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these rescue workers are searching for missing bodies, of course presumed all of those people dead under that rubble. they are working around the clock and it is dangerous work. we understand overnight two of them were hospitalized because they were hit by falling debris. russia claims that it was hitting a weapons depot that had u.s. weapons, weapons from allies. but that is obviously not the case. president zelenskyy accusing moscow of intentionally targeting civilians. he wants to see russia designated as a state sponsor of terror. that is what he told the united nations yesterday. but this is a continuation of something we ve seen time and time again, innocents caught in the cross fire. a message sent from president putin as president biden meets with the world leaders with nato where they are discussing what to do with ukraine, russia making it clear that they can hit ukraine anywhere anytime. yeah, a war targeting
and today, the unc security council is set to hold an emergency meeting. c cnn s salma abdelaziz is live with that. what a horrific strike, salma? absolutely terrible, john. rescue operations are still ongoing. they re still trying to pull survivors out of the ruins of that mall. what we understand happened, according to president zelenskyy, yesterday afternoon, air raid sirens went out at the mall. the mall is nowhere near the battlefield. nowhere near the front line. people started evacuating when they heard the sirens and that s when they were hit by those russian missiles. i know we have the video of fires raging for hours. 18 people killed, dozens wounded and serious fears that toll could go up. now, russia says it was targeting a weapons depot. president zelenskyy is clear, he calls this an act of terror. he s accusing moscow of
and also did of cars and railcars bringing this grain towards the direction of russia or occupied crimea. elevators are of course storage facilities for grain. the minister also said he d seen satellite images of the grain leaving crimea for other countries. ukraine is stepping up the rhetoric. president zelenskyy calling for russia to be expelled from the united nations food and agricultural organization, accusing moscow of potentially causing the starvation of at least 400 million people. and thirdly, there are still fundamental disagreements about how to unravel this situation. russia, which has blockaded ukraine s ports claims it s ready to open up grain shipments. but first it says ukraine needs to demine the coastal waters around its southern ports. ukraine says the real threat to world food security comes from russia and is wary of any
crop is not exported. the un has warned that unless russia allows the ports to reopen, there could be mass hunger and famine for years. russia says sanctions imposed on it would need to be looked at if the world wants to solve the crisis. while many in the west will feel that russia is holding safe passage through the sea hostage, if no agreement is reached, ukraine s crop could rot while others starve. caroline davies, bbc news, 0desa. ukraine s president says russian forces have completely destroyed the eastern donbas region, accusing moscow of senseless bombardments as it intensifies its attacks. in another development, the international committee of the red cross says it s registered hundreds of ukrainian prisoners of war, who ve left the besieged azovstal steelworks in the ukrainian port city of mariupol. the russian authorities say that all those who have left will be treated in line with international standards