immediate medical assistance and then were taken to mariupol hospital for further treatment. but an adviser to the mayor of mariupol has dismissed this. no, no, it s impossible. because i know how many they re controlling now. they don t control our capital. they don t control azovstal. they don t control the half of the livoberenzhyi district and half of tsentralnyi district. and the biggest part in prymorskyi district are controlling by ukrainian troops. we know is that mariupol is a key target for the russian military. if captured, it would create a land corridor between moscow s two fronts in the south and east. and we know that the situation in mariupol is critical. thousands of civilians are trapped there. it s been besieged for weeks,
Blinken said the U.S. could not confirm whether Russia had used chemical weapons in its attack on Mariupol but reiterated that the U.S. had credible information that Russia could do so.
a breakthrough eczema treatment. let s bring in nbc news chief foreign affairs andrea mitchell. thank you for being here. i understand you pressed ned price on two things. chemical weapons false flag that russia seems to be beginning and then this idea that the russia saying they didn t actually bomb the mariupol hospital and the ambassador holding up an image of the hospital still intact. so much pressure on the administration now on a number of fronts as you know. also the fact that they have not declared these were war crimes and 39 countries including the brits and other of closest allies made that determination and there was the statement by the u.n. ambassador yesterday
those countries receiving the refugees and countrys to which the refugees will ultimately move on. todd and carley. todd: apparent hostage situation involving 500 individuals at a mariupol hospital. do you know anything about that? yeah, the word hostage situation, there may be something in the translation, all of ukraine is being held hostage by russian forces right now. there are several hundred people who are believed to be in that hospital in the southern city of mariupol and russian troops are outside the hospital are not allowing peep toll come and go. that is not that surprising in the sense the russian troops
ones to support them through this. we re here to help them overcome all the threats and all the word that they have now in their lives. before i let you go, how could people help? what can we do to help you? spread the word. spread the word about the real situation here in ukraine. videos like once that you re seeing. because this is clearly happening, this is clearly what we re all living through. and we would have to spend a lot of years after this is all over in overcoming consequences both infrastructure lee and also in the lives of people with the way that they build their lives forward. and we are almost out of time. but i did just want to get your reaction on today s news of the mom to be, that we saw stretched away from the mariupol hospital has lost her life and has her baby. both perished. your reaction to that news? that is horrible news. it s the one that probably made us all most horrified in the last weeks or so.