for example, in mariupol, where you have the strikes on civilians sheltering in that theater, or in that school he is going to say that this is happening at the hands of these western countries, at the hands of nato and that is no-fly zone needs to go in. we know that that is clearly untenable. we have heard that from nato. and that that is not going to happen. but the question is and i think we can expect him to raise it what is the red line? what is the red line at which nato triggers article five? even if it is not an attack on nato nations, to where it is just such an egregious violation of human rights that something has to be done? that is the tone that zelenskyy is going to try to strike tomorrow. kyle, thank you very much, please continue to stay, safe cal perry there in lviv for us tonight. i want to turn now to a member of the ukrainian parliament. she joins us from kyiv. thank you for being with us and i know it is the middle of the night. you have two hats and on on
astonishing development in just the last 24 hours. it comes, obviously at an opportune moment for the president as he arrives in brussels, changing the dynamic of the negotiations and a possible cease-fire. on the eastern side of the capitol we are talking up here of now we understand that ukrainian forces have actually broken through those russian lines. as you said, actually pushing the russians back some 15 miles on the eastern side of the capital. on the western side of the capitol we understand that they tried a counter offensive but that the west russians dug in and made defensive positions, basically entrenching the positions and then shelling this a billionaire s. that is what we are seeing play out in the eastern part of the country. as you mentioned, mariupol has been under siege now for almost two and a half weeks, a place that has not had power or water or food. it is a place where the government says that they re 100,000 civilians, who are basically trapped underground
us. heavily pregnant and escaping from the wreckage of recently bombed mariupol maternity hospital. a day later in a new hospital and the proud mother of a daughter, veronica. i can only describe it as a terrorist act that is happening daily. i m pamela brown in washington. well to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you are in the cnn newsroom. russia s invasion of ukraine is inching ever closer to the capital there. british intelligence is warning that the bulk of the kremlin s forces is just 15 miles from the kyiv city center. this village or what s left of it is 30 miles to the west. that same relentless bombardment was unleashed across much of the
she was 84 years old. flags have been lowered to half staff at the white house in her honor and her death comes on the day that the u.s. president is arriving in a europe, once again facing war, to meet with nato leaders facing their greatest crisis in decades. her death also comes on the day that her late successor as secretary of state made new allegations of war crimes. secretary of state anthony blinken today announced that, quote, the united states government assesses that members of russia s forces have committed war crimes in ukraine. and making that announcement, blinken specifically cited the russian bombing of two sites in the eastern city of mariupol maternity hospital and a theater that we sheltering civilians and which was clearly marked with the word children in huge letters that were visible from the sky. new drone footage of mariupol she is the absolute devastation from the russian bombardment of that city. this fitted footage was released by the azov battalion,
negotiations, very touch and go, and then they hit the road again arriving here after curfew. now these are mostly kids and women are going to be processed, registered and then will be put on more modern buses and taken into zaporizhzhia, we re just on the outskirts of zaporizhzhia, 25, 30 miles from the closest russian troops. people very frightened indeed, but very, very relieved after what they ve heard and seen on their social media about what has happened recently today, indeed, with the systemic attack on mariupol maternity hospital. but people here, anderson, aric arriving exhausted. the nuclear power station has been a source of constant worry to them over the last couple of days. we ve heard from the international atomic energy authority who said they ve lost contact in all but the slightest communications over cellular networks with the workers there,