rockets. russian troops are attempting to break through the defenses and advance south, further into donbas. in a small town outside of kyiv, new video shows damaged and destroyed homes left by russian shelling during the first phase of this conflict. as ukraine s orthodox christians celebrate easter this weekend, ukraine s president said he was hopeful of prevailing against russia. translator: the 58th day of our defense is coming to an end. it ends on good friday, the day when death seems to have won. but we hope for a resurrection. we believe in the victory of life over death, and we pray that death loses. moscow has finally acknowledged casualties from the sinking of the moskva more than a week ago. says one sailor was killed, 27 missing. claiming the 396 remaining crew were rescued and taken to crimea. for more, let s bring in isa soares. hi to you, isa. reporter: a very good morning to you, michael. as our reporters meet more ukrainians, the stories of brutality a
up the ukrainian energy, but it s things like this that really drives the ukrainians to volunteer. russian troops will see that, see the new weaponry that is coming their way and the idea is start shaking in their trenches. yeah, obviously a psychological front as well. you know, we re also getting new details, sam, about the attack in the russian occupied city of mar mariupol. what are you hearing about that? reporter: mariupol and nearby areas have both been the scenes of quote, unquote serious explosions. there s clearly now a campaign of attacking i think ukrainians have made no bones about this. they re attacking the russian areas in depth. they re going off the logistics support elements. so mariupol are logistical
this is such a significant meeting. it comes just on the heels of president putin going to mariupol after he visited crimea. there is so much at stake here, and the west obviously very concerned even though china is billing this as a mission of peace. right, and the ukrainians watching this very nervously, and that s because xi jinping and vladimir putin, they keep talking about their friendship with no limits, this incredible basically alliance between russia and china. xi jinping sent a letter to russian-state media. this is the tenth time he s visiting russia since he became president. it will be his 40th meeting with vladimir putin. he had some digs in his letter, thinly veiled at the u.s., calling for a more democratic multi-polar world. what he did not mention at all was russia s invasion of ukraine a year ago. and the ongoing war.
all of their activities in mariupol that they have done until now. it was a real act of defiance, and clearly getting the endorsement of having xi jinping show up for their 39th meeting since the two of them took over as leaders. that s pretty significant. david sanger, always a pleasure. good to see you, thank you so much. in other news now, it could be an eventful week in manhattan with a possible indictment looming over donald trump. the former president says he expects to be arrested as soon as tomorrow in the stormy daniels hush money case. the time line remains unclear. sources telling me if and when the indictment happens, trump is expec expected to surrender, he ll have his mug shots and finger prints taken like everyone else. looking to discredit the star witness, who is michael cohen. as their request, cohen s former lawyer is set to testify today
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