outside of mariupol, ukrainian officials point to nassau satellite images that show ground in one area has recently been disturbed. they also say claims from one source indicate that the site has been used to dispose of bodies. cnn is working to independently verify those claims. meantime, russia has unveiled a new goal in the conflict, a new strategy. a commander saying taking control of southern ukraine and even donbas region to establish a land block of crimea. there is new credit yo that shows utter destruction in the small village of moschun, north of kyiv. house after house flattened. the ukrainians played a major role in pushing back from the city. 100,000 people are trapped in mariupol including soldiers and sillians. ukraine s deputy prime minister announced this morning, a humanitarian corridor is now open to evacuate, women, children and the elderly. this morning, we are hearing reports of more shelling in the kharkiv region. we re going to bring you up to date w
satellite images appear to show mass graves outside of mariupol. an adviser to the mayor there says they do in fact show mass graves. but cnn cannot independently verify those claims. the discovery happening as the heavy fighting continues in the long besieged port city. an estimated 100,000 people, soldiers and civilians, still trapped. one small boy praying for a miracle. translator: i want to see the sun so when our houses are rebuilt, we can live in peace, we can live in ukraine, because this is our native home. and another humanitarian corridor opening in mariupol as civilians desperately try to escape the fighting. russia capturing dozens of small towns in the east. but uk officials say russians have not made any major gains in the last 24 hours. this as russia reveals its end game in the invasion. top military officials saying they plan to take full control over southern ukraine and the eastern donbas region. let s bring in scott mcclain who is in lviv. what can yo
time of salvation and resurrection is looking like this, sheer destruction thcht village near kyiv is bearing the hall mark of russian forces. the town is free, but the same cannot be said of other areas of the country. in mariupol, evacuation areas were thwarted by the ukrainian villagers after russian forces said they were headed for russian-occupied territories. and now, we are seeing that there is a site of mass graves outside of mariupol, and cnn cannot independently verify this. in odesa, a russian strike killed 18 people or i should say injured 18 people, and killed five including a 18-month-old baby who had yet to celebrate his first easter with his parents. a russian general says that russia wants full control of southern ukraine, because it would give russia a land bridge to moldova, stirring up fears of another soviet republic, and now, scott is joining us from sou southern kyiv, and what do we know now of mariupol? it is remaining dire, jim. there is a humanitar
i don t want these groups of killers exist in russia. i don t want putin being president. i don t want him being tsar of russia. i want to go back and try to change it. was fantastic piece. yeah. for dream team. he opens his mouth with american songs.
we all were very skeptical about investigating alexei s poisoning. as opposed to previous cases, this poisoning took place on russian soil so no one is going to share ctv footage with us. we won t have videos from the airport where they poisoned his flight in and out, and as much it is a hard to admit while putin is in power we ll never find out the truth. julia, how is your husband this morning? [ speaking non-english ] it was so crazy, like it s putin s signature poison. we were shocked. he didn t just decide to murder