throwing an attempted besic vacuum a shunt of civilians into chaos. according to the new york times, residents in a desperate attempt to evacuate, tied white flags, like, it s and sheets to our vehicles that they pose no threat. but as friday continued, they were forced to turn around. russian forces have hit mariupol with relentless shelling, leaving that city and its residents without water, heat, or electricity. it is a dire situation inside of ukraine and that is where we start tonight with nbc s cal perry. he is live on the ground for us in lviv, ukraine. cal, it s good to see you again. i don t even know where to begin this evening because so many moving pieces. let s start with the mood in ukraine after what appears to be russia breaking that cease-fire agreements and setting the situation to chaos for those trying to escape. yes, i think the place you are starting it is the place which is, you have civilian populations coming under increasing fire, whether it s
and citizens like kyiv are using their cars to help people getting away from getting injured. we are supposed to be getting people away from the danger. just by hitting russian planes while they are taking these cities. given that russia has violated a number of its cease-fire agreements, what do you say to ukrainians who don t know if they should hunker down or flee if of evacuation was announced? it is very cruel thing to say, but we do not believe in . right now. it is super risky, and we do understand that russia will most likely not grant the immigration as promised. look at the city of mariupol, where the cease-fire was violated three times. you can imagine people, women and children, who were done
unprovoked attack on ukraine. because mariupol, is just one city on a long list of places where the conflict is worsening day by day. u.s. officials said today that russian officials inched closer to kharkiv, ukraine s second largest city, where heavy fire has been reported. evacuation quarters all around the country remain stalled, with ukraine accusing russian forces of ignoring cease-fire agreements in those areas. in a small town of how the cup of kyiv, authorities say they have abandoned evacuation efforts, after russian forces bombed a convoy of civilians who are attempting to leave the city. the un said today that they believe that at least 500 civilians have been killed since the conflict began, and nearly 1000 more have been injured. nbc s richard engel reported today from in and around the capital of kyiv, speaking to ukrainians who have been unable to get out of that city. i don t urgent care or
the invasion in ukraine happened. we see the pain in limiting the energy industry here. the administration still pushing those green events even yesterday the vice president and transportation secretary announced clean buses. listen to what she said. our transportation sector has reached a turning point. we are all in the midst of a turningpoint. we have the technology to transition to a zero emission fleet. yeah, the administration is pushing that transition and no change in any energy policy related to oil and gas here in the u.s. back to you. bill: thank you, edward. dana: president biden is expected to announce a ban on russian oil. will our european allies do the same? we ll talk to great britain s ambassador to the u.s. bill: russia getting condemned for attacks on civilians despite the cease-fire agreements.
here that appears to be an anti-aircraft missile. we think it may be a man portable air defense system. the third we ve seen firing off from the middle of kyiv. the sound of jets overhead at the moment. bill: you know where the story is going now, right? watch the russian tanks and video advancing towards kyiv on the east side of the capital. it is tank after tank through this residential area. on the northwest part of the capital intense shelling leaving homes entirely leveled. dana: humanitarian described as apocalyptic. russia has broken cease-fire agreements. they re trapping children and elderly in a war zone. bill: many lack the food, water and medicine to stay alive. temperatures are plunging in cities without heat or electricity. dana: the u.s. rejected a new effort to poland wanted to give a fleet of more than