these satellite images show widespread destruction there. russia has bombed the city relentlessly for weeks, part of its larger push for control of the entire donbas region. that is in the eastern part of the country where russia has been making gains. in the meantime, ukraine has been trying to regain territory in the south. our matthew chance had exclusive access to the front lines as troops fired on russian positions and matthew joins us now from the southern city of kryvvi rih. you had quite the experience. reporter: yeah, that s right. we managed to get very close to those front lines, actually to them. look, stalemate is something that ukrainian military commanders desperately want to avoid in this conflict because they want to prevent russia and vladimir putin from locking in the military gains that have been achieved by moscow so far. so while the russians are pressing forward in areas of the east of the country like around the city of severodonetsk,
are still stuck inside there. awaiting evacuation. all this as russia says it will destroy nato convoys of weapons into ukraine. could that mean an escalation? also back home, outrage across the u.s., protests in several major cities following the release of a supreme court draft opinion that would overturn abortion rights in this country. more on that in just a moment. plus, politics, cnn projects that j.d. vance will win ohio s gop senate nomination, the race billed as the first test of trump s influence in the upcoming midterms. we ll break down the polling numbers, what they say. we will begin this morning with cnn international security editor nick paton walsh, he s reporting from kryvvi rih, ukraine. this news now about a possible russian advance now on that steel plant, cutting off the defenders there, but also hundreds of civilians still left behind. what do we know?
let that humanitarian disaster out for help. people at home who might wonder why are they taking refuge there. they re in the steel plant. it was the only safe place they could find as russia continues to bomb that city and civilians have been suffering. nick paton walsh in kryvvi rih, ukraine, thank you so much. there are new images in to cnn of fresh damage in kyiv. president zelenskyy accuses russia of firing five missiles into the ukrainian capital, the same time that the u.n. secretary-general was there, finishing up his visit with the ukrainian president, following his visit just the day before in moscow with vladimir putin. matt rivers is in kyiv. zelenskyy says, matt, that this shows ukrainians cannot relax, no matter where they are, we have seen that here in lviv, missiles can strike anywhere in the country. that s exactly right. and it had been a few weeks since we have seen cruise missiles strike here in kyiv.