(Max Boot underscores 'one of the big divisions' in China-Russia alliance)
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Washington Post columnist Max Boot joins CNN Newsroom to discuss the recent visit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
(Video shows Russian strike hit Ukraine residential buildings)
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Two missiles hit a residential building in Zaporizhzhia, southern Ukraine according to Ukrainian officials. The city's acting mayor says one person was killed and dozens including two children have been injured. CNN's Ivan Watson reports.
(Top commander: Ukraine will hit back at Russia in Bakhmut ‘very soon’)
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The ongoing depletion of Russian forces fighting for Bakhmut will allow Ukraine to go on the counteroffensive in the eastern city "very soon," a top Ukrainian general said in a Telegram post. CNN’S David McKenzie reports.
(Russia losing steam in Bakhmut, Ukrainian official says)
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CNN's Ivan Watson reports from Ukraine about the ongoing battle for the crucial city of Bakhmut, where Russian forces are losing steam, according to a Ukrainian official. Then, Ret. Maj. Gen. James "Spider" Marks and Alina Polyakova, President and CEO of the Center for European Policy Analysis, speak with CNN's Erin Burnett about the latest in the war.
(Farmer makes dangerous discovery while trying to plant crops)
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CNN's Ivan Watson reports on the farmers in Ukraine who are digging landmines left out of their fields by hand to start their spring sowing after Russia's invasion.
(China is Selling Weapons to Russia for Ukraine War)
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China finds a loophole to send weapons to Russia. The CEO of TikTok lies to Congress about TikTok's connections to China. Biden signed a bill that would allow release classified information on the origins of Covid. Watch this episode of China Uncensored for that and more of this week's China news headlines.
(Retired colonel explains why Russian forces are targeting schools, hospitals and orphanages)
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CNN senior international correspondent Ben Wedeman is in Eastern Ukraine with an update on the Russian attacks on civilian areas. Retired Col. Cedric Leighton and former CNN Moscow bureau chief Jill Dougherty discuss Russia's current strategy.
(Russia is ‘getting hammered’: Top US general on Bakhmut battle)
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There are roughly 6,000 Wagner group mercenaries fighting in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told US lawmakers at a House Armed Services Committee hearing.
(Wagner chief admits being ‘battered’ in Bakhmut, but remains confident)
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The founder and head of Russia's Wagner private military company, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said in an audio message that the battle for the eastern city of Bakhmut "has already practically destroyed the Ukrainian army," adding that Wagner has "been pretty battered" as well. Both Ukrainian and Wagner officials acknowledge street-by-street fighting in the city, with the Ukrainians claiming that they have stabilized the situation in Bakhmut. CNN’s Ben Wedeman reports.
(Bakhmut has turned into a ‘slaughter-fest for the Russians,’ top US general says)
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Russia's Wagner mercenary group is "suffering an enormous amount of casualties in the Bakhmut area," Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told US lawmakers, describing the battle for the eastern city as a “slaughter-fest" for the Russians. CNN’s Salma Abdelaziz and David McKenzie report.
(Russian military blogger killed in cafe explosion)
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Russian news reports said Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed by a bomb blast in the Russian city of St. Petersburg. At least 15 people were hurt in the explosion.
(NATO chief responds to Putin after Finland joins NATO)
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Finland officially became the 31st member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), marking a major shift in the security landscape in northeastern Europe by adding 1,300 kilometers (830 miles) to the alliance’s frontier with Russia. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg joins CNN to discuss.
(Douglas Hickey,: 'An historic day for Finland, for Europe and the world')
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Finland joined the NATO alliance Tuesday, dealing a major blow to Russia, and U.S. Ambassador to Finland, Douglas Hickey, joins Morning Joe to discuss.
(The heavy cost of a long war for Russia’s ‘best of the best’ - BBC Newsnight)
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The 331st Guards Parachute Regiment, regarded as "the best of the best" in Russia's armed forces, has been at the forefront of the main battles in the Kremlin's campaign against Ukraine.
Often called the Kostroma Airborne Regiment, it has been the subject of investigations by Newsnight since shortly after last February's invasion. These have revealed the price paid by the regiment and its home community.
The programme had confirmed 39 fatalities by April last year, 62 by late July, and now the toll has reached 94.
So with a rising death toll, how is this so-called "elite" regiment of paratroopers - and their family and friends back home - coping with Vladimir Putin's long war?
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