people in a referendum for example. so there is a lot to discuss. we ll start with correspondent fred pleitgen joining us from kyiv. tell us about the fighting around kyiv and russia s attempt to block supply routes because we were just speaking to a member of parliament there just moments ago and ina and she was interrupted, she heard some explosions. what do you know? well we ve been hearing expositions the entire day here in kyiv. and of course, you know that this is a city that is very much on the front line, very active front line and of course for a very long time the russians even said this is one of the main places that they wanted to take. now they claim that it is not one of the main objectives any more but certainly the fighting here is as intense as ever. and would you say compared to the last couple of days, even more intense. we ve been hearing explosions throughout the day, some of them extremely heavy and loud.
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i m don lemon live here in ukraine. in lviv. and we continue to follow the breaking news on the war. we re hearing air raid sirens going off. as of a week ago, it would not have been a big concern. but since there was that bombardment that happened this weekend in the city, folks here get a lot more tense now when they hear the air raid sirens so we ll see what is going on and then we ll update you on it. in the meantime we ll continue on with our news, there were large explosions rocking the capital of kyiv. ukrainian officials say russia is trying to block supply routes into the city. and amid all of this, local official as announced that schooling would resume in an online format today.
city has been reclaimed. cnn cannot independently verify that claim. russia is also continuing air assault on towns already destroyed by bombs. this is new video of a school in kharkiv. tomorrow officials from russia and ukraine are scheduled to meet in turkey for peace talks. don lemon is live in lviv, ukraine and it is great to have you there as we know past negotiations have not yielded much progress. but ukrainian president zelenskyy now said that he is open to basically staying neutral, he s making a concession before tomorrow. so what does that mean? reporter: we have to see what it means. because we don t know. russia, i don t even believe they re going to bring people to the table. but zelenskyy said he s ready to accept a neutral non-nuclear status under certain conditions. and that any deal would have to be agreed upon by the ukrainian
as possible. that s why we must replace them very fast. this is temporary place. it s not good for the children and for those women. reporter: the city of warsaw has taken in some 300,000 refugees . there s only so much the city can do. that s incredible. seeing the effort there of the people behind that expo center