encircle mick lie, has already encircled mariupol. those units are well quipped are already conducting trainings as we re speaking and they re better prepared day by day. so i would say that those units right now are obviously less equipped and prepared than the regular forces but are ready to put fight and protect all those urban areas. olexi i know you didn t fully hear my question but you answered it, thank you for that. olexi is the chief officer for kyiv independent. i ll speak to a member of parliament drumming up support for the country, advocating for new alliances and security
and an aircraft repair facility near the airport of lviv, that airport is 40 miles from the border of poland. at least one person was injured in that attack. russian forces hit residential buildings and a school in the capital city of kyiv on friday. the shelling left one person dead and another 19 injured, including four children, that s according to the mayor. rescuers in mariupol are searching for survivors following an air strike on a theatre where hundreds of women and children were sheltering. so far 130 people have been rescued but authorities don t know the status of the rest and the human toll of russia s invasion is growing. in kharkiv, russia s bombardment has left the morgue overflowing, there are no more coffins left and they re wrapping bodies in whatever material they can find. in mariupol a local post office
hedgehog. we have transportation used as defenses to block roads, we know that the military had blown up a bridge to halt russian further advances. so the army is preparing. we know that street by street, the military is imposing severe defenses to hold any possible attack in the city. we know that the city right now looks like a fortress. and according to ukrainian military it s practically impossible to breach those defenses right now. one of the things that s interesting is we heard that ukrainian forces and civil defense are really taking defensive positions more than offensive positions because of a shortage of ammunitions compared to russians and equipment. but more ammunition, equipment and hardware is coming in for ukrainians. obviously that stuff can t get into kyiv. at what point do the ukrainians
been killed in this unprovoked war, more than 1,000 injured. but russian forces have been met with heavy resistance from ukrainians. russian forces have not made significant advances toward the city and are roughly 18 miles to the east of it. joining me is alexi who is in kyiv right thousand, the chief operating officer and political editor for the kyiv independent, one of the largest english language media outlets. thanks for being with us. what is the situation in kyiv right now? we have been hearing for weeks that the russians are getting close and they re around it and there are skirmishes and shelling going on in the city, but what s the situation where you are? well, first of all, i m currently not in kyiv. i had to leave and take my family to safety. but our newspaper obviously has people on the ground.
were sheltering under that roof. yet an air strike hit that building. ukrainian officials say hundreds were inside as russian bombs fell on the city. at least 100 have been rescued but hundreds more are still missing. after news of the attack, president biden made his strongest condemnation of vladimir putin calling him a war criminal. secretary of state antony blinken followed up calling him a war criminal. but there s a specific set of proses for calling something a war crime. it s known as the rules of armed conflict also known as international humanitarian law. it s a branch of law that seeks to limit the effects of armed