joined by pentagon press secretary john kirby. so the evacuation of civilians continue out of mariupol this hour after earlier attempts stalled when russian forces attacked. an attack of, quote, constant fire on the azovstal steel plant. this morning, we posed questions for the mayor of mariupol on the discovery of filtration camps. here s that exchange. what can you tell us about the latest round of evacuations from azovstal and surrounding areas in mariupol this morning? translator: evacuation is ongoing. we are waiting to hear news on the buss that have settled for zaporizhzhia, the ukraine-controlled territory. as far as we know, they have not yet entered the ukraine-controlled territory. so we re waiting for this news. these are people who have spent a long time in bomb shelters. hiding from the bombardment and
the leadup as well. it s currently in ureastern part of ukraine. and it will be repulsed in the donetsk region. ukraine has claimed it shot down seven attack drones. north and east of kharkiv right there, you see kharkiv right there, the ukrainians claim thain taken back control of several settlements. according to the pentagon, ukrainian troops have pushed russian forces 25 miles east of kharkiv in the last 24 to 48 hours. in the port city of odesa, southern ukraine, several missiles the ukrainians say have hit buildings including a church and dormitory. ukraine s president said a 14-year-old boy was killed and a 17-year-old girl wounded. we also have new video from mariupol. that s russian-backed forces firing grad rockets in the direction of the steel plant there, even though scores of civilians are still sheltering
soviet era playbook. we have examples of filtration camps. wu one of the correctors of the state company he unfortunately had to leave the area in mariupol controlled by russian forces and he was put in a filtration camp. he was interrogated for 32 hours. he was made to sit on a chair for 32 hours. he was questioned about what he knew. any information about how the ukrainian state operates and one final example i have of a middle aged couple from mariupol. they were traveling with a little girl 2 years old. so, they got through the filtration. and somehow, the russians have these lists which tell them who should be interrogated and so on. and they found somehow through these lists that the daughter of the middle aged couple, the eldest daughter working in ukrainian law enforcement.
hard. according to recent u.n. data, nearly two-thirds of the 7.5 million children have been forced to flee their homes. toby bricker joins us. thank you for joining me. i understand you ve been meeting with families of those escaping mar mariupol. give us a sense of what they ve been telling you. we ve been meeting some families arriving at this sort of transit center, where we are positioned. we see families coming from across, not just mariupol when they can, or when the corridors work safely, but also across the southeast. i met a family yesterday who had
whoever leaves their post will be a desserter. that s when another soldier on the recording said, tell them to f off. as the conversation continued they say russia has all but abandoned them. just imagine, they didn t provide a way to retreat. didn t say anything. didn t even bring food. f them. cnn cannot vouch for the authenticity of the recording but ukraine has previously released audio of russian soldiers and russian troops have used unsecured lines of communication according to military openers. as the warren terse the 56th day, new images reveal how the situation in mariupol is getting worse by the hour. bodies piling up from the nonstop shelling and fierce street fighting. human remains lining the streets, some with bullet holes in their backs.