Fighting rages near Ukraine’s 2nd-largest city

turning overseas now to the war in Ukraine as that new Russian offensive threatens Ukraine's second largest city ABC's James Longman is in harke with the latest good morning James good morning Jana the destruction you see here is from last time Russia tried to occupy this region now they're trying again Ukraine says they've stabilized the situation but this could be part of a much wider Russian push this morning Ukraine's military struggling to hold the line as Russia continues to Bear Down on its Northeastern front K the city at the center of that fresh Russian Advance under constant threat we've been in KH a few days now and every day we hear missile and drone attacks coming in on the city this hit just a few hours ago we actually heard it hit we've got investigators here on the site the house ruined and you can see the crater there in the garden we spoke to Marina the missile landed just feet from her home her family previously moving here after being displaced from fighting around sloviansk Maria's story is sadly not uncommon she's already on the move because of this war she's lost her home elsewhere in Ukraine and yet another bomb has found her civilians are being forced to flee V shank and other surrounding communities and they get Aid in centers like this this comes as President zalinski signed new legislation that mobilizes convicts to the wars front lines the country is dealing with a major Manpower shortage and waning morale during a state visit to China President Putin seized on Russia's momentum in Ukraine by announcing plans to carve out a buffer zone in KH and yet life in the city goes on we took a look inside this underground school where students try to carry on with their routine away from the constant bombs I think it's a strange and it's scary to us but we understand that it's War outside and need to go to a safe place Manpower really is an issue for the Ukrainian right now but it's linked to weapons supplies the more arms arrive in this country the quicker they get here the more men they can save Jan all right James our thanks to you for that reporting and make sure to tune in to this week later this morning Martha radit Speaks with Maryland Democratic senator Chris Van Holland about the on the 2024 race and the upcoming presidential debates plus the latest on the Uproar around Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alo and Ukraine's fight against Vladimir Putin that is all coming up this morning on this week

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Published: Sun May 19 2024