eastern luhansk region in the contested donbas area. meanwhile a town near that contested region russian forces are conducting limited offensive operations. they have, however, managed to take that town outside of kharkiv. now, in the eastern city of mariupol, once again humanitarian aid is stalled and evacuations halted by russian forces. we know 100,000 people remain trapped in that city without access to food, and water. they have been without electricity for weeks. this is a growing issue we re seeing across the country. in kharkiv also long lines are forming with people simply unable to find the supplies and food that they so desperately need. bill: thank you, alex hogan leading our coverage this hour in ukraine. dana: the white house plans to announce a new series of
crippled our people, destroyed houses. these are not humans. small suburbs of kyiv are not alone in the misery of war. russian troops once again blocking humanitarian aid for the more than 100,000 residents trapped in the eastern city of mariupol. the city s mayor likening the violence and starvation to that of the holocaust. president volodymyr zelenskyy says the strategy here goes far beyond bullets. for them hunger is also weapon against us ordinary people hundreds waited in line for bear essentials like between drinking water. according to the u.n. 13 million people are stranded in conflict areas. for those who managed to make it out. doctors in the west are standing by. we can do any kind of a safest trauma surgery that we would need to do. because this field hospital is underground it doubles as a
0ur correspondentjonah fisher is in lviv, the city in the west of ukraine which is serving as a hub for many of the people trying to flee the fighting. i asked him if he had any more details about the attack on the theatre in the besieged eastern city of mariupol, where hundreds of children were taking shelter. possibly a glimmer of what might turn out to be good news from mariupol. mariupol has been effectively cut off for the last two weeks. it has been encircled by russian troops so it s been very hard to get information in and out of the city. but we have had an mp from mariupol who has been speaking to the bbc in the last 20 minutes and if ijust read to you what he said. he said, minutes ago we had information that the bomb shelter survived and people there survived. we don t yet know whether we have wounded people or killed people, but it looks like most of them have survived and are ok. so, that is suggesting that when this bomb fell
full day of freedom. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the ukrainian government has accused russian forces of intentionally dropping a powerful bomb on a theatre in the besieged city of mariupol where hundreds of people including children were hiding from shelling. 0ne ukrainian mp has told the bbc that there was a large message visible from the sky which made it clear that children were present in the theatre. new pictures verified by the bbc show the building in ruins. the details of the attack have not been independently verified. up to 1,200 people may have been inside, according to the city s deputy mayor. casualty figures are not yet known,
and his parents are currently trapped in the city. thank you forjoining us. what s the latest from mariupol? the thank you forjoining us. what s the latest from mariupol? latest from mariupol? the latest is the drama theatre, latest from mariupol? the latest is the drama theatre, it latest from mariupol? the latest is the drama theatre, it was - latest from mariupol? the latest is the drama theatre, it was bombed | the drama theatre, it was bombed yesterday. it was an intentional bombing because it s a long standing building in the centre of the park and all other buildings are 100 metres away from the drama theatre. it was written near the building on both sides in very big letters, children. especially for pilots of aircraft bombing the city. so they did it intentionally, they know what they did and when mr biden said that mr putin is war crime, i think