its forces don't target civilian areas, but the u.s., nato, and the ukrainians say the russians are frustrated by their lack of progress and are firing longer-range weapons because they can't make headway on the ground. >> translator: they understand that sooner or later, our troops will push them out of our territory. now, the russians are doing dirty tricks. they shoot more at civilian areas than at the positions of the ukrainian army. >> reporter: ukraine's army says it's pressing its own counteroffensive trying to dislodge russian troops from the outskirts of kyiv. the kremlin's forces, meanwhile, so far unable to take the ukrainian capital. instead, laying waste to its suburbs. fred pleitgen, cnn, ukraine. and hala gorani joins us now from lviv in ukraine. hala? all right. thanks so much, rosemary, we will talk to you in little bit. now, against the backdrop of russia's widespread destruction in ukraine, a new round of peace