presidential runoff. we ll look at who the candidates are and what issues are on voters minds. we re tracking developments in ukraine where the area around the capital, kyiv, was rattled by a series of explosions a short time ago. military officials say air defenses worked on enemy targets and that so far there have been no fires or casualties reported. officials are also urging people to stay in shelters. the blasts happened a day after president volodymyr zelenskyy went to odesa, mykolaiv, and visited residential areas hammered by russian artillery and missiles. he says ukraine will not yield any territory in the region. translator: we will not give away the south to anyone. we will return everything that s ours, and the sea will be ukrainian and safe. meanwhile, thick smoke rose over the separatist-held city of donetsk saturday after images appearing to show incoming artillery. the mayor says civilians were hurt and several city blocks were damaged. cnn s salma abde
dnipro region, a nearby region. ukraine now already has a very large problem with fuel supply, and that means that again there will be a huge deficit and people will not be able to use their cars. and this problem will increase in the upcoming days. maria, the report from amnesty international accuses russia of war crimes in its attempts to capture kharkiv. realistically what will this amount to? kharkiv was all the time number one target for russia. because it s the second-largest city of ukraine. and it is very close to the russian border, only 40 kilometers away. so even if the russian troops are pushed back to the territory of russia, they will be able to shelter there. and they were doing so. they have deployed their
launches new missiles from the territory of russia onto ukraine. and some of them hit the target, like it happened today in dnipro region. some of them will be shot down by the anti-aircraft systems. but we need these weapons to stop this offensive or at least to stop some kind of aggression. it will allow ukrainian troops to push russians further into the territory of russia and further from ukrainian territory. maria, we certainly appreciate your time, speaking to us, and offering us this very personal insight into what is happening in your country. many thanks for joining us. thank you. we ve been telling you about the looming food crisis caused by russia s blockade of ukrainian ports. about 22 million tons of grain is now stranded in ukraine, which means according to u.n.
father s grave. in its report amnesty says the attacks documented were explicit violations of the geneva consequences which prohibit attacks on nonmilitary targets, as well as the intention altar getting of civilians. joining me now is maria adibya, security expert and resident of kharkiv. maria, great to have you with us. the amnesty international report accuses russia of indiscriminate attacks on your home city of kharkiv using internationally banned cluster munitions and scatterable land mines. firstly, tell us about the human toll and impact that it has had on kharkiv. that was what russia was doing constantly since the beginning of the war, since 24 february. there was not a single day when russian troops were not shelling the city. and according to the latest