Good evening and consider this, we still don't know tonight who is leading Russia's war

on Ukraine.

In fact, multiple sources tell CNN that the U.S. has not even been able to determine if

Russia has designated a military commander for the job.

In other words, no Norman Schwartzkopf, no Tommy Franks, no name to put to what has become

the bloodiest and most destructive conflict in Europe since the Second World War.

We also do not know the number of Russian casualties, which Russia's defense ministry

has not updated in more than two weeks.

However, today there was a horrifying hint.

A Russian tabloid published a report that the ministry had recorded nearly 10,000 deaths

so far on the Russian side, and more than 16,000 wounded.

CNN analyzed the HTML code in the website, which indicates the article was published on

Monday at 12.09 a.m. Moscow time.

Seconds after CNN read the original article, at 9.56 p.m. Moscow time, the story was then

updated and removed all reference to the death count.

Whatever the actual figure, senior defense officials now say that Russia's campaign

is stalled on the ground, it is now being waged primarily by artillery, rocket, and cruise

missile attacks on cities.

This is a look at Kiev after another night of heavy bombardment.

It is worse yet in Mariopol, which was given a deadline this morning to surrender.

The answer was no.

In Harsan today, peaceful civilian defiance was met by Russian tear gas and apparent

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