Her elder daughter is serving in the ukrainian army. it is not peaceful , she said. they destroyed the military barracks in our village. we lived for three days in the basement of our house because of the air raid sirens. behind them, odesa is a city in waiting, a city watching as its people leave, waiting for the russians to come. lucy williamson, bbc news, palanca crossing, moldova. and before we go, a reminder of the latest developments in ukraine. a maternity and children s hospital has been destroyed in a russian air strike, in the city of marry oo pol. in a russian air strike, in the city of mariupol. the attack happened while a ceasefire was supposed to be in place. meanwhile, a ceasefire held in the city of sumy in eastern ukraine allowing thousands to flee to safety. and, heineken has become the latest big brand to suspend operations in russia in protest at the war, following in the footsteps of mcdonald s, coca cola, and pepsi.
Nato to provide, you know, air cover, they re not going to do that. poland is reluctant to send the planes over that they re willing to give directly send them across, what the u.s. has offered so far in terms of military assistance, is that enough or what pleas would you make to your european counterparts and also to the united states? do you need know? at first, we need these planes. the jet planes which poland can provide to us but u.s. government says is too dangerous to give us planes. why dangerous to give planes if they give us javelins and give us any other systems. because the most problem why mariupol today is steadily bombed is all about we don t have planes to shut down the russian planes. and if we get these planes, it will be easier than now and we need not only hand held air
Seriously probably, chemical weapons. very small military threat to the u.s. army. we have protective gear, early warning systems, medical care, protective masks. you can t provide those to millions of ukrainian civilians. the casualties would be devastating. catastrophic. horrible. my guess is if he goes that route, he will trigger the political impetus to bring nato into the war, to his own harm. so we re at a very crucial point. he s not backing off. 50% of the russian troops don t have frostbite. there s a lot of nonsense floating around there, also. mariupol is going to go under sooner or later. kyiv and odesa, as general twitty pointed out, are key objectives. apparently, he can t get them with conventional military power. general mccaffrey, thank you
Ukrainian students go to incredible lengths to continue learning in the face of war. let s go out front. good evening, i m erin burnett. out front, breaking news, russian shelling bombardment multiple cities as the foreign ministry says the leader of mariupol was abducted by russians. mayor federov detained. this is according to ukraine s parliament on its official twitter account. they say they put a plastic bag on his head. we will have much more on that breaking and disturbing story in the moment. first, though, putin s brutal campaign is widening this hour. new video shows heavy shelling in southern ukraine. we are getting new satellite images of russians firing artillery 18 miles north of the capital. you see the flash of smoke. obviously, this is all escalating four miles to the east, more images show what
Try to encircle it. to create mariupol far to the east on the sea of azov, which is essentially the besiegeing of that particular city. mykolaiv the civilian toll has been startling as has the russian inability to move into the city center. the latest post talks about a boring night and how he will get some rest. that may be trying to keep people s morale up. certainly what has been true over the past days, erin, we have not seen the russian military successfully gain control over that city or move past it on their way to here. but most think it s the strategic goal of the main port of odesa. it is amazing, of course, incredible fortitude we continue to see. nick, thank you so much. more breaking news, the u.s. energy secretary jennifer granholm just tweeted, we remain concerned a lack of data from