hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i am michael holmes, coming to you live from lviv in ukraine. our breaking news, this hour. the latest move from vladimir putin s dangerous play book has this region on the brinch of war ask we were leaders scrambling to respond. and i am rosemary church live from cnn headquarters here in than that. also this hour, a game plan for living with covid. england scraps all remaining restrictions. this is cnn breaking news. russian president vladimir putin has ordered troops to deploy to areas of eastern ukraine, controlled by russian-backed separatists. it is the latest escalation in a standoff that has the west on edge. the u.s. is warning russian
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seem prepared to bomb ukrainian cities into submission. natasha bertrand live from cnn headquarters, what are you hearing? reporter: that s right, john, a senior intelligence official telling me that believe russia s operation is reaching a dire new phase. including the complete seizure of kyiv, the capital city that russia is now going to move from targeting military targets primarily which we saw kind of the first week of that invasion to increasingly targeting infrastructure and civilians themselves. that is because, as part of the russian operations, they believe they have begun to bring in heavier artillery in order to, quote, bomb these cities submission. they expect russia is deploying
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so who s staying? well, just to name a few of the brands involved according to the tracking, rebok, brooks brothers, nine west, avon s cosmetics among them. subway still has 406 locations still operating in the country though they say their operated by franchisees. thanks for joining us. our coverage continues. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i m paula newton at cnn headquarters in atlanta and begin with breaking developments out of ukraine where officials are rejecting russia s demands to surrender the besieged city of mariupol. that deadline was scheduled to end this hour, in fact. mariupol has been the scene of some of the worst attacks by