security can conference next hour. we ll have is a live preview of what s on the agenda. you want each and every one of those police officers to be able to look me in the face. they haven t done that yet. a plea from tyre nichols mother as the five police officers charged in the beating of her son awe peer in court. heartbreak and hope in syria. we ll take you toist stand bull for a look at the miraculous rescues that are still happening. the war in ukraine is dominating this year s agenda at the security conference in germany, one of the largest and most influential diplomatic forums. kamala harris is leading a large american delegation there and is expected to deliver a major speech next hour ukraine s president pleaded with allies to hurry up with deliveries of the advanced weapons they promised including tanks pledged by the u.s. and nato al lice. ukraine s military is expected to launch its own counteroffensive once it has those. volodymyr zelenskyy called for uk
through michigan. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. u.s. president will soon wrap up the second day of his first trip to asia as commander in chief. it comes after joe biden held talks with his south korean counterpart and reaffirm a alliance. both nations committed to a goal of denuclearization on the korea peninsula. here he is. translator: a sustainable piece of peninsula by a principaled and consistent policy toward north korea. in lock step with the biden administration i commit to safeguard peace on the korean peninsula and encourage north korea to come forward for dialogue and engage in cooperation. we as leaders of the two countries reiterated our common goal of the complete denuclearization of the dprk. there s no compromise for security under this shared belief we concurred that strong deterrence against north korea is paramount. still concerns that they may still conduct a missile test. the war in ukraine was also a critical topic at those bil
about 350 ckilometers southwest of kyiv. meanwhile, the u.s.s estimates that russia s mercenaries suffered more than 30,000 casualties. that estimate includes 9,000 dead, half of whom have been kill ed over the past two month. the u.s.-based military think tank believes the sea of bakhmut is unlikely to be in russia aes hands by the anniversary of the invasion. moscow s aim is to capture the city ahead of the anniversary on friday. the fighting in bakhmut is exhibit a of why zelenskyy is trying to drive home need for weapons, but we re hearing from ukrainian soldiers about why they need more fire power. fred pleitgen has the story. reporter: in the soggy t trenches of eastern ukraine, the fighting isn t letting up. ukraine saying russian forces continue to viciously assauassault bakhmut in the donbas region. this unit says they are holding the line but need more fire
relics here. smoldering in the trees here, but swallowed in the silence. nick patton walsh, cnn. the fighting isn t just taking place on the battlefields on the ground but also on the black sea, the russian blockade of ukrainian ports continues to threaten food supplies and millions of lives around the world. the biden administration has been working with allies to get wheat out of the country. some say a military solution might be the best option using missiles to threaten russian ships. we re joined by lawrence friedman, from kings college, london. i want to get your thoughts on the state of the war right now for ukraine advances in kharkiv
willing to take that risk. it s a moment to pause and consider what any of us would do in that situation. let s go to kyiv. as people across this country are bracing for what will happen tonight. matthew chance is there. i know one of the things that s been happening here is understanding when reports come in and pictures come in, what s real, what isn t, trying to sort through that. what are you seeing right now here just after 8:00 our time? well, you are right. it s very difficult to get a picture of what s real and what s not. particularly when you re in these remote locations where the action and the fighting isn t necessarily taking place right in front of us. which is why this morning when i heard that an air base just outside of the ukrainian capital had been taken by russian forces, i got my crew and we headed up there. and when we got there, we found troops there who we assumed were ukrainian troops.