killed and are, to use a familiar word by now, graphic, so is the reality of what happened in bucha. these images taken in early march in the suburb north west of kyiv in what could have easily have been an american suburb, in these pictures seen for the first time, a man s body killed with his bicycle going about his business. these taken in early march, only now with a second body, as you know, some of the dead were left alive where they d fallen until bucha was finally liberated. elsewhere, another bike, another body, another civilian killed while simply trying to make the best of the horror playing out all around him, trying to go to work. again, these photos were given to us by the official conducting a war crimes investigation on the ground in bucha. all except one, this one, were taken by a local resident, this one of russian armor taken by a surveillance video, traffic camera video used by investigators now to try to identify the russian soldiers involved in killings
all around him, trying to go to work. again, these photos were given to us by the official conducting a war crimes investigation on the ground in bucha. all except one, this one, were taken by a local resident, this one of russian armor is from surveillance video, traffic camera video, that s used by investigators right now to try to identify the russian soldiers who were involved in killings in bucha, which can is a very, very difficult task. this comes as cnn obtains other exclusive images placing russian troops at the scene of some of the killings. they come from new drone video of bucha taken during russia s occupation of the town. and it is especially timely, because today, standing next to the u.n. secretary-general in moscow, vladimir putin said this about the atrocity which he blamed for scuttling peace talks with ukraine. translator: unfortunately, after reaching agreements and after our clearly demonstrated intentions to create conditions for favorable conditions
an atmosphere of fear, people don t want russia there. what people here fear in this city is that kharkiv could be the next mariupol. the coming weeks will be so crucial for ukraine. so we have to move at the speed of war. welcome to the show, everyone. it is wednesday, april 27th, 11:00 a.m. here in ukraine. and we begin with new developments in building the case to prove russia committed war crimes amid repeated denials from moscow. cnn has exclusively obtained drone video placing russian forces near the scene of civilian killings in the city of bucha. and in the middle of your screen is a russian military vehicle sitting at an intersection in bucha, right up the street are the bodies of several dead civilians. it is the first evidence to emerge really showing russian forces operating there. and it was filmed on march 13th. and this video from march 12 shows russian soldiers around military vehicle parked outside a house down the street from the same killed civilian
but an adviser to president zelenskyy just said this, quote, sooner or later debts will have to be paid back. that is why disarming the belgorod vor on nez depots is a absolutely natural process. karma is a cruel thing. russia is escalating its economic attacks beyond ukraine into the west. it shut off gas supplies to poland and bulgaria. they ve shut those off because the nations refuse to pay for the gas in rubles. this is significant. both countries rely on russian energy, they are nato members, and both have aided in the ukrainian defense. in the meantime ukraine now admitting it is taking significant losses in the east as the russians are intensifying attacks there in this new strategic bombardment of the area. and in the south a second missile strike overnight on a strategic bridge near odesa, this is actually video from the first strike. new images coming in moments ago showing the damage there, this is a rail and road bridge and it s the only link between the
this as top pentagon officials are sharpening their stance toward moscow following critical talks with other military leaders in germany. we have an exclusive new cnn interview with america s top general. our correspondents are standing by at key locations in the war zone for cnn s live global coverage of russia s invasion of ukraine. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we re following the breaking news on ukraine s angry response to russia s new talk of potential nuclear war, accusing the kremlin of trying to blackmail the world. more on that just ahead. but first we want to take you to the front lines of this brutal, brutal war. ukrainian forces say they re facing an offensive in all directions as russia intensifies its attacks in the east and the south. cnn s chief international correspondent clarissa ward traveled to the northeastern city