that s right. they fired very hard. griff: brian, up the road from bucha rescue teams searched the road for bodies. the site of more russian atrocities. president zelenskyy called scarier than anything we have seen yet. it comes as ukraine s foreign minister yesterday pleaded with nato s leaders for heavier weapons and harsher sanctions asking them simply how many more buchas have to happen after days to get evacuees out nearly 35,000 penal were able to get out from various cities although new strike from railway station hitting likely evacuees trying to get out. brian only underscores the challenges as we wait for the second phase of the war to begin after 44 days of fighting. brian? brian: right. of course, the nato does not believe they can even they can given up on taking kyiv given up for now. thanks, griff. bring in general jack keane
some well considered propaganda attempting to rally the russian people around exactly the kind of cleansing, ethnic cleansing that the russians need to do, this denazification, the kind of subject matter behind the denazification campaign. it includes really punishing the civilian population for supporting their democratically elected government and conducting this barbarous attacks, whether it s in bucha or this rail station around kramatorsk is completely within the scope of these types of activities. it s the way the russians will continue to fight this war. if this becomes a protracted war, we re going to see a lot of buchas. we re going to see a lot of kramatorsks. we have not even had the full reporting of the things that are unfolded in mariupol where thousands of people are reported killed. i think we need to recognize that the u.s. has an ability to help end this conflict.
asking them how much more buchas have to happen, that is a sentiment echoed on capitol hill and condemning president austin for not doing enough. i thank you is part of what you heard from both parties on this committee. as much as we have done, we are engaged in half measures and there is hesitance and he tentativeness in posture toward the war. griff: in the senate, rare 0-100 vote to revoke normal trade relations with moscow, moscow admitting for the first time they have taken significant losses in the war, now 44 days old. carley and ashley. carley: i was reading in the wall street journal earlier this week, an interesting piece on how all the areas you just talked about donbas region, that
the more weapons we get and the sooner they arrive in ukraine, the more human lives will be saved. the more cities and villages will not be destructed, and there will be no buchas. this is my message to the allies. it s very simple. and i call on all allies to put aside their hesitations, their reluctance to provide ukraine with everything it needs because as weird as it may sound, but today, weapons serve the purpose of peace. thank you. secretary-general, are you ready or are allies ready to send more offensive weapons to ukraine? and one question to the minister. do you think that germany is doing enough? allies are sending many different types of weapons, and i think also we need to realize that allies have supported ukraine for many years. and these weapons, the support
making clear the best way to help ukraine fight the russians is with weapons. the more weapons we get and the sooner they arrive in ukraine, the more human lives will approbe saved. the more cities and villages will not be destructed and there will be no more buchas. this is my message to the allies. it s very simple and i call on all allies to put aside their hesitations, their reluctance, to provide ukraine with everything it needs. cnn correspondents are covering this conflict from a number of angles. we have fred pleitgen in kyiv. matt rivers in ukraine. delia gallagher in rome. brian todd standing by in washington. first up, special ukrainian army unit is helping to target and destroy russian tanks and military vehicles. just a few months ago, most were civilians who flew drones as a hobby. a warning now, our report from fred pleitgen contains some graphic video.