endless slaughter. i am harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus . it took fewer than 24 hours for russian forces to resume air strikes on humanitarian corridors meant for ukrainian civilians to escape. the shelling forced a pause on evacuation efforts in the northeastern city of sumi. the mayor of one suburb of kyiv says russian shelling is preventing people from collecting even the bodies in the street and now animals are tearing apart those lost souls. the russians are securing positions in the north, south and east and its military shelling another nuclear facility in ukraine. we ve learned from the pentagon that nearly 100% of those troops that putin had put along the border through belarus and around the country, those 200,000 russian forces it is
oil, as soon as today. president biden expected to speak on this, this hour. we will bring that to you live. in ukraine this morning, evacuations are underway from the besieged city of sumi, along a safe corridor, following a night of heavy shelling by russian forces. and as the assault on ukraine intensifies, the united nations now says 2 million people have fled. meantime, ukraine s president zelenskyy is once again calling for a no-fly zone. we ll look at what exactly that would mean. plus, we ll speak with senator bob menendez, the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, and congressman gerry connolly, who was recently at ukraine s border with poland about the growing crisis and what the u.s. can do about it. and right now, the house intelligence committee is about to begin a worldwide threats hearing, where ukraine is set to be front and center. we ll bring you updates throughout the morning.
united nations got its first convoy of aid into the heavily damaged town of sumi. as the violence worsens, the need for medical supplies to help the wounded continues to grow. as does the west ears determination to help. president joe biden signing $13.6 billion worth of aid only last week. the bottleneck is not funds because there has been a great deal of solidarity and generosity. we now really need to step up the operation and response inside the country. reporter: in the knowledge that the longer the conflict lasts and the more the aid is needed, the more dangerous it will become to deliver. it also means, john, that scenes here at the crossing will
safe, secure, and predictable lives to imagine what sergei and his family has gone through and may yet go through in the days and weeks ahead. a few weeks ago, it was hard for most ukrainians to believe it either. cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward is in kyiv. jim sciutto is here in lviv, and cnn s nick paton walsh is in nick oev. first, an update from oren liebermann. in northeast ukraine, not far from the russian border, the city of sumi was supposed to be safe if only for a few hours. ukraine and russia agreed on a single evacuation corridor opened for half of tuesday, but the agreement has not protected the city. the announcement came after ukrainian officials say a russian air strike killed 21 civilians including two children overnight. russian strikes have destroyed homes in the city, flattening neighborhoods. western leaders have already accused russia of targeting preapproved safe routes in ukraine. the city of maria pole in the
trey. good morning. we bring you an update today from the ukrainian town of sumi in the northeastern part of ukraine. i need to warn our viewers the images you are about to see are extremely graphic but they are important to see. if you have small children in the room we suggest that you take them out. this is important to show the world, though, what is happening on the ground in ukraine. overnight russian air strikes targeted a number of housing complexes in this city killing at least 21 people including two children. that according to local authorities. the russians are continuing their ground and air campaign against major population centers in ukraine. it is not just sumi but also the second largest city and outside the city of kyiv where we re at now. these images show a bridge this weekend as civilians were fleeing the area. russians are using snipers and