Inside there. that s how much the people there don t trust the russians, and as he was speaking to us, our commander said, this may be the last statement, because when have a few days, or even hours, left. don? matt rivers, thank you so much. on a bring in ed lavandera live in the capital city of kyiv. ed, hello to you. president zelenskyy s going russia the source of evil for targeting civilians. russia is now focus on the donbas region in the east. i can t tell us about the fighting their? it s been another day of heavy bombardment, don, and various cities there in eastern ukraine. from kharkiv down south, into the lungs and the most regions. and it s been intense. there has been three people killed, 16 wounded in kharkiv. the bumping intensifies as you get into some of those smaller cities and villages there in eastern central ukraine and that is why you re hearing from
Cnn, begging for an international evacuation and saying they re been days or hours left. hundreds of those persevering s seeking shelter in the steel plant. as ukrainian officials say russian forces are bombing and shelling it. thousands more hiding across the besieged city they used to be home. cnn s not in mariupol, the reuters shot this video, take a look. that, as ukraine releases a chilling alleged communications intercept. they say that this is a russian ground unit commander saying that russian planes are planning to, quote, level everything to the ground. at the steel plant, going on to say this. we are expecting surprises from russia here. what kind of surprises? three ton ones from the sky. cnn cannot vouch for the authenticity of the recording, but ukrainians previously released intercepted radio traffic of russian soldiers.
Well, i can t wait what navalny s coming up this sunday 9 pm. jim? it is frightening, but it s inspiring. i was able to meet his wife and daughter. that families making a brave stand. thanks so much, laura. i ll be here in ukraine tomorrow for cnn tonight again, laura will be reporting from washington. meanwhile, don lemon? to donovan starts right now. good to see you, good to see lower as well. jim, on task, because one day after the deadly strike, that the strike in lviv, what is the feeling on the ground? steely. steely nerves of the people here. after tell you, we are on the way the site of one of those muscle strikes today. as we arrived there, minutes after the missiles hit, people are walking on the streets and trying to go back to their daily lives. you see that walk there on lviv
Citizens of mariupol, the chilling new threat has emerged. the security service of ukraine, or sbu, released a provided communication center set of a russian ground unit commander who said russian aircraft or planning to, quote, level everything to the ground. cnn kong vouch for the authenticity of the recording, but the sbu has previously released audio from intercepted radio traffic revealing russian soldiers discussing killing and raping civilians. bolstering allegations of work rams by russian troops. military service of also noted a tendency of russian troops to use unsecured communications in ukraine. for now, a green commanders as russian forces are, quote, willingly bombing and shelling the plant. the sprawling complex unlikable southeast, that once employed
Ukrainian officials, pleading with people to evacuate to safety as quickly as they can that they re running out of time, and he described in more particular city, that have been taken over by russian forces, where there are a number of people left behind. civilians that weren t able to get out in time. union officials are describing those people simply as hostages. so, that bombardment continues. we anticipate to see more of that as russian forces really try to soften up ukrainian military forces there on the ground. and perhaps in lights in anticipating more of a ground incursion in the days ahead. so, expect more of this bombardment to continue. adds, relaying that keeps deputy mayor requested 200,000 respirators on the chance that there s a potential chemical opens attack. what s up with the? yeah, these respirators, essentially got masks, there s