ukraine s second-largest city. officials say at least seven civilians in kharkiv have been killed, 22 others wounded in just the past 24 hours. c cnn s nima elbagir is there. reporter: desolate, bare, lifeless. this is what it looks like after weeks of relentless russian shelling. the most densely-populated district in kharkiv is being bombed day after day, night after night. there are very few people left. the elderly, mostly. one man stayed behind to keep his mother safe. igor says that he lives on the 16th floor of one of these buildings with his mother. he says his mother is deeply religious, and deeply committed to staying here even though they are almost entirely surrounded. and she won t leave, so he won t leave. but this is a frontline under
reporter: desolate, bare, lifeless, this is what it looks like after weeks of relentless russian shelling. the most densely populated district in kharkiv, it has been bombed day after day, night after night. there are very few people left, the elderly mostly. one man stayed behind to keep his mother safe. igor says he lives on the 16th floor of one of these buildings, with his mother. he says his mother is deeply religious and deeply committed to staying here, even though they re almost entirely surrounded and she won t leave, so he won t leave. this is a front line under a new pressure. the russians are pushing hard. that is so close. those are russian positions. they re shelling towards us. we are just over a mile away from the russian forces.
russians managed to drive the ukrainian forces out, the so-called prize that they have is nothing but a bunch of rubble. live from kyiv for us, fred, thank you. while russian forces continue to prepare for a major offensive in the don baas region in the southeast, kharkiv, a city in the northeast, continues to see increased shelling. our report he was in the northeast district when incoming rounds intensified and the team was told to move to a safer position. reporter: desolate, bare, lifeless. this is what it looks like after weeks of relentless russian shelling. the most densely populated district in kharkiv. it has been bombed day after day, night after night. there are very few people left. the elderly mostly. one man stayed behind to keep his mother safe. igor says that he lives on the 16th floor of one of these buildings with his mother.
campaign that if he were elected, he would put an african american woman on the supreme court, the conservative media figures who are making a big deal about that, they really ought to be asked if they were that mad about ronald reagan making that same promise in 1980. and i have to tell you, this is not an obscure thing. when reagan made that promise, ahead of the 1980 election, it did not come from nowhere. nbc i mean, it was big news. but you could see that it was coming. nbc had reported, during the republican national convention earlier that year, that reagan was already floating the idea to republican women to try to appease them because they were so mad about his dismal record when it came to women and women s rights. it was very clear that he was doing this for political reasons, to try to win back women s votes. the record is clear. most of the day, reagan was in his suite on the 16th floor of the headquarters hotel.
in his sweet on the 16th floor of the headquarters hotel. every once and a while, one television camera without sound and some still photographers were allowed into take pictures. no questions allowed. he met with 13 of his economic advisers for what was described as a routine briefing. reagan met with longtime congressional supporters to talk about the vice presidency. no pictures were allowed. but the camera was there when reagan sat down to meet with republican women leaders. some of these women s had been furious over the refusal of the platform committee to support the equal rights amendment. after a short, smiling meeting, they said reagan had suggested that a woman might be just right for a supreme court appointment and that he had shown insensitivity to their problems. i believe that the governor and his statement on equal rights, can send a positive message. that was months before he ultimately made that public