playing out the scenario of mariupol falling to - scenario of mariupol falling to russia, what would concern you most about the geopolitics of the region if that happen? i about the geopolitics of the region if that happen?— if that happen? i think it is absolutely _ if that happen? i think it is absolutely disastrous - if that happen? i think it is absolutely disastrous for i if that happen? i think it is - absolutely disastrous for europe to see a proud city smashed to pieces by the artillery of an adversary. that takes us right back to the second world war. it also frees up russian forces to move north and try to push out the boundary of what the control in the donbas region. at the moment the only control part of that region. all intended to show that russia leaves this war occupying our significant slice of eastern ukraine. the geopolitics of very alarming. it suggests that despite all the rules in the un charter a country can use overwhelming force to occupy and subjugate part of a neighbouring state. that's why countries like finland and sweden are no extremely interested in

and the rest _ the mariupol area, and crimea and the rest of— the mariupol area, and crimea and the rest of donbas. sceptical utility, — the rest of donbas. sceptical utility, russia's option can be achieved _ utility, russia's option can be achieved easier. i think the primary -oal achieved easier. i think the primary goat for— achieved easier. i think the primary goal for russia is actually to secure — goal for russia is actually to secure mariupol in order to annex done _ secure mariupol in order to annex done yet — secure mariupol in order to annex done yet -- _ secure mariupol in order to annex done yet. —— donetsk. some of the ambitions — done yet. —— donetsk. some of the ambitions and demand is laid out by president _ ambitions and demand is laid out by president putin seem to do suggest that diplomacy is over. he is president putin seem to do suggest that diplomacy is over.— that diplomacy is over. he is asking for the entire _ that diplomacy is over. he is asking for the entire country _ that diplomacy is over. he is asking for the entire country to _ fo

—— mariupol. of variable. is this true? -- mariunol-— mariupol. translation: i alwa s mariupol. translation: i always say _ mariupol. translation: i always say that - mariupol. translation: i always say that while i mariupol. translation: i i always say that while we're mariupol. translation: - i always say that while we're here, mariupol— i always say that while we're here, mariupol remains under control of ukraine _ mariupol remains under control of ukraine. mariupol was and will stay ukrainian, — ukraine. mariupol was and will stay ukrainian, no matter what they say. the fighting — ukrainian, no matter what they say. the fighting continues. we are still in mariupol. i think it's pointless to comment on the words of russian fascists _ to comment on the words of russian fascists. everything they said is a lie. the united states is sending more military assistance to ukraine, including howitzer artillery pieces and phoenix ghosts drones developed specifically for the ukraine conflict. president biden said the nature of the warfare on ukraine's eastern front meant different

the focus today will be on what happens next in mariupol. will the remaining ukrainian soldiers there ignore russia's deadline offer to lay down their arms and continue to defend the city to the end? helena wilkinson, bbc news. and there have been reports of more attacks on the ukrainian capital, kyiv. russia's defence ministry said it struck a military plant outside kyiv, to the east of the capital. the mayor said that "some infrastructure objects were hit" in the early hours of sunday morning. for the latest on the situation in kyiv and in the besieged city of mariupol, here's our correspondent dan johnson. there are reports this morning of more attacks on the edge of kyiv in a district to the east of the capital city, where the local mayor says an attack has hit some of the local infrastructure there. we're not quite sure exactly what the target was or what the level of damage is, but that's a pattern that's been repeated for a few nights now after russia threatened to step up its attacks once again and there were air raids right across t

you could hear him referrin: mariupol. you could hear him referring to — mariupol. you could hear him referring to the _ mariupol. you could hear him referring to the humanitarian| referring to the humanitarian situation on the ground and with heard reports that russia will bar people from entering the city from monday. what will that do to rescue efforts? that is riaht, that do to rescue efforts? that is right. an _ that do to rescue efforts? that is right, an official— that do to rescue efforts? that is right, an official said - that do to rescue efforts? twat is right, an official said that but the deputy mare said that that has been the situation for a while now. it's been so difficult for ngos to get to azovstal metal works —— azovstal metal works — — mariupol and azovstal metal works —— mariupol and it seems so much shelling, many times they cannot get there to help residents flee. there are exceptions. there were more than 360 residents who managed to make it to the nearby town of zaporizhzhia on friday but many times i have to take the risk on

in terms of the toll exacted on mariupol, it is absolutely devastating. ukrainian president said tens of thousands could have died there in that city alone. we have seen images of a city that has been completely gutted, completely devastated. so, we wait to hear the fate of mariupol, but as your previous speaker were saying, it could have already fallen or it could fall in the coming days, and if it does, that would be a major gain for russia and a significant loss for ukraine. we have to see whether russia continues to pound on after that or whether it settles with that land corridor and then tries to get to the negotiating table. nothing is known, of course, in this war. table. nothing is known, of course, in this war-— in this war. indeed. that is our euro -e in this war. indeed. that is our europe correspondent - in this war. indeed. that is our europe correspondent mark. in this war. indeed. that is our i europe correspondent mark lowe in this war. indeed. that is our - europe correspondent mark lowe in reporting for us in kyiv. the authorities in

mariupol says evacuation will attempt to get under way today. an estimated 100,000 civilians still remain in the city. and we've been telling you about ukrainian soldiers and civilians who have been holed up in mariupol's steel factory. >> translator: we all really want to return home. we want to return to our lives, to see our parents, relatives and so on. we really miss them. >> ukrainian troops in a small town outside of kyiv are being honored for halting russia's initial assault on the capital. russian shelling left extensive damage as ukraine's orthodox christians celebrate easter this weekend. ukraine's president says he was hopeful about prevailing against russia. >> translator: the 58th day of our defense is coming to an end. it ends on good friday, one of the most sorrowful days of the year for christians. the day when death seems to have won, but we hope for a resurrection. we believe in the victory of life over death, and we pray that death loses. >> britain's ministry of defense says russia has made no major gains in the past 24 hour

it is a vital battle happening there in mariupol. is it ossible happening there in mariupol. is it possible to _ happening there in mariupol. is it possible to know, because fighting to the end means that people will lose their lives fighting against russia, but is there is still strong opinion for this fight to continue in that vein? do not think about in any way giving up territory or availing off potential corridors, as you mentioned?— availing off potential corridors, as you mentioned? president zelensky has said again _ you mentioned? president zelensky has said again today _ you mentioned? president zelensky has said again today that _ you mentioned? president zelensky has said again today that he - you mentioned? president zelensky has said again today that he has - has said again today that he has talked about the idea of giving up territory, those areas that russia is fighting for, the east, around the donbas, done yet. zelensky has said he is not willing to give up any of that territory to the russians. he has also said that if those remaining fighters in mariupol

>> for now from the start of the blocking of mariupol, we evacuated from mariupol 100,000 people. and our organizing evacuations started from berdyansk, it's the city in the middle of the road between the mariupol and zaporizhzhia. and zaporizhzhia, it's first -- the nearest city to mariupol that controlled by ukrainian government. but from mariupol to berdyansk people have to evacuate for -- and our people evacuated by car and by food, something people just walk from the mariupol to the berdyansk. but evacuation now, it's very, very hard story because the russian do everything that it will be harder and harder. and it just -- you know, just road near the 100 kilometers, but the buses from berdyansk to zaporizhzhia driving more than one day. because russian stops, stops, and stops. >> well, petro, we thank you for joining us. and we wand you to be safe, and hopefully we'll have you back to talk about more people who are getting out, and let's hope this gets better. petro andriuschenko. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. >> putin's war sparking a catastrophic refugee crisis,

haunting, apocalyptic scenes in mariupol. rapid explosions russia has bombarded this city into near submission. once home to about 500,000 people, thousands are believed to have been killed. emergency workers from russia are filmed here, retrieving the dead. moscow has repeatedly denied that its troops are responsible for the mass killings of civilians in ukraine, but mariupol�*s mayor says some of the worst war crimes have been committed there. translation: they | killed 20,000 people. they did it on purpose. this is what i think. they intentionally prevented people from leaving mariupol. they set this genocide up by closing the city down and using land artillery and air strikes first, and then the warships that arrived later. russian forces have been accused of hiding civilian bodies in mass graves. these satellite images show them appearing over the course of a month. the civilians have been buried in the village of manhush, outside mariupol, the southern city which has been besieged and encircled by russian forces for w

strikes coming in as they continue to bombard mariupol. john kirby: i don't have perfect knowledge of every missile or long-range fired by the russians into mariupol. he continues to be under attack from airstrikes. have seen the russians are focusing a lot of strikes on mariupol and on the donbas area. there is where the preponderance of their activity seems to be centered. i can't speak for like today, but we have seen in recent days and weeks the russians using their service -- surface combatants to fire missiles on shore, but i couldn't tell you how many have landed in mariupol or what the specific targets were, but it has been their practice to supplement their airstrike activity with cruise missiles fired from surface combatants. >> to questions. on india, concern that we had two plus two, the defense minister and -- were here. is there any breakthrough as far as the u.s.-india relations and where india stood at the u.n.? john kirby: all the ministers had a chance to visit yesterday at the meeting. i poured -- i would put you more sp

there's no clearer example of this than in mariupol. some 60,000 residents remain in the besieged city, and they are without running water, heat and light. communication lines have been cut off and the international red cross says russian soldiers are blocking them from the city to evacuate survivors. we will hear more from that aid organization in just a bit. in bucha, the survivors of the russian occupation are telling their stories and richard engel spoke with families that told what happened when russian forces came to their home. >> reporter: the family was in their home when russian soldiers threw a grenade through the window in the house. they came outrunning out in their slippers. they asked, where are the nazis? give us their addresses. they said we are russians, we came to liberate you. >> translator: they make him take his sweater off and put him on his knees and shot him in the head. i ran to the street and blood was still stumping from his head, and i started to shout, kill me, too, because i only have one husband. >> nato

mariupol�*s capture could see a push north, here. if mariupol falls, what will happen here? translation: well, we won't let this place turn into mariupol. - they're holding on. vitali shows me their soviet—era launchers. they also have brand—new western weapons but they want more, with the war about to move to a decisive phase. they're completely dug in here, as you can see. and the russians are that way. about 11—5 miles from here, within artillery range. and you can see they're ready for a long and grinding fight. they've been entrenched for 45 days. translation: we are on our own soil. - we expect them, to bury as many of them as possible. the more troops they send our way, the more fertile our land gets. russia's siege has killed thousands of civilians in mariupol and unleashed an appalling struggle for survival for the residents that remain. and these are the children of president putin's war. this hospital, north of the front line, is taking patients from mariupol and, like those in this ward, from elsewhere in the south and east. the doctors tell me they're trea

is mariupol's deputy mayor. >> the city is about 130,000 citizens still in mayor you bowl -- in mariupol. they they are living -- they are living with continuous airstrikes. >> a small convoy of civilians did manage to leave the city in the past few hours. but trust in russia to provide safe passage for civilians is very low, because moscow has previously faileto honor these cease-fires. it hasn't yet confirmed it has let its troops know they are planning to evacuate civilians. here is one resident who has already fled mariupol. >> my grandma and a lot of people who i know in mayor you bowl -- in mariupol, they still want to be there. i know some people who are still young and they still don't want to leave. they don't know what's happening in ukraine. they think what's happening in mayor you bowl -- in mariupol is happening everywhere. >> the deputy mayor agrees. >> peoof course want to be in ukrainian controlled territory, but russia does not allow. i know president macron, president erdogan, even pope francis talked to president putin. the military blockade of mayor you pull -- mariup

in mariupol. where clrussia claims victory. >> following tensions out a mask in jerusalem. hurling stones at israel forces who responded with tear gas. live in jerusalem ahead. >>> now ukraine denies the port city of mariupol has fallen to russian forces. despite russia's president claiming it has been liberated. those were his words. unknown number of ukrainian civilians and soldiers are still holding out inside the sprawling steel factory. they are reported to be critically low on water as well as food. russian president vladimir putin has chosen to wait them out. and ordered a blockade around the plant that even a fly can't get through. also his words. not far away ukrainian officials say the grim discovery of suspected mass graves as to really the growing evidence of russian war crimes. images indicate about 200 new graves were recently added. ukraine former prime minister called on the international community to get serious about prosecuting the atrocities. have a listen. >> the world has to

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mariupol�*s capture could see a push north, here. if mariupol falls, what will happen here? translation: well, we won't let this place turn into mariupol. _ they're holding on. vitali shows me their soviet—era launchers. they also have brand—new western weapons but they want more, with the war about to move to a decisive phase. they're completely dug in here, as you can see. and the russians are that way. about 11—5 miles from here, within artillery range. and you can see, they're ready for a long and grinding fight. they've been entrenched for 45 days. translation: we are on our own soil. we expect them, to bury as many of them as possible. the more troops they send our way, the more fertile our land gets. russia's siege has killed thousands of civilians in mariupol and unleashed an appalling struggle for survival for the residents that remain. and these are the children of president putin's war. this hospital, north of the front line, is taking patients from mariupol and, like those in this ward, from elsewhere in the south and east. the doctors tell me they're treat

haunting, apocalyptic scenes in mariupol. explosions russia has bombarded this city into near submission. once home to about 500,000 people, thousands are believed to have been killed. emergency workers from russia are filmed here, retrieving the dead. moscow has repeatedly denied that its troops are responsible for the mass killings of civilians in ukraine, but mariupol�*s mayor says some of the worst war crimes have been committed there. translation: they | killed 20,000 people. they did it on purpose. this is what i think. they intentionally prevented people from leaving mariupol. they set this genocide up by closing the city down and using land artillery and air strikes first, and then the warships that arrived later. russian forces have been accused of hiding civilian bodies in mass graves. these satellite images show them appearing over the course of a month. the civilians have been buried in the village of manhush, outside mariupol, the southern city which has been besieged and encircled by russian forces for weeks.

are you still in touch with anyone inside mariupol? do you hear anything about the state of the city right now? >> right now, there is no internet in the city and nobody can go for the people outside, so i speaking for people who escape, everyday i'm meeting them right here in zaporizhzhia and i'm talking with these people and every next day, they telling me the biggest stories i hear, yeah, so it's bigger plane, i don't know, they saw dead bodies everyday and everywhere, yeah. so they saw that the bodies are buried in the yard, in the street, and it's terrible. as they telling me about the city, about my city, which i love, i am from donetsk, actually, escaped from donetsk in 2014 and mariupol became home, yeah, and now i need to start life again a second time. but people told me that the city, there is no city, yeah. no city, no buildings. there is buildings, but no safe buildings. no windows. nothing. it's hell. yeah. >> it sounds like it's getting worse everyday. there have been people getting out, as you said, including some buses

mariupol�*s capture could see a push north, here. if mariupol falls, what will happen here? translation: well, we won't let this place turn into mariupol. _ they're holding on. vitali shows me their soviet—era launchers. they also have brand—new western weapons but they want more, with the war about to move to a decisive phase. they're completely dug in here. as you can see. and the russians are that way. about four, five miles from here, within artillery range. and you can see they're ready for a long and grinding fight. they've been entrenched for 45 days. translation: we are on our own soil. we expect them, to bury as many of them as possible. the more troops they send our way, the more fertile our land gets. russia's siege has killed thousands of civilians in mariupol and unleashed an appalling struggle for survival for the residents that remain. and these are the children of president putin's war. this hospital, north of the front line, is taking patients from mariupol and, like those in this ward, from elsewhere in the south and east. the doctors tell me they're tr

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to that mission of taking mariupol. they have made it bloody and costly to the ukrainians. but on the other side, the ukrainians continue to fight, and it's a big port for them and they're fighting hard for it. it would be foolhardy to guess how long the fighting will go on in mariupol. the ukrainians are still there. >> explain again why it's so strategic and how big a blow would it be to the ukrainians to lose mariupol? >> mariupol sits right at the northern edge of that sea just to the south of the donbas region, the eastern part of ukraine they've been fighting or for so long. it's a major economic port city in ukraine and has significant cultural value. just like the ukrainians have been fighting for any of these population center, they don't want to give any of them up with good reason, it's ukrainian. you can see the logic of trying to take mariupol there at the southern end of that donbas region. that is one of the reasons why you mentioned kharkiv, that sits at the northern tip of that part of ukraine. you can

>> it means that people in mariupol today, and in nearby occupied territories don't have any rights, and the first they don't have any rights to be ukrainian. if someone from the russian military or someone else find some evidence that the people want to get out from the mariupol has connection with the activism, ukraine position or military, they can be killed or go to the prison. so don't have any rights and no one from the outside of the mariupol know about this, so the russians today, they can do any atrocities in mariupol, and no one knows, and it is because of this, they don't let the red cross or any humanitarian aid to go into the mariupol, and so these people can show the real situation. they only let to mariupol some so-called journalists from their side which the russians say are liberators the, and they are liberating mariupol from fascist, and if you are listening, it is a terrible, terrible lie. they say no russian bombs destroy mariupol, and they say it is because of the ukrainian solders don't want to surrender to the russian liberators and it is because of them that

putin called the operation in mariupol a success. he said there's no need to storm a steel plant that is reportedly sheltering ukrainian troops as well as hundreds of civilians. the city's mayor said officials do not have the ability to evacuate civilians fleeing the violence at this time. all this as the russian military said it tested a new intercontinental missile on wednesday, which could be capable of reaching the united states. the pentagon says russia gave the u.s. advanced notice as

mariupol, what chance of success toda ? ~ . , mariupol, what chance of success toda ? ~ ., , , ., mariupol, what chance of success toda ?~ ., today? well, as you had there, there were hepes — today? well, as you had there, there were hopes yesterday _ today? well, as you had there, there were hopes yesterday morning - today? well, as you had there, there were hopes yesterday morning of- were hopes yesterday morning of success but that kind of into trouble really quite early in the day. the icrc said they are going to try again today. i think part of the problem at the moment is the number, the sheer number of people who are trapped in mariupol. we believe 160,000 or so and if you think of it that way even a convoy of buses, fleet of buses would only be able to rescue really a very small number. what the red cross are trying to do, they are saying, is be a neutral intermediary in all of this. what they want to do is be able to read out a convoy of buses, of people in their own cars following behind but their own cars following behind but the problem is mariupol is suc

when you look at this, do you _ left of mariupol. when you look at this, do you see _ left of mariupol. when you look at this, do you see potentially - left of mariupol. when you look at this, do you see potentially a - this, do you see potentially a negotiation if pressure does take this territory and the donbas area and the eastern territories, is it possible to say at that point whether they might be prepared to negotiate and whether kyiv will be prepared to negotiate? you negotiate and whether kyiv will be prepared to negotiate?— negotiate and whether kyiv will be prepared to negotiate? you know, i think the russians _ prepared to negotiate? you know, i think the russians are _ prepared to negotiate? you know, i think the russians are looking - prepared to negotiate? you know, i think the russians are looking for i think the russians are looking for some type of victory they could essentially validate this terrible error they have embarked on here a couple of months ago. so, under the circumstances you describe, i think the rus

they intentionally prevented people from leaving mariupol. >> the u.n. sretary general will visit president putin in moscow on tuesday. also on the program -- the scramble for votes in france. on the final day of campaigning before the presidential election. and the oldest and most prestigious exhibition in the western art world is back and this year there's a big emphasis on ukraine. hello and welcome. ifou're watching in the u.k., on pbs in the u.s. or around the world. it's just been announced the united nations secretary general, antonio guterres, will visit moscow on tuesday where he will meet russian president putin. this comes as the u.n. says there's growing evidence of war crimes be in ukraine. satellite images show a mass burial site containing around 200 graves mere the besieged southern port city of mariupol that russian forces have been trying to fully capture for several weeks. they do control most of the area but hundreds of ukrainian troops are still hiding out in the sprawling steel plant. well, today president putin acc accu

so that looks like doing what he's doing now, in terms of taking mariupol. mariupol is key. once he gets mariupol, he's going to move on to the greater donbas region, and there is a scenario in which he could look at taking mariupol and donbas and annexing those areas, and at least calling this phase of the war a success. you know at this point putin is very frustrated, he has not been able to say he's had a clear and decisive victory. so, once he gets the donbas region, even if he continues to focus on other areas, we anticipate that we will see some rhetoric, some communication out of russia with vladimir putin claiming success. >> but shawn, what you are just referring to, russia taking some of those regions in the east of ukraine, that something that ukrainian president zelenskyy said over the weekend that ukraine simply would not agree to. so, do you see any room for negotiation? there is there any possible off-ramp, if zelenskyy is saying, no, we're not gonna do that? >> i want to be very clear, i take president zelenskyy at his word. and that's one of the reasons i th

appear to confirm reports of mass graves outside of mariupol. walk us through exactly what we're seeing. >> reporter: yes, so these images from satellite company, bianna, are just terrific. they were taken over the course of the span between mid march and mid april and what the company's analysts said they show is a growing number of graves throughout that time. there were no graves and then there were some more and there were some more and saying up to 200 graves now and kind of confirms what everyone's worst fears have been about what is going on in mariupol. and i think we need to remember, this isn't happening in a vacuum. we saw what happened when the russians withdrew from northern ukraine. we saw the evidence of war crimes, of atrocities in places like bucha. we've seen mass graves in the northern part of ukraine and you could argue that what's gone on in mariupol because this has gone on for longer because russian troops are still there, it might even be worse if you could possibly qualify like that. basically, if you listen to what the

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mariupol has become a symbol of the crucible of what mariupol is. we see images of mariupol and its suffering. this is something that inspires ukrainian despite images of the incredible cruelty being exacted on the population there. if fairway falls, despite the stalwart defense and it looks like it will, if it falls, ukraine will end diplomatic relations between ukraine and russia. it would be mostly symbolic. let's be honest, jose, up until now, diplomacy has been tried, tested and failed. and so far all it's done along with just about everything else in this war is put putin's backup, made him more angry, more desperate and more humiliated. jose? >> it's really extraordinary what the ukrainian people are showing throughout these 50-plus days. specifically in mariupol, one wonders what is putin willing to do to take mariupol? what is he willing to use to take mariupol? >> that's a question that everybody has been asking and it's one that president zelenskyy and a lot of politicians and a lot of fighters in mariupol seem to have an answer to. they

you are going to look at mariupol today. both russian and ukrainian forces claiming that they have control of the city, and you are going to take us through some of the footage being shared by both sides. >> we are seeing a propaganda war as both russians and ukrainians claim control of the city. who controls mariupol is hard to say, especially considering the last independent journalists fled on march 21, so what are left with are the images from the pro-russian chechen fighters or the nationalist regiment fighting for ukraine, so basically, we are left with propaganda. let's begin with these images from the official account of the checn president on march 21. he shared a video showing chechen fighters allegedly advancing on eastern mariupol. let's take a closer look at this video. let's review what we just saw. we see chechen fighters accompanied by russian tanks identified by the c, a russian military symbol for victory. the caption reads chechen fighters successfully advancing in the mariupol direction. -- identified by

the final day of campaigning _ mariupol. the final day of campaigning in _ mariupol. the final day of campaigning in france's l mariupol. the final day of. campaigning in france's type election contest. correspondence based in londonjoined me with an outsider view of borisjohnson�*s experience at home and his reputation abroad as he tours india. hello if you've justjoined hello if you'vejustjoined us, a warm welcome. we begin with ukraine. there's growing evidence of war crimes being committed describing the situation as a horror story. us images are showing a mass burial site near mariupol. they do control most of the area, but hundreds of ukrainian troops are still hiding out in the sprawling azovstal steel plant. today, president putin accused ukrainian leaders of refusing to allow their soldiers to surrender. 0ur correspondent catherine byaruhanga has more from southern ukraine. a warning, her report contains some images viewers may find upsetting. haunting, apocalyptic scenes in mariupol. 0nce home to about half a million people, thousands are believed to have

mariupol�*s capture could see a push north, here. if mariupol falls, what will happen here? translation: well, we won't let this place turn into mariupol. - they're holding on. vitali shows me their soviet—era launchers. they also have brand—new western weapons but they want more, with the war about to move to a decisive phase. they're completely dug in here, as you can see. and the russians are that way. about 11—5 miles from here, within artillery range. and you can see they're ready for a long and grinding fight. they've been entrenched for 45 days. translation: we are on our own soil. - we expect them, to bury as many of them as possible. the more troops they send our way, the more fertile our land gets. russia's siege has killed thousands of civilians in mariupol and unleashed an appalling struggle for survival for the residents that remain. and these are the children of president putin's war. this hospital, north of the front line, is taking patients from mariupol and, like those in this ward, from elsewhere in the south and east. the doctors tell me they're trea

that's a aood now has control of mariupol? that's a good question- — now has control of mariupol? that's a good question. they _ now has control of mariupol? that's a good question. they are - now has control of mariupol? that's a good question. they are very - a good question. they are very reluctant to see defeat somewhere like that. for russia, it is a strategically important city. it is somewhere they want to take to give them a land bridge between russia and annexed crimea. after the loss of the russian flag ship the moskva, which was sunk by ukrainian sows a few days ago, this has taken on an extra symbolism for russia. if they can take mariupol in its entirety, that will give them a win to present the people at home. but we know there are still ukrainian fighters who are holed up there in the huge azovstal iron and steel works. a building like that, once they have fortified it, which they have had time to do, it gives them a base where they could potentially stay and be holed up for weeks if that was something they were trying to do. and it would seem that they are, because

mariupol did not have to happen. day 58, had ukraine gotten the jets and missiles and the ammunition and sufficient quantities and qualities, this would not have happened. for goodness sakes, it has been two months, almost of the siege of mariupol and we are watching it die. it is pretty ridiculous. the west says of the ukraine -- both on weapons and sanctions. >> so let's break this down. i think you are bringing up really fundamental issues here. so you say it did not have to happen. what should have occurred previous to the beginning of this invasion that would mitigated or made mariupol today not a reality? >> well, you can go all the way back to the start of putin, most recently 2014, you know that people wanted to get on with businesses as usual after the invasion of crimea and the donbas. the next year, the community built the nordstream of the two pipelines. that was the time to position weapons needed the win. ukrainians shown in a fair fight they're going to win because they have troops and greatness on the

the international red cross says it's not managed to get inside mariupol. do you know if there's been success in establishing humanitarian corridors, either to help the residents who are still trapped there, to evacuate to the west, or to get food and needed medical supplies, and water in? we keep hearing about efforts on both sides, and it never working. >> from the russian side, they only get humanitarian help from their side, and without any problems, and they get some people from mariupol to the russian side, or to the occupied territory. but for the ukrainian side, they can't get into the city, they don't allow the journalists to get into the city, the red cross and other humanitarian help, and we think there's a lot of atrocities in the city which they don't want to show the world, because why they don't let the humanitarian convoy, which they can't check for hundreds of times, from zaporizhzhia to bordansk, they don't show it, they only show the help from their side, and they make the video for the scenes and it shows that ukraine don't help their pe

russia's military goals are clear, dominate mariupol and move on. >> mariupol has to fall before they can move those forces back up to the rest of eastern ukraine. >> and those russian forces getting freed up to move does what? >> if you free up the forces, it means they'll be able to more aggressively conquer kharkiv, for example, which is where they are launching shellings almost every single day and then will beble able to move more forces toward odesa. >> reporter: still not fallen. previous battles litter the city's landscape and as ukrainian forces refuse to surrender sunday, russia with a chilling response, its defense minister saying in casie of further resistance, all of them will be eliminated. cnn, lviv, ukraine. >> i want to bring in kim dozier senior global affairs analyst and contributor to times magazine. so in the east, the conventional wisdom is the areas give russia a huge tactical advantage and the guerilla warfair won't be as much advantage. >> to an extent, yes, the 30 some odd thousand ukrainian forces entrenched already, as in the war in the donbas that started

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 fighters could choose to admit defeat and leave the city alive, but there is no sign yet the defending forces did that. translation: | want| to be heard right now. there has not been a single day since the blockade of mariupol that we have not sought a solution, military or diplomatic, anything to save people. finding this solution is extremely difficult. ukraine's east is still being pummelled by russian attacks. since pulling its forces back from kyiv, it's focused its fire on the donbas region, but it hasn't forgotten the rest of ukraine. here in the capital, there's been a third night of strikes. russia says it destroyed an ammunition factory in brovary early this morning. and that is one reason why the mayor, v

while we're talking about mariupol, the ukrainians have an idea, a notion of hero cities, and mariupol is clearly going to be going to go down in ukrainian history as a hero city. it has defended itself and defended its civilians, the military has performed heroically under terrible conditions, terrible conditions, and they are still holding out after what, 36 days. so this is an amazing story, a hero city in mariupol. >> and deputy mayor there told me they're fighting block to block, defending that city at this point, ambassador. you said that russia, losing more soldiers, economy is spiraling down, putin may be up for more negotiations. do you have any sense of what the ukrainians would agree to there? >> they've been pretty clear, john. they've been thinking about how they can provide their own security. they used to think it would come from nato, now pretty much understand they're reluctantly a come to the conclusion it's not going to be nato anytime soon so looking at other things and have ideas they've put on the table with the russians that have to do with neutrality, a strong n

the other is mariupol. and the fact that the ukrainians are putting up this really tremendous effort against them in both places, i think that has delayed their efforts. so the realistic assessment of this i think is that within anywhere from five days to about ten days, we will see a major operation being conducted by the russians. but it will take them somewhat longer to get everything together logistically and in fact get the new commander ready to go as well. so there are going to be those issues that will be i think critical to the russians moving forward at this point. >> you mentioned mariupol. and there are about 2500 a ukrainian fighters left there, holed up mostly in a steel and iron plant and they defied that russian ultimatum. last week there was a raising of the possibility of using chemical weapons to clear the plant on the russian side. just putting the morality to one side, is this the type of scenario where you could see russians using chemical weapons, deploying chemical weapons, simply be

: we don't know when we can unblock mariupol, and i say this openly, that all the boys in mariupol want our victory, they want a free city. none of them are going to surrender to the enemy. first it involves serious and heavy weapons. at the moment we don't have enough to free mariupol. >> more weapons and ammunition from the u.s. are on the way. president biden announced another $800 million in military assistance to ukraine today. that includes 144,000 rounds of ammunition. biden invoked a famous line to underscore the importance of that aid. >> won't always be able to advertise everything that our partners are doing to support ukraine in the fight for freedom. teddy roosevelt's advice, sometimes we will speak softly and carry a large javelin, because we're sending a lot of those in as well. >> cnn's matt rivers is in the city of lviv. matt, let's start here with the report of these mass graves found in a village outside mariupol. what do you know? >> reporter: this is the first evidence or at least the first real concrete evidence we're seeing of mass graves in and around the mariupo

when putin says that mariupol is -- they get mariupol, it's not true. our military is still fighting and putin don't want to, how to say, capture it, it's totally lie. they continue trying to capture and continue to fight. >> president biden just a few minutes ago -- we heard him say that he has seen no evidence that mariupol has fallen to the russians. i'm just wondering, maxim, you're talking about the 100,000 plus civilians that are there, and you describe a city that has been devastated, no hospitals, no water, no electricity, no way to get food and medicine in. yet those people are stuck there. how do you explain this horrible situation? >> i have no words to explain. so you need to understand that these people now in mariupol, they have no rights. the only law in the city is russian occupiers' with automatic guns. they only tell the rules. and the people who want to get out from the city need to get to the filtration camps. in 20th century, it's horrific and horrible. >> i just don't know, maxim. what is it you're asking the world to do? it seems

now, that's for mariupol. regarding elsewhere in donetsk region, the information we have is 237 people dead and 758 people wounded. >> mr. keer len koe, thank you for speaking with us. please talk to us everyday. we would love to get updates from you there in donetsk. we appreciate your time. >> translator: thank you very much. we'll hold on. glory to ukraine. >>> joining us now cnn military analyst, retired major general james "spider" marks, the head of geopolitical strategies. i want to start with the reporting we're getting out of mariupol. the claims that the russians are using chemical weapons there. why would they do that? and what would the fall -- if they're able to fully take mariupol, what does that give them strategically in this donbas region? >> yeah, john, thanks very much for the question. the challenge with the use of chemical weapons anywhere, especially here in mariupol, is that the russians clearly have designs on mariupol that do not include the repopulation or the use of that city. once y

but you have to grab mariupol. it also allows putin to go back to his population and say, look, we've expanded beyond the donbas, we have moved into ukraine, we now have a handle on mariupol, and we're continuing our offensive exactly as matthew laid out. and i have to take the opportunity here, anderson. looking at that film of those absolutely beautiful children underground, i mean, i was blessed -- we've been blessed over this easter weekend. i spent it with three of my five grandchildren who look like those kids. it's absolutely heartbreaking. >> it's sickening to see children in this situation. >> it is. >> russian forces according to president zelenskyy have started today the battle for donbas. what does that battle look like? obviously, you know, we heard a lot about it being much more heavy artillery, tanks over long, open plains. some people compared it to a world war ii-style battle. >> it's going to be far more conventional than what we've seen to date up in the kyiv area and certainly kharkiv where the

and mariupol exactly. they want a victory, and so they use it. >> maxim, i understand that you say you can't get a true count of how many people have been killed because there's just no way to do it. in some cases, the bodies are just everywhere. >> yes. i think the numbers is tens of thousands. it is very terrible. >> 10,000 killed? >> yes. i think the number is near here. a lot of people are under the rubble. and before ukraine take control over mariupol, no one can count the real situation on civilian dead. >> maxim borodin, thank you for helping us to understand the situation there. be well as much as you can, stay safe. thank you. >> thank you. >>> a rescue convey in mariupol is on its way to zaporizhzhia. ivan watson is in zaporizhzhia. earlier this morning the red cross was saying it wasn't yet clear if they would be able to make it from mariupol to zapor zaporizhzhia, get these people out. do we have a sense that it is happening? >> we have been getting indications from the icrc, international comm

our correspondent is in a town northwest of mariupol'. >> the latest footage from mariupol' shows a city in ruins. reminiscent of previous russian campaigns in syria and chechnya. it is against this backdrop that aid agencies and the ukrainian government say there is a humanitarian crisis. tens of thousands of desperate people trapped with little food or water. after some success delivering aid to stricken cities elsewhere in this conflict, the red cross is now trying to coordinate an urgent mission to mariupol'. with the port city surrounded by russian troops, it won't be easy. >> we are waiting for a green light from the parties to go in to facilitate safe passage for civilians and to also bring humanitarian aid in. here we've got two trucks loaded with very much-needed supplies. medicine, food, water. >> in recent days, hundreds of people have been able to flee mariupol. often in bomb damaged cars through russian checkpoints. this would be the first mass evacuation of the city. [gunshots] >> there is a lack of clarity over where the conflict is heading. russia says it wants to focus m