clear today
1:00.8	that they will not believe Russia's newest claims of de-escalation until they see it happening
1:06.7	on the ground in Ukraine for themselves.
1:08.7	We'll see, I don't read anything into it until I see what their actions are.
1:14.8	There is what Russia says, and there is what Russia does, we're focused on the latter.
1:21.5	What Russia is doing, is they continue brutalization in Ukraine?
1:25.5	We're not prepared to call this a retreat or even a withdrawal.
1:28.6	We think that what they probably have in mind is a repositioning to prioritize elsewhere.
1:34.2	Earlier today, after another round of negotiations with Ukraine, Russian officials claimed they
1:38.8	plan to, quote, drastically reduce their military assault on the capital of Kiev and the
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