yuri stayed on in kharkiv to help. over 500 kilometers farther south, in kherson, kateryna is also taking shelter. kateryna: maybe today it's my last interview, my last talk. and i all the time write to my boyfriend that i love him, because i didn't know which message -- which message can be my last. reporter: kateryna's boyfriend anders is from denmark. they have been in a long-distance relationship for two years. now, she is in a war zone, and he's over 2000 kilometers away. anders: it's really -- it's still hell. you also cannot stop thinking about what is going on in ukraine, what is going on with my girlfriend. reporter: just a few months ago, they celebrated christmas together. they began the new year with mutual plans. kateryna: in march, we planned to move in together, but, not a good time, not the right timing. reporter: the last time they saw each other was in late january. when they said goodbye, anders had had a bad feeling, as if he'd sensed hard times lay ahead. anders: i remember this conflict being more

yuri stayed on in kharkiv to help. over 500 kilometers farther south, in kherson, kateryna is also taking shelter. kateryna: maybe today it's my last interview, my last talk. and i all the time write to my boyfriend that i love him, because i didn't know which message -- which message can be my last. reporter: kateryna's boyfriend anders is from denmark. they have been in a long-distance relationship for two years. now, she is in a war zone, and he's over 2000 kilometers away. anders: it's really -- it's still hell. you also cannot stop thinking about what is going on in ukraine, what is going on with my girlfriend. reporter: just a few months ago, they celebrated christmas together. they began the new year with mutual plans. kateryna: in march, we planned to move in together, but, not a good time, not the right timing. reporter: the last time they saw each other was in late january. when they said goodbye, anders had had a bad feeling, as if he'd sensed hard times lay ahead. anders: i remember this conflict being more

i have been here for— time in kharkiv. i have been here for two _ time in kharkiv. i have been here for two weeks - time in kharkiv. i have been here for two weeks but - time in kharkiv. i have been here for two weeks but i - time in kharkiv. i have been i here for two weeks but i need to say i see more cars right now in relation to my previous experience when i arrived and i was terrified of the sound of shelling because i was afraid to sleep on the first floor where i am currently right now. i was sleeping in the basement because i am scared but now i see more people come up more cars on the streets and you can actually get supplies, you can buy food in the supermarket because the city has not been affected by the access of supplies. however, as i say, about cities that need and lead to donbas, these are crucial points for the russian army because it can encircle towns and so the situation there, i was reading yesterday, it is not as different as mariupol because people live there without gas and electricity so in a very difficult situation. really to be aware of

yuri stayed on in kharkiv to help. over 500 kilometers farther south, in kherson, kateryna is also taking shelter. kateryna: maybe today it's my last interview, my last talk. and i all the time write to my boyfriend that i love him, because i didn't know which message -- which message can be my last. reporter: kateryna's boyfriend anders is from denmark. they have been in a long-distance relationship for two years. now, she is in a war zone, and he's over 2000 kilometers away. anders: it's really -- it's still hell. you also cannot stop thinking about what is going on in ukraine, what is going on with my girlfriend. reporter: just a few months ago, they celebrated christmas together. they began the new year with mutual plans. kateryna: in march, we planned to move in together, but, not a good time, not the right timing. reporter: the last time they saw each other was in late january. when they said goodbye, anders had had a bad feeling, as if he'd sensed hard times lay ahead. anders: i remember this conflict being more

other city centers kharkiv have been turned -- other cities such as kharkiv kharkiv have been turned to ruins. russia is blocking our seaports. if our seaports they blocked, we cannot export agricultural products will if we cannot export agricultural products, there will be a food crisis and large-scale political the civilization in dozens of countries in north africa-- destabilization in dozens of countries in north africa, asia. one of the consequences of russia's aggression today? one of the key regions in europe is destroyed by russia. black sea is blocked. thousands of ukrainians-- hundreds of thousands of ukrainians are dead. almost 12 million ukrainians forced to leave their homes. about 50 million of them -- about 5 million of them left ukraine. for now, 220,000 people lost their homes, because 7000, as president zelenskyy mentioned, residential buildings were damaged or destroyed completely. hostilities, bombing of cities by russian military forces, will continue. so the list of damages and destroyed property will only be increasing day by day. over 120,000 square miles of u

: there's no rest at night for the people of kharkiv. flares light up the sky as artillery thunders through the air. for nearly nine weeks, ukraine's second largest city has been shelled relentlessly. only by day, do you see the full scale of the destruction the neighborhood of pavlovopoya hit repeatedly last week as russian forces try to push into the city, no site was spared, not even the local nursery school. so it looks like this was some kind of a dormitory. you can see childrens' beds here all around and then in the next room over there was their classroom. their shoes still litter the lockerroom, mercifully the school had been evacuated so no children were killed in the strikes. the mayor of kharkiv says 67 schools and 54 kindergartens have been hit here since the war began and what's so striking when you look around is that it's so clearly not a military target. this is a residential neighborhood. just a few blocks away, the bare skeleton of an apartment building. authorities say more than 2,000 houses have been hit here. sounds

city of izum to the southeast of kharkiv. that means that russian troops might at some moment try to get control over the city. they didn't succeed in that before, during the previous 45 days. but that means that right now, when they might withdraw troops from the north of ukraine, they will try to push harder and to make an attack here on the east. >> these strikes on civilians, you said you were witnessing them, and we're seeing the atrocities involving civilians all over the country which is why you're seeing some stepped-up diplomacy coming from other places in europe. we saw boris johnson here today. we also saw the president of the european commission coming yesterday and giving paperwork to apply to the eu for president zelenskyy. how significant -- are these just symbolic, or does this actually do something, having these visits? >> all these steps are very important, and the support of britain, which was supporting ukraine long before the war started, and also the united states, canada, all countries of europe, almost

but there's a lot of damage in kharkiv. and it is one of those areas where there is going to be a lot of continued fighting. and again, that area's also subject to artillery fire and to airstrikes as well. >> colonel, you know, you and i talked a loot t about that 40-m convoy headed to kyiv. it was fearsome. they were going to resupply troops, help to take kyiv before they were stalled out. that was in the early days of this war. now the pentagon is saying they never accomplished their mission. so what happened? >> well, that is going to be i think one of the greatest mysteries of this war, at least of this initial phase of this war, because this convoy was quite -- you know, quite impressive in terms of volume and it was something that we all paid attention to. but i almost wonder if it was a feint, if it was designed to draw attention away from a russian move to the northeast. if you you remember when you go back to the look on the major maps here, this part right here was quite close to kyiv as well. so you do wonder if

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all eyes on the northeast the city of kharkiv. close to that where the train attack happened. there's a real fear that the russians are pivoting to using their own territory to soften the ground, so to speak, ahead of that feared ground incursion. what we've seen, our investigative team has seen, following the trajectory of much of the -- falling on kharkiv and the surroundings, it takes you back into russia. it gives russian forces a comfort zone to be able to hammer away at civilians to produce more and more pictures like the ones we've been seeing over the last days and weeks ahead of a push into the east of this country. and the military aid that the u.s. and today prime minister johnson came with, that's not going to help the ukrainians against that. and that is the real worry moving forward here, jim. >> all right. a lot of developments there in kyiv. thank you nima elbagir. >>> ben wiedeman is joining me now from donbas. we're seeing horror stories of ukrainians saying russian soldiers evacuated them and passed through filtration camps. help our viewers understand what

for the people of kharkiv. flares light up the sky as artillery thunders through the air. for nearly nine weeks, ukraine's second-largest city has been shelled relentlessly. only by day do you see the full scale of the destruction. this neighborhood was hit repeatedly last month, as russian forces s tried to push into the city. no site was spared. not even the local nursery school. so it looks like this was some kind of a dormitory. you can see childrens' beds here all around and then in the next door room over there was their classroom. their shoes still litter the locker room. mercifully, the school had been evacuated, so no children were killed in the strikes. the mayor of kharkiv says 67 schools and 54 kindergartens have been hit here since the war began and what's so striking when you look around is that it's so clearly not a military target. this is a residential neighborhood. just a few blocks away, the bare skeleton of an apartment building. authorities say more than 2,000 houses have been hit here. sou

is doing — military medicine in kharkiv is doing very— military medicine in kharkiv is doing very well and is going to help military— doing very well and is going to help military and civilian wounded pe0pie~ _ military and civilian wounded people. unfortunately, there are a lot of— people. unfortunately, there are a lot of wounded, wounded and deaths civilians _ lot of wounded, wounded and deaths civilians because russian artillery, russian _ civilians because russian artillery, russian missiles, they shoot into resideniiai— russian missiles, they shoot into residential areas in kharkiv and civilians. — residential areas in kharkiv and civilians, despite sirens, despite every— civilians, despite sirens, despite every precaution, civilians suffer, they suffer — every precaution, civilians suffer, they suffer a lot. there are a lot of casualties among civilians. do ou of casualties among civilians. you think of casualties among civilians. drr you think ukrainian troops can hold back the russian advance in the east? and what more do you need in terms of weapons from the west

kharkiv has been the _ time. that is normally the time. kharkiv has been the scene - time. that is normally the time. kharkiv has been the scene of. time. that is normally the time. - kharkiv has been the scene of fierce fighting for weeks. i have spoken to families who have managed to flee and describe spending weeks underground, hiding in basement. there was one family where the mother said they had spent five weeks in the basement of a school which was being shelled by russian forces. kharkiv is again strategically important, it is in the northeast of ukraine and it is in that band which russia really are focusing on, really pummeling to try and take that area as they have moved away from places like heave. of course after the sinking of the russian flagship, there is a feeling that russia might be deciding what their next steps will be, how they will respond to the symbolic below that ukraine has struck. the city of mariupol is important today. there were suggestions that russia would let ukrainian forces surrender, perhaps. that was due to happen this morning. let's ge

maybe in kharkiv. thank you for your attention, and glory to ukraine. >> appreciate your participation in today's meeting. next, i would like to welcome his excellency denys shmyhal, prime minister of ukraine. prime minister, the floor is yours. pm shmyhal: thank you very much. director malpass, your excellency, your colleagues, i'm sure you understand the current situation in europe and what exactly russia is doing here in ukraine. firstly, they destroyed ukraine's economic potential. president zelenskyy has told of all kinds of infrastructure and enterprises subjected to massive attacks, airstrikes, air fire, not only the military, but everything, from bakeries to food warehouses, to machine building enterprises, petroleum storages, everything. bombing is under russian's -- under rocket. -- rocket strikes. second, the russian military tactic is aimed at creating an immigration crisis in europe. russian troops are destroying people's homes. there are dozens of ukrainian citizens -- communities that ha

in and around kharkiv like this, or the other thing they could do is bypass kharkiv and head down either this way to dnipro or through izium and slovansk. those are areas in which each of these forces could divide or have an onslaught concentrated in that particular area. so as you look at this, you can see the outlines of a battle beginning. but we're not sure which way the russians going to go. >> let me just put up the picture so people can see it from my end. how can ukraine strike this and would they want to right now? >> they could strike this. but they want to make sure this convoy is concentrated. see how the trucks, for the most part, are spacing themselves out across a fair amount of territory here. they have maybe 50 feet or so between them in some areas. what they are trying to do is disburse themselves for force protection. if they concentrate somewhere or reach a road junction or something like that, the ukrainians have an opportunity to take them out. >> as we look at donbas, this battle has begun. what do you think this will look like there? >> john, i would say the fight

of course, in kharkiv, it's more dangerous because it's under intensive shelling almost every day. i got used to it and i take this risk and i understand that it's very important to stay here and document what is happening because some day, russian generals and putin will say in the court and will be held responsible for the war crimes they have committed here. >> no question. let's hope that day comes, but i want to ask you about documenting this moment. it's a wedding in the middle of a war zone. there's a video right there. the groom holding the bride in his arms amid all of this devastation. can you describe what you saw? >> that was a great moment here in the midst of the war because this couple, actually, they both volunteered at the humanitarian aid center. so they will collect requests from the people who are staying here in kharkiv, civilians, and usually these people will be in the areas very heavily shelled by russian troops. it's why they cannot get out to get some food or medicines. so this volunteer center, it will collect requests from these people then get humanitar

that's just here in the city of kharkiv. you can see the defenses that they had tried to implement to protect themselves from attack, but obviously sandbags no match for this -- i don't know if you can hear that as well, some bombardment again in the distance. and you can see outside the scale of the devastation. cars completely scorched, there's actually an office over there to the side that we can't get into easily from this point which we saw yesterday where an entire car has literally been thrown into an office by the force of that blast. and what people here fear in this city is that kharkiv could be the next mariupol. because of the amount of bombardment and the real intensification that we've seen of that bombardment, especially in the last week. now, i just want cameraman scottie and producer brent swales to be a little careful mere, but i do want to show you this because it gives you a real feeling for just the enormity of that blast. i mean, absolutely astonishing. it literally took out six stories and that's why a

like we hear all over the news, like kharkiv, shelled quite often and bombed. they're hiding in basements most of the time and of course, they can't go to work. they're struggling to provide for basic needs like food and shelter. few friends in the business meeting and raising money and sending directly to people in kharkiv. so far, we raised close to over $60,000 and directly to churches around there and they're helping them out there. >> so i'm curious what people need most and crucially, how do you get the help to them, raising money on this end is one thing, but getting help into the hands of those people has to be difficult. >> it was difficult, but we ended up partnering with local church they had already. accounts set up and donations. money goes to that, sending money directly to ukraine and it's working out great. all money, 100% that gets donated goes directly to kharkiv, ukraine. >> i understand there's a lot of gratitude among the people there, this is a statement written to you, i should mention, from the pastor of the christian church in kharkiv.

some 25 miles to the north of kharkiv. they believe that they are amassing to come here and to come here as soon as they can. cnn, kharkiv. >> our thanks for that report from ukraine. coming up, building the case to punish putin. we'll go along for the ride here in ukraine as investigators collect evidence of war crimes and talk to witnesses who describe the atrocities they saw first hand. plus, president biden's candid conversation with a u.s. ally who still has strong business ties to russia. stay with us. my garden is my creativeve outlet. find more ways to grow at miracacle-gro.com ready to style in just one step? introducing new tresemme one step stylers. five professional benefits. one mple step. totally effortless. styling has never been eier. tresemme. do it th style. at adp, we use data-driven insights to design hr solutions to provide flexible pay options and greater workforce visibility today, so you can have more success tomorrow. ♪ one thing leads to another, yeah, yeah ♪ (cto) ♪ i want the world ♪ (pr

now much of kharkiv destroyed. clarissa ward gives as you look. >> reporter: there is no rest at night for the people of kharkiv. flares light up the sky as artillery thunders through the air. for nearly nine weeks ukraine's second largest city has been shelled relentlessly. only by day do you see the full scale of the destruction. the neighborhood of pavlopel was hit raeptedly as russian forces tried to push into the city. no site was spared, not even the local nursery school. so it looks like this was some kind of a dormitory. you can see children's beds here all around. and then in the next store over there was the classroom. their shoes still litter the locker room. meresfully, the school had been evacuated, so no children were killed in the strikes. >> the mayor of kharkiv says that 67 schools and 54 kindergartens have been hit here since the war began. and what's so striking when you look around is that it's so clearly not a military target. this is a residential neighborhood. just a few blocks away, the bare

what do you make of cluster bombs and kharkiv? >> reporter: that video that you were rolling there seems to strongly indicate those were cluster munitions that were used there just from the way the impacts were going, the smaller explosions that were happening. the ukrainians say a lot of time the cluster bombs are dropped from planes or shot by artillery. and this one rocket system used for that, and in the early stages of this war, i was on the russian side in the city right across from kharkiv. and the main artillery rocket system the russians were using was the rocket launching system. the ukrainians are saying that's one of the ways they are being delivered. the outskirts of the city, civilian areas are being shelled. we've also been on the ground here around the kyiv area. we spoke to some explosive ordnance experts and they say they are finding a lot of cluster sub munitions, as they're called, which haven't exploded yet. and the ukrainians saying, in some of the cases, they were air dropped. in some cases, they were shot b

she shelters miles away from kharkiv. anastasia, the last time we spoke, you had left kharkiv, but you hadn't found a place to stay yet. how are you? how are you and your mom and your sister doing? >> we're doing as fine as can be. we're in moldova. a friend lend us his home to live in without pay, without anything. so, we are staying while he is fighting. so, we have a relatively secure place to live. >> do you feel -- do you feel safe? >> well, it's much more safer here than it is in kharkiv. of course air raid sirens go off three, four times a day, will fly and kill whoever. it can land in any building. and that's why security is not exactly how i would describe, but much more secure than you would be in kharkiv, mariupol. >> yeah, the shelling in kharkiv continues to just be relentless. i know you've been volunteering to help out a local battalion. what are you doing? >> this is the battalion of the guy who lend us his place. his name is urie. he is fighting in a local battalion, so i decided to -- actually, thank you

despite those who live in kharkiv are refusing to leave their city. >> the people of kharkiv are staying put. this is a city of 1.5 million. they estimate as many as a million people are still here. now, obviously, we have no way of being able to verify that number, but certainly you do still see that people are here. even in the hardest hit areas, there's a place in the northeastern outskirts that we spent some time in over the weekend. incredibly dangerous. relentless bombardment. there are still people living in those apartments. and they live and stay for different reasons. for some, it's an act of resistance. it's a way of showing defiance. for others, it's a question of they're elderly. they don't necessarily have any place to go. and i'm wondering if we can come down here to try to take a look at the size of the crater that is outside there. so a lot of people don't want to leave. they do want to stay. the interesting thing when you're walking around on the streets, though, what you don't see, you do see some people. this here is sort of the grand entrance, if you will, to this bu

near her house, she could not stay in kharkiv any longer.- stay in kharkiv any longer. i was worried for— stay in kharkiv any longer. i was worried for my _ stay in kharkiv any longer. i was worried for my parents. - another besieged city, mariupol, is still without aid. yesterday a red cross team heading there was detained, they have now been released but the need is growing. after five weeks of fighting, the situation is desperate. that was anna foster reporting on the latest from lviv. our corrrespondentjenny hill is in moscow for us. the kremlin continuing to reject the idea that atrocities in bucha were produced by its forces.— produced by its forces. despite mountin: produced by its forces. despite mounting evidence _ produced by its forces. despite mounting evidence and - produced by its forces. despite| mounting evidence and footage produced by its forces. despite - mounting evidence and footage and witness accounts, the kremlin continues to deny it, we have had politicians and officials we are continuing to insist this is fake news, fabricated by ukraine an

surround kharkiv. this is ukraine's second largest city. it is a very important place and it's basically the center of the northeastern area. izyum is another town right here, and this town is also the scene of increased shelling, increased movement of russian troops, and it sounds, based on the reporting that we're hearing, that they are using these efforts to possibly encircle both kharkiv and izyum as a way to establish reconnaissance capabilities and test out the balttlefield in these areas. they're looking at this as a way they can go into this area right here. this is the other part of the donbas which they don't have yet, which the russians don't have yet. so if they go through izyum, if they go around car kharkiv, if do all of these things from the north, from the east and from the south, what they could very well end up doing is cutting off ukranian forces that weigh against them here. that would be dangerous for the ukrainians, so the ukrainians have to be careful as all of this moves forward

nima elbagir, cnn, kharkiv. >> more from me at the top of the hour from ukraine. but let's go back to rosemary church at cnn world headquarters. i guess the big story today that everyone is watching is just when these heavy weapons, artilleries, and these helicopters will arrive and when the ukrainians will actually be able to put them in place and will they get in there time to prevent this russian assault in the east and will they be effective? that is the big story i guess from here today. >> absolutely. it is all in the timing there. thank you so much, john. we will see you back at the top of the hour. appreciate it. >> you bet. >>> well more now, on another top story we are following. the suspect in the new york subway shooting is set to appear in federal court in the coming hours. frank james is charged with committing a terrorist or other attack on mass transit. sources say he actually called in the tip that led to his own arrest. james is accused of setting off smoke grenades, before shooting a handgun on a crowded train in brooklyn on tuesday. ten people

"people who left kharkiv want to feed those left behind, "he said. "foreigners who want to treat emergency crews and paramedics." word of mouth spread quickly, and now his daddy's pizza has a paypal account for donations and hundreds of happy customers. how does that make you feel? "joyful, "he said, "bringing a little slice of happiness here, seeing kids laugh, to bring a taste of normal life, it feels fantastic." now, we saw bomb-damaged buildings all over kharkiv today. the streets were virtually deserted. yet, despite nearly two months of constant bombardment, that city remains under ukrainian control, at least for now. norah. >> o'donnell: charlie d'agata, thank you. let's turn back here to home. a dangerous situation out west where fire season is getting a roaring and early start. tonight, an out-of-control and fast-growing blaze, deemed the tunnel fire, is just one of 10 uncontained fires burning across three states, already scorching nearly 60,000 acres with no signs of slowing down. amy cutler from our cbs affiliate kphonela eportpu fiercelr

numerous challenges in city center in kharkiv, same as my team. we have different spots which are working, some to deliver food in plastic bags, paper bags and deliver to very concrete addresses. there are some restaurants who are cooperating with us to feed people in the underground metro stations and those were who not able to leave their homes, also deliver hot meals. also volunteers working with hospitals, children, to be evacuated. i met one young boy in the basement of northern part of the city and he has an illness and disease. he couldn't stay anymore in the basement, because the missiles were severe, he is already safe with his brother in poland and really appreciate the effort of many, who, with no mandit, like for instance the mandate of the red cross, they do it with their lives but the price they pay is very high. one of our volunteers didn't supply when he was riding a bicycle, delivering medicine at the outskirts of kharkiv. we don't want these fatalities to continue. we don't want people to suffer. we want all these teams to be saf

we're in kharkiv, in yarkov. i was in bucha within hours being liberated. we are feeding inside kherson, which is under russian occupation and we have restaurants doing the best they can to take care of the -- [ no audio ] -- very much. i will not say in the front lines, but even beyond the front lines. we know the risk we're taking, but one thing is very clear. the ukrainian people are fighting on behalf of not only of ukraine, but on behalf of freedom of democracy and liberty. at least we can be doing is being next to them. so we know the risks we took. world central kitchen is a world ofrmgts this is the first time we're in about a real war zone, and we're trying to make sure everybody is safe. but the most important is that we're going to be next to the people that need a plate of food, the children, the women, the elderly. that's what we're trying to do every single day. >> it's got to be incredibly hard to assess where you can go and then also how long you can stay in an area when you have to pull out depending on what is happening on the battlefield.

i'm here in the metro in central kharkiv. even now, 40 days into this war, metro stations like this are absolutely packed with people. >> okay. obviously communication is an issue all over. that is a shelter, like people hiding in the tube station. we will ping pong as much as we can. having the reporters here is so essential. fred, we were trying to get a sense of what you're hearing about how and when these civilians have been killed over the last five weeks in bucha. >> reporter: yeah. again, we have to apologize to our viewers. we are having real trouble keeping the communication up. we try to keep it up every time that it goes down. it's a really interesting question, one that we asked as well. this grave here has been filled throughout the time that the russians occupied this place. they said they started opening it and burying people here shortly after the russians invaded this area because there were so many civilian casualties on the ground, people getting shot in the streets, people in the cross fire of fighting as

and now they are even doing counteroffensive operations to the north and to the east of kharkiv. it means that several villages more have been liberated and ukrainian troops don't just protect the city, but they are trying to move russian forces back further to the border so that they will not be able to shell as they do now because they usually shell with a grass roots system and they have medium range. and so if they will be further, it means that the destruction will be lesser. >> and of course on the point of mariupol that you were making, you were spot on, we haven't had any humanitarian corridors for a week or so now, but we have heard in the last i'd say about 45 minutes or so from president zelenskyy's office, an operation is planned for today. we haven't been given any details as of yet, but that relates to the azovstal steel plant and of course the 1,000 or so civilians stuck inside that plant. but let me ask you this. we've been hearing anecdotally that supplies are not reaching the front lines fast enough which can be detrimental to those holding the russians back. wh

but as i mentioned, there are so many devastated small towns across kharkiv. let's say there is a very important strategic town called izu, translated as raisin, very tasty name, but there is no access of people to food and drinking water over there. just because the russian forces do not allow humanitarian convoys to enter. >> it has been incredibly frustrating to watch from around the world, people are watching these humanitarian corridors and wondering why they cannot just be open for people in a widespread way. maria, thank you so much for being with us, we appreciate it. it is thank you. >>> u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin meeting online today with several ukrainian troops who are training in the u.s. the group is part of a prescheduled professional military education program. today is their last day of advanced tactical training before returning to ukraine. secretary austin thanking them for their service and pledging continued u.s. support, coordinating security assistance against russia's invasion. >>> still ahead, i spoke with one of the many mili

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kharkiv has been the scene of fierce fighting for weeks. i have spoken to families who have managed to flee and described spending weeks underground, hiding in basement. there was one family where the mother said they had spent five weeks in the basement of a school which was being shelled by russian forces. kharkiv is, again, strategically important, it is in the northeast of ukraine and it is in that band which russia really are focusing on, really pummeling to try and take that area as they have moved away from places like kyiv. of course, after the sinking of the russian flagship, there is a feeling that russia might be deciding what their next steps will be, how they will respond to the symbolic blow that ukraine has struck. the city of mariupol is important. today, there were suggestions that russia would let ukrainian forces surrender, perhaps. that was due to happen this morning. let's hear the latest. ukrainian soldiers have fought for mariupol for weeks. this morning, russia gave them just hours to surrender. it said local fighter

>> translator: well, in fact, the russian aggressor has never stopped trying to capture kharkiv. it has tried since the 24th of february, day and night, since the start of the invasion. and they try every night, but the ukrainian armed forces are repelling them. >> the russians, of course, have been accused of deliberately bombing residential areas where crowds of people were gathering, including hospitals. how many civilians were wounded or killed in the city, in these new attacks? and do you have any doubt that civilians are russia's deliberate targets there? >> translator: since the first days of the invasion, i have been saying that the enemy is carrying out genocide against the ukrainian people. and these horrific bombardments that we have seen against kharkiv and other peaceful cities just shows that that's true. since sunday, we have had non-stop bombardment of civilian districts. in the past, before the very recent time, we have had this shelling and bombardment around the outskirts. but recently in the last few days this has been in the center and is targeting peaceful c

you can see it in sumy, kharkiv. there has been success pushing b back as well. in all of these locations, ukrainians are coming back into control after a month of the russians occupying it and doing god knows what. we could discover more horror really in the next few days. . >> yeah. we have heard about some of these things in mariupol. we have not been able to see some of these things. it's entirely different when you are seeing them as we are here with reporters on the ground. >> the u.s. watch chief kwapbts to remove russia from the council. >>> see what happened when president zelenskyy addressed the grammys crowd last night. new poligrip power hold and seal. clinically proven to give strongest hold, plus seals out 5x more food particles. fear no food. nenew poligrip power hold and seal. ♪ ♪ we believe there's an innovator in all ofs. ♪ that's why we build technology that makes it possible for every business... and every person... to come to the table and do more incredible things. some people have minor joint pain, plus have high blood pressure. they

so the edge of kharkiv, the kind of eastern edge of kharkiv, becomes this hugely strategic point, where they want to move their supply lines through there. they have also been having constant battles with ukrainian forces who, as i mentioned, are continuously launching these counter-offenseives. there are people here who live in fear that kharkiv could be another mariupol, that it could be besieged, that it could be bombarded on that scale. from what we've seen, though, anderson, the efficiency of ukrainian forces in fighting back the russians makes it very unlikely that they would even probably try to attempt to fully encircle the city. but that's not that much comfort for people when shells are still raining down every day. >> clarissa ward, appreciate it. thank you very much. victor and alison, let's go back to you. >> thank you very much. let's bring in retired army kernel who served as executive officer for the u.s. senior defense adviser to ukraine from 2016 to 2018. he helped train ukrainian soldiers. also with us, evelyn farkas, the former secretary of defense for russia, ukrain

"people who left kharkiv want to feed those left behind," he said. "foreigners who want to treat emergency crews and paramedics." word of mouth spread quickly, and now his daddy's pizza has a paypal account for donations, and hundreds of happy customers. how does that make you feel? "joyful," he said, "bringing a little slice of happiness here, seeing kids laugh, to bring a taste of normal life, it feels fantastic." now, we saw bomb-damaged buildings all over kharkiv today. the streets were virtually deserted. yet, despite nearly two months of near-constant bombardment, that city remains under >>t 'donnell: charlie d'agata, thank you. let's turn back here to home. a dangerous situation out west, where fire season is getting a roaring and early start. tonight, an out-of-control and fast-growing blaze, deemed the tunnel fire, is just one of ten uncontained fires burning across three states, already scorching nearly 60,000 acres with no signs of slowing down. amy cutler from our cbs affiliate kpho is near flagstaff with the latest. >> reporter: pushed b

for two days, they traveled out of kharkiv. and across dangerous territory to lviv. >> very hard road. >> from there, she boarded an ambulance and ferried into poland. we were tracking her evacuation and met her at the border crossing. >> hi, welcome to poland. >> but she still has further to go. she wants to join her brother in new jersey. >> i was not scared. >> where's the bravery from? >> it comes. it comes alone. >> she hopes to return. bury her husband of 40 years. and see her beloved city at peace again. >> what's astounding when you watch the report and spend time with her, she never stops smiling. despite everything she's been through. all that she has endured. she truly has that heart of a survivor. i asked her, do you know if you are going to the go to the united states? you are 82. you may never see kharkiv again. she insisted that she will return to her city. but that city has been devastated by russia onslaught. you can only imagine it will be more many generations before it's rebuilt. >> thank you for such a wond

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in the kharkiv and donbas region and also southeast of zap reese ya. when you take a look at the eastern sector of ukraine, it's about 200 to 300 miles long in terms of the axis of advance that russia is trying to move on. that's an awful big area. they are looking to find a breakthrough. they will do that with artillery. they will strike the civilian population as they've done in so many other places, but they're also attempting to use artillery to break through for their tank and mechanized forces. now, that's something that russia claims they can do with combined arms operations. we haven't seen that yet, but getting to your point about the terrain, this is wide open terrain, as john kirby once said, it's somewhat like kansas, very different than the roads that the russian forces had to stay on to the north of kyiv and kharkiv in the first phase of this operation. i don't believe they're going to be able to conduct very good combined arms operation on open fields like they say they can or is within their doctrine. so, i think those forces are still

alina: they say that kharkiv, the city kharkiv, is destroyed, totally. a lot of civil people die in their homes in the basements. >> they're torn between the despair of war and the relief of having made it to safety. and they're still worried about the men left behind fighting for ukraine. alina: the husbands and all in ukraine. my husband too in ukraine. mom's husband too in ukraine. and we decided to go and be safe. i don't know. felix: good, they're taken care of for now. >> accommodation in germany was organized by florian erlbeck. florian: here, it's decided who goes where. meaning their fate's decided here. and that's tough. but for now, let's try to arrive safe and sound. wilma: felix's eyes water up, and you think, "someone's heart is melting, huh?" >> these refugees have a ten-hour drive ahead of them. but they won't be stopped at the border. they can stay in germany for years and were, and their children can go to school there. >> many russians have also left their homeland in protest, and in fear of persecution. long before the war broke out,

i can also say that the russian aggressor is bombing residential districts in kharkiv. as of today, we have had 1,617 residential buildings destroyed. >> mayor, are you talking about those mines that actually scatter, this kind of bomb that lands and it throws out many, even up to a couple dozen mines that are on a time play? these are things seen in civilian areas? >> translator: yes. they land on the ground, and then they can explode at any moment. . >> we are seeing this eight-mile-long convoy of russian military vehicles that is stretching outside kharkiv. what are you expecting from this and what are you preparing for? >> translator: i can't talk in detail about this because this is really a military question. but i know that our military are preparing to defend the city thanks to the heroic efforts, the city is well defended and thanks to great britain which supplied us with weapons which enables us to effectively defend ourselves. . >> mayor, what do you need from ukraine's allies? . >> >> translator: first of all, weapons. without it no army can conduct defense.

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this also comes on top of new video out of kharkiv. tell us more. >> reporter: you're absolutely right. this is the region that was actually taken back by the ukrainians, i'd say about a little over a week, maybe ten days ago. and there had already been some towns in that region where bodies had been discovered. ukraine is now saying they're discovering more and more, hundreds of bodies, in the sumy region, some of them not only bearing marks of torture but also having, for instance, hands tied behind their back. it's a grim thing that unfortunately we've been seeing in so many areas here in ukraine, where the russian forces had been in place there and had been beaten back by the ukrainian military. we've seen some of that firsthand with bodies also clearly bearing marks of what could very well be torture, bruises all over their bodies, and also hands tied behind their backs, bags over their heads, people shot in the head. those kinds of things unfortunately quite common and something the ukrainians are looking into and gathering a lot

alina: they say that kharkiv, the city kharkiv, is destroyed, totally. a lot of civil people die in their homes in the basements. >> they're torn between the despair of war and the relief of having made it to safety. and they're still worried about the men left behind fighting for ukraine. alina: the husbands and all in ukraine. my husband too in ukraine. mom's husband too in ukraine. and we decided to go and be safe. i don't know. felix: good, they're taken care of for now. >> accommodation in germany was organized by florian erlbeck. florian: here, it's decided who goes where. meaning their fate's decided here. and that's tough. but for now, let's try to arrive safe and sound. wilma: felix's eyes water up, and you think, "someone's heart is melti, huh?" >> these refugees have a ten-hour drive ahead of them. but they won't be stopped at the border. they can stay in germany for years and were, and their children can go to school there. >> many russians have also left their homeland in protest, and in fear of persecution. long before the war broke out, ol