relentless attacks by russian forces across ukraine have leveled cities and claimed an unknown number of innocent lives in five weeks. perhaps nowhere is the death, devastation and hunger more evident than in the southern port city of mariupol equally shocking the indiscriminate targets hospitals, schools, shelters. apparently nothing seems to be off limits in russia s campaign of terror. with us now is a cemetery. twenty one year old staff writer for the kiv independent, an english language media outlet. asami, thank you for coming on . we very much appreciate the work that you have done and for speaking for us tonight. i know that you believe that the kiv independent is the voice of the people. do you think the people of ukraine have any faith at all in these ongoing peace talks? it s very peace talks have been skeptical so far. we re not sure how many concessions that ukraine is offering. it s going to work out and we also know that , you know, russia can never be trusted
going to give up its territory and it s going to fight in the eastern part of the country as well. so yeah, you are not going to give any more territory. and we also the territories that are next and occupied by russia since 2014, we want them back . yeah. and do you know asami how is the humanitarian situation right now in mariupol every day the humanitarian situation in europe is getting worse. we just got here yesterday there was this report, you know, at least two air strikes have hit that is two russian strikes have hit the storage facility, of course. so we know russia continues to attack even though it s very clear humanitarian cargo or even civilians could have been in the russia. it makes no hesitation. they still attack daesh, continue to shell the city and there s about a local authorities say there s about
think that ukrainian soldiers in mariupol never lay down their weapons so easily. so, you know, i think the war will continue and especially proposal and hopefully there s not going to be as many civilian. yeah, well, asami tajima you and your colleagues are doing fantastic work over there. best of luck to you. stay safe. thank you for coming on . we appreciate it. thank you so much for having me. well, an american astronaut is back safely on earth after catching a ride on board a russian capsule. the mission is monumental as tensions flare between the u.s. and russia over the war in ukraine. fox news senior correspondent phil keating has more on that touchdown confirmed twenty eight a.m. central time after spending a record three hundred and fifty five consecutive days in space ,astronaut mark vanderheiden is back on earth. the soyuz capsule touched down in kazakhstan wednesday carrying vanderheiden along