challenge. as all of us work with ukrainian prosecutors to build the capacity there, and it is notjust the prosecutor, we have to deal with the prosecutor, we have to deal with the police, and there are one part which has been neglected, and then we have the courts themselves, the ukrainian justice system which is going to be on trial here, particularly if the russian start running some phony baloney case regarding these guys that surrendered after being bombarded for two and a half months in mariupol. i for two and a half months in mariupol- for two and a half months in mariupol. for two and a half months in mariu ol. . . . mariupol. i am ust intrigued and it is m own mariupol. i amjust intrigued and it is my own curiosity, mariupol. i amjust intrigued and it is my own curiosity, here - mariupol. i amjust intrigued and it is my own curiosity, here is - mariupol. i amjust intrigued and it is my own curiosity, here is a - mariupol. i am just intrigued and it| is my own curiosity, he
been taken to safety, a total of more than 300 people. those evacuated are relieved to be leaving the city. their departure comes after heavy russian bombardment of the plant in recent weeks. they said there was a possibility of going. i was so excited. i had nothing with me said this bag and i decided, all right, if my house is already burned all is going to waste anyway. we already burned all is going to waste anyway- already burned all is going to waste an a . ~ , all waste anyway. we were surviving all of this time. waste anyway. we were surviving all of this time. for waste anyway. we were surviving all of this time. for two - waste anyway. we were surviving all of this time. for two weeks i all of this time. for two weeks we have all of this time. for two weeks we have been living in a basement than russians came and helped basement than russians came and helped us basement than russians came and helped us leave then we heard about helped us leave then we heard about
those missiles and rockets land. let s talk about what s happening in mariupol. the control of that city comes down yto ukrainian forces holdig down to a dozen groups. how can ukrainian fighters do that? yeah, the news from mariupol continues to get more grim by the day. there is a steel plant where we re told a deputy city official there says that about a thousands people are holed up in this steel plant holding on for as long as they can. cocomplicate matters even worse today, russians were not allowing they closed off the city. no one allowed in or out. there s talk of creating filtration points for the men left in that city.
that were affected by significant losses around kyiv. what they would do is they would be coming down perhaps this way into the area. we already know they are coming through here. realready know they are doing there. they will probably go along and access like this. that could mean they are joining up with separatist forces that are here. these guys mr. probably be fairly fresh to fight or will have recuperated enough from what they had been doing earlier in the invasion, if they are rec veterans of the invasion. they will bring them together and move them down this way to capture a portion of the donbas that the ukrainians currently occupy. colonel, while you re in that region, let s talk about what s happening in mariupol. it s just in sea of red, sir
already starting today, according to our military officials, our security officials already in luhansk region, and with the continued shelling and pressure on the whole country, starting from mariupol, from kharkiv. today there was attack on lviv. we here in kyiv, we are also living constantly under air alerts and unfortunately, some of the rockets have not been prevented by our air defense from also getting into targets, civilian, and infrastructure targets here in kyiv. so the whole country continues to be attacked. so this particular moment, we do not see the russian federation is getting any easier on its demands and on its actions. and we should not get, expect that. and that s why we are asking for more urgently, having weaponry,