using the instrument of mass graves. let s go to ukraine now, matt rivers is in the city of lviv in the west. matt, anyone able to get out of that city today or anyplace else actually in. reporter: well, let s start with mariupol, victor and unfortunately the answer is no. at least through any official channels. what we know is that no humanitarian corridor was agreed to between russia and ukraine. that was after a few days in a row where humanitarian corridor was opened up. none was able to be opened today. although it is not like what we saw yesterday and the day before. we know that evacuations out of mariupol have been painfully slow. a dozen of people that made it out. yesterday some 200 people were told by the deputy miems prime minister, they couldn t leave because of russian shelling an that is the theme, russian violations of cease-fires that
the other. we will leave the debate for the time being and turn to ukraine. for the third day in a row, the deadline set by russia for the ukrainian fighters in mariupol to surrender has come and gone. a small convoy of civilians did manage to leave the beseiged city today, but still there are around 100,000 civilians trapped in the city. president zelensky says the situation in mariupol is getting worse day by day with hundreds of injured women and children needing urgent care. russia s military says it now controls almost all areas of the city those areas in red except for the azovstal steel plant. that s where the last defiant ukrainian troops are holed out. president zelensky says there are around 1,000 civilians, mostly women and children also there, sheltering in nuclear bunkers beneath the plant, sheltering from the relentless bombardment.
underground workers are expected to walk out, with services disrupted on wednesday and friday too. the action is separate to the ongoing night tube strikes over rotas. severe weather continues to hit eastern australia, with one town, north of sydney, preparing for what s been described as a once in 500 years flood . the intense rain and record breaking floods have killed eight people. a river in the northern new south wales town of lismore has broken its banks and in queensland, the brisbane river is flooding, causing extensive damage. southend on sea will officially become a city today. achieving city status was a long term ambition of the area s former mp sir david amess and was promised after he was killed in october. prince charles will deliver a speech and a new electric train for the famous pier named after sir david will also be unveiled. it is fast approaching 7:15am. let s
and it s absolutely doable. this is absolutely over. we see that. we can defeat russians, yeah. andriy, formerly ukraine defense minister. thank you. great to talk to you. thank you. residents? lviv are urged to stay inside as explosions rock that city today. after the break journalist visha zelenskyy joins me from lviv to talk about his reporting from interest and what he is seeing on the ground. we ll be right back. we exercise. i noticed i wasn t as sharp as i used to be. my wife introduced me to prevagen and so i said yeah, i ll try it out. i noticed that i felt sharper, i felt like i was able to respond to things quicker. and i thought, yeah, it works for me. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. hey lily, i need a new wireless plan for my business,