that lands 100 small hand grenades falling. reporter: but the u.s. and other nato countries remain steadfast in their refusal to implement a no fly zone. the only way to implement something like a no fly zone is to send nato planes into ukrainian air space and shoot down russian planes. that could lead to a full-fledged war. reporter: oren lieberman, cnn, the pentagon. let s go to one of the front lines. the chief correspondent clarissa ward is talking about this. men, women, children have been killed. kyiv has been bombarded with airstrikes. you re there. tell us what you re seeing and what you re hearing. reporter: well, wolf, it has been a day of heavy bombardment, particularly on the outskirts of kyiv in the west, to the north, to the northwest and we are now hearing from ukrainian
several of them from the united states. they are veterans and there was a gentleman from nottingham, england, they did not have a plan as to what it is they were exactly going to do and who they might meet on the other side of the border, but they said their biggest worry was whether or not they got to the border to cross it as they stand by ukraine against russia. horrible war, indeed. ukraine sara sidner, thank you very much. for more information about how you can help humanitarian efforts in ukraine, go to cnn.com/impact to help impact your world. there s more breaking news just ahead. southern ukraine including the key port city of odessa bracing right now for an onslaught as russian forces make a violent advance. muchch more coming up.
pictures of the destruction in and around kyiv, burning homes and neighborhoods in ruins. cnn is bringing you live continuing war coverage with our correspondents live and around the world. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. we ll get to all the breaking news out of ukraine in just a moment, but tonight president volodymyr zelenskyy is lashing out at nato s refusal too create a no fly zone over his war torn country. in an online message zelenskyy suggested nato leaders are, i m quoting him now, weak and insecure. this as russian invasion forces are broadening their targets including their alarming attack on europe s biggest nuclear power plant. in just a moment we ll go live
the capitol. so this is significant in that it may be poortenz russian troops moving around and attempting to fully encircle the capitol of kyiv, wolf. can t even imagine how many wonderful people, men, women, children were in their apartments, high rise amounts that were leveled and attacked and bombed by the russians. ukraine s president, as you well know, clarissa, president zelenskyy, is continuing to push the west to act. what was his plea today? reporter: we heard from him twice today. earlier on he addressed various european capitols expressing solidarity with the europeans, thanks for the support, stopping for a moment of silence to commemorate those already killed in the war. we heard another one from him tonight broadcast on his facebook page in which he had a
so what that could look like, additional humanitarian assistance, as you were talking to wenl wendy sherman, more wea nonlethal and lethal aid that any of these nations can provide to ukraine. we ve seen this outpouring of equipment that s been flowing into ukraine, and it is being used by the ukrainian military, in some cases very effectively. the reality is this is an ongoing dynamic war that is occurring in ukraine right now. the ukrainian military will need more and more support as this drags on, katy. yes, indeed. thank you so much. still ahead the truth came out on live tv in front of potentially hundreds of millions of viewers. now the russian state tv editor who held up the no war sign, you see it right here, has been arrested and fined. we ll speak to an american in moscow about how russians reacted. why isn t the white house calling what we re seeing in ukraine war crimes? and later, remember mh-17,