region. a u.s. defense tells cnn moscow s added 17 ba tall kron tactical groups over the past week. the military governor in luhansk reports russian troops control 80% of territory there as they destroy everything in their palgt. and images circulating on social media, show force russians have taken the nearby village. meanwhile, world war ii soviet-victory flags appearing across occupied parts of ukraine, ahead of may 9th victory celebrations. wants to report a major progress in this invasion by that date as celebration for vladimir putin. to senior ukrainian noebters say they are prepared to secure the evacuation of soldiers. nato allies could also be part of that process, as well. more details now from cnn s matt rivers. reporter: the azov steal plan housing mariupol s last line of defense.
areas around the ukrainian capital continues to reveal atrocities suffered by ukrainians ask ukraine yas who survived the onslaught, now speaking out about what they endured. cnn s phil black has their story. reporter: andre says his life will be forever split in two, before and after the day the russians came. he remembers the skies over his home in hostomel, near kyiv, suddenly swarming with dozens of attack helicopters. he says they fly in a low formation, like they were on parade. and soon after he say, russian ground forces approached his home. this is re says they hoopened fe from a distance. an explosive lound land lanned close by, fracturing his leg. shrapnel piercing much of of his boud but he was luck kri, he got to rusout before the russians w
yet more, you know e the biden administration is appealing this order but not asking for a stay. so there is no case will be revolved before may 3rd. a new poll finds a majority of i say adults favor mask requirements for traveling on planes, trains, and public transit. only 24% oppose the mandate. and 20% were neutral on the issue. the poll was conducted just before the judge struck down the mandate. shanghai reported more than 18,000 new covid cases wednesday, and eight new deaths with officials claiming all those who died had serious-underlying health conditions. but anger and frustration are growing among those still under lockdown with some residents refusing to get pcr testing and cnn s kristie lu stout joins nous live from hong kong with more on this. good to see you, so with cases
all will approximate killed. he says women were screaming, children crying and as he was the last one through the door, he was blasted from behind with a shotgun. he says nothing was lieft of th leg or bones destroyed, just a puddle of blood in minutes. some two days later, some russian soldiers helped him get to hospital. he still thinks they re beasts, not people. the russian invasion of areas around kyiv, violently interrupted and ended many people s lives, and some with would somehow survive brutal, intimate encounters leaving them forever changed. phil black, cnn, ukraine. tensions boil over wednesday as finance ministers from the world s 20 largest economies met in washington. canadian minister shared a photo of western officials, who walked
why the agency is pushing to keep a mandate that was going to expire in two weeks, anyway. white house press secretary jen psaki explains the reasoning. that is important for two reasons. one, because we think it is entirely reasonable, as does incident of justice, health experts most importantly, and our administration to be able to have time to evaluate. but also, because they want to fight to ensure the cdc s authority and ability to put in manu dates in the future remains intact. cnn legal analyst jeffrey toobin says the appeal only adds to the existing done fusion ab confusion about mask mandates. i think the technical-legal term for what is going on here is a mess. um, there are so many contradictory and and puzzling things going on here. um, the the to to add