That the worst could be yet to come here. also it bears noting that you don t change a commander if you re winning a war. so, there s a real fear this invasion could turn even more brutal than what we ve already seen. here was the pentagon today on that eight-mile-long russian convoy believed to be headed from the donbas region. another convoy of vehicles that are heading south towards that town of izium, we believe these are the early stages of a reinforcement effort by the russians in the donbas. cnn has geolocated this new video that shows this large column of russian military vehicles inside russian not far from the eastern border of ukraine. vehicles are seen facing northwest in the direction of donbas. there is also new tape tonight of an alleged ukrainian strike on a russian weapons depot in the luhansk region of donbas.
Organization, help people, says ten of his drivers were trying to get civilians out of the besieged city of mariupol, when russian soldiers stopped their vehicles, demanded that the evacuees be driven in those very same minibuses into russia. the drivers refused. they were detained. the head of the group lost contact with nine of the ten drivers. one was released. we should note cnn cannot independently verify the whereabouts of this drivers or the conditions under which they re being held. so, tonight the question. are we entering an even uglier, bloodier stage of this war? and is there more that the west could be doing to help ukraine? state department spokesman ned price will join us in a moment. but first to the capital of kyiv, where cnn s fred pleitgen takes us through what he himself witnessed northwest of the capital today. fred? reporter: hi there, jake. yeah, and one of the main things that really stood out is that
We consider ourselves in a paradise compared to them. talk to me about your escape from bucha and irpin and why you ve been documenting the atrocities that you ve witnessed along the way. well, i first heard about my neighbor on this third week of the war, who was trying to evacuate his family, and he was shot dead in his car. i couldn t sleep at night. i was so shocked. then the next day i heard about another case about a dozen of neighbors, their attempt to evacuate. and six of them were killed. and then another day i heard about another case. and so every day i would hear new cases in irpin and bucha.
Georgia. russia pose threat for georgian independence, for our so sovereignty, for our territorial integrity. do you think there s a chance russia could invade georgia again? yes, this threat is always, every country across europe not only georgia is under threat. back this their apartment, he and his family wholeheartedly agree. they told us they don t want their children and grandchildren to grow up in what they call north korea 2.0, and for that grandma galena says people must understand a crucial point. she says the whole world must understand that ukraine is now really not fighting just for itself. it s fighting for everyone and the whole world must unite and stop putin because he won t stop with ukraine. the family told us that before they left moscow in the beginning days of the war, they were talking to some of their friends in moscow, and they said they were shocked to hear from people they considered themselves close to that they were repeating the lines of russian
They were jewish. those ideas and laws hammered out betwill be used to go aftere grandchildren of those soviets. translator: i call russians cockroaches now, and i want to destroy those cockroaches. i want to crush them forever. he says he would join the military if he could. translator: i would fight but my eyesight is minus nine. i wouldn t see. instead, he s giving the court a clearer view of what s been done. yes, i can t help any other way. is this invasion, is this war, about to get even worse with the new russian commander, who is notoriously ruthless in charge? what might this looming offensive in donbas look like? we re going to be back with one of our top military analysts next. [singing] oven roasted