NATO says Russian troops are repositioning and reinforcing their offensive in Ukraine's Donbas region while keeping the pressure on Kyiv. That's despite the Kremlin's assertion earlier this week that it was scaling back operations around the capital. Today's show begins with a live report from CNN correspondent Ben Wedeman in the southern port city of Mykolaiv, where Ukrainian troops are preparing for what they fear could be a new Russian assault.
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