The kremlin says putin also stopped in their neighborhood and spoke to residents. they say he was invited into one of their homes. early on saturday, putin flew to crimea to mark the ninth anniversary since russia announced the annexation of the ukrainian peninsula. the move was made after russia sent in troops and staged a hasty referendum in 2014. ukraine says crimea has been suffering under kremlin rule. kyiv also said it s only a matter of time before all of its occupied lands are liberated. cnn s clare sebastian joins us from london with more. what message is putin trying to send here? kim, these visits were unannounced and come just a day, of course, after an arrest warrant was issued by the international criminal court against vladimir putin, himself. obviously with crimea, it was designed to coincide with the anniversary of that annexation, the ninth anniversary. but visiting mariupol, which we believe is the first time he s visited russian-occupied territories in ukraine sin
On the silver screen, so she is very famous, and for her to come out and do such an act of defiance is very important, and has created a wave of similar acts by other female actors inside iran, and just recently an hour ago i found out another very prominent film maker and director also took off her hijab and posted a post on social media saying, just because i am a human, this is my right to choose and i am taking off my hijab. right to choose and i am taking off m hi ab. . , right to choose and i am taking off m hi ab. ., , ,., , my hijab. that is so interesting, there has been my hijab. that is so interesting, there has been a my hijab. that is so interesting, there has been a domino - my hijab. that is so interesting, | there has been a domino effect, my hijab. that is so interesting, i there has been a domino effect, as we would say. we have witnessed, and we would say. we have witnessed, and we have been talking for so many weeks about the extraordinary bravery of those peopl
to find out more on how to support zain s work and nominate your own cnn hero, go to cnnheroes.com. we have been watching as the russian military has been making some progress, some gains on the southern coast of ukraine. the black sea coast. there is fear now in the city of odesa, the third most populous city in ukraine. we did see some really remarkable images there, this morning, this act of defiance in a city united. these are people from the beach, in odesa right now, passing these sandbags, these people are mostly men ages 20 and 30, passing the sandbags going all the way to the city center. the sandbags surrounding the city center, even odesa s old opera house there, which was last under siege in 1941, when the nazis invaded. you can see people coming together, promising they will defend that city in the face of this russian advance, brianna. it just shows right now the
They been fortifying armorment in the peninsula, trying to get across that bridge. that bridge is important. supply of fresh water perhaps as act of defiance, ukrainian built a dam that restricted flow of fresh water. there are reports russian have attempted to blowup that dam. beyond that, all eyes are now on this 40-mile-long convoy headed south from the belarus border. ominous sign that a major offensive could be taking place soon in the capital city of kyiv. carley and todd. todd: mike, is sense on the ground if russian troops don t get into cities quicker, the convoy notwithstanding, general sense you will see more strikes like you led off with, not very
0n russian tv last night, an extraordinary moment. the script may be written by the kremlin, but one journalist s act of defiance was seen by millions. her sign says, no war, stop the war, don t believe the propaganda . it is pictures like this that have provoked such outrage. mariupol in the south east of ukraine. after two weeks of almost constant shelling by russia, this port city is facing a humanitarian crisis. food, water and medicine are running out. but in his latest address, ukraine s president was unwavering. volodymyr zelensky said the russians were confused and suffering heavy losses. despite the situation on the ground, he said negotiations with russia were continuing. and he suggested some progress was being made. but it s hard to think