as russian forces continue their battle on the front lines in eastern ukraine, there was a stunning sight in the south of the country last night. here now is cnn s ivan watson. reporter: russian president vladimir putin made a surprise visit to the shattered ukrainian city of mariupol, fresh off an arrest warrant by the international criminal court which has accused-of kidnapping thousands of ukrainian children and taking them to russia. the city of mariupol a year ago was encircled by the russian military and being bombarded from land, sea and air by russian forces. there were tens of thousands of residents hiding in the basements of their apartment buildings, terrified, drinking rain water collected in gutters. i interviewed some of these people as they were shell shocked, fleeing that city and
on the black sea. and also in the kharkiv region. we have the constant air raids on all of the territory of ukraine. you ve seen what a cruise missile can do in lviv. lviv is in western ukraine, which is rather peaceful, but russians are trying to terrorize the whole country and the whole nation. so no one can feel safe. russian troops give the ukrainian troops defending mariupol a that line to surrender, and they ignored it. how much longer can these ukrainian troops there holdout without being re-supplied? what happens of mariupol false? i think they are one of the bravest soldiers and men in the world. those who defend mariupol. but also, we want russians to let civilians leave variable. because right now, and this moment, more than 1000 civilians, children, women, are
we have the constant air raids on all of the territory of ukraine. you ve seen what a cruise missile can do in lviv. lviv is in western ukraine, which is rather peaceful, but russians are trying to terrorize the whole country and the whole nation. so no one can feel safe. russian troops give the ukrainian troops defending mariupol a that line to surrender, and they ignored it. how much longer can these ukrainian troops there holdout without being re-supplied? what happens of mariupol false? i think they are one of the bravest soldiers and men in the world. those who defend mariupol. but also, we want russians to let civilians leave variable.
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is also rising about 15 minutes from where we are now is a little town in earlier they were shoveling heavily thousands of people having to flee, having to cross the bombed out bridge to get a crossbreed trying to get to the relative safety of the capitol, kyiv right where we are now but hell in the capitol remain safe nobody knows. that is because russian forces are increasing the push towards the city. it s thought to be a matter of time until they try to take it. across the country there been besieging other cities as well. put in forces continued to bombard civilians in mariupol a cease-fire had been announced less civilians to evacuate. that fell apart almost immediately as russian forces shelled the safe corridors out. president zelensky had a call with senators earlier today he reiterated he needs more weapons he also tore into what he calls a week nato refuting the no fly zone about russia s military losses. the russian army though it