into a crowd, one officer fired back. police are trying to identify the shooters. and ukrainian officials say russia is throwing all its reserves ads severodonetsk. they want to corner the city by blowing up bridges. the minister also confirms that ukraine s intelligence has established contact with soldiers in the russian steel plant in the city of mariupol. now back to dateline! city of mariupol. now back to dateline welcome back to dateline. i m natalie morales. detectives wondered if halee rathgeber s murder was tied to another recent death. her god son reportedly died in a horrible accident, but halee suspected the mother s boyfriend, thaddeus rice, may have harmed the baby on purpose. did thad kill halee to silence her? to find out, police planned to retrace halee s final footsteps, a trail that would lead in a surprising direction. here again is andrea canning with on the outskirts of town.
fighting. reason being, it would allow the russian forces to join up from allow the russian forces to join up from crimea to the eastern regions of ukraine, from crimea to the eastern regions of ukraine, strategically significant, but also it puts economic pressure on ukraine. it seals economic pressure on ukraine. it seals them economic pressure on ukraine. it seals them off from the black sea. and thirdly, it is a propaganda wing for russia and thirdly, it is a propaganda wing for russia. they have this state sponsored victory day on monday state sponsored victory day on monday. any kind of gain in mariupol will be monday. any kind of gain in mariupol will be something that vladimir putin will be something that vladimir putin can will be something that vladimir putin can show to his people to say, look, putin can show to his people to say, look. what putin can show to his people to say, look, what we are doing in ukraine isjustified and look, what we are doing in
there is still lots of counting to go, as adam said. an operation has beuun to go, as adam said. an operation has begun to rescue go, as adam said. an operation has begun to rescue more go, as adam said. an operation has begun to rescue more civilians - go, as adam said. an operation hasi begun to rescue more civilians from the steelworks surrounded by russian forces in the southern ukrainian city of mariupol. in forces in the southern ukrainian city of mariupol. city of mariupol. in his latest video address, city of mariupol. in his latest video address, the city of mariupol. in his latest video address, the ukrainian i video address, the ukrainian president described the situation is hell for the remaining 200 people still sheltering there. let s get the latest from our kyiv correspondent, james waterhouse. good morning. bring us up to date as best you can? i know it s hard to get information out of mariupol. what is the situation as you understand it? what is the situation
toward them and you can see really on their faces the depth of what they ve been through. often they find it quite difficult to even articulate and we had talked to them with the press, and these are people who need months, potentially years to get over what they have been through, and it is a particularly horrific, and it has marked them, deeply harrowing. and part of the problem, as press, is we re not close to that, so we rely on information coming out of the area, in mariupol, and then when we meet these people, but it s not just what they ve been through, right, they re still going through it. you report on the fact that in many cases, these are separated families, they have left, they have made, what a choice to have to make, leave your spouse, your husband behind, to save your children, that s got to be devastating, that can t be something that can be exactly. you talk to people who come out
arrived in zaporzhiazhia after a safe passage operation from mariupol and surrounding areas. that followed the safe aprifl from several evacuees yesterday, buses had the first group of evacuees who had been holed up in the steel plant of mariupol, with little food and water as russian forces continue to batter the city. the russian forces forces, and the effort to take to safety, when some residents stepped aboard ground on friday to meet a u.n.-backed evacuation convoy, that first daylight in weeks felt like it was burning people s eyes as the scene they witnessed sent some into shock. for the most part only women and children were able to join the evacuate effort as the russians did not allow young men of fighting age to leave. at least three mothers interviewed by post reporters said that they had ultimately had to make a choice, stay with their husbands, or save their children. the post adds, the drive normally takes less than four hours. but because of active shelling,