he describes how ukrainian forces will win. translator: we know why we re here. we know why we defend our country. our guys standing there, fighting russian military forces, they know what they re doing. those goes don t. we know what we re doing. that is why we ll win. reporter: amid continued fighting the united nations says the confirmed number of civilian casualties is just over 350 people. the true number is expected to be much higher than that. unfortunately we re learning according to local reports today, three more civilians died just outside of the city in a place, a small town of 60,000 people. it sits outside the city limits. the civilians tried to evacuate a russian mortar shell, it hit the bridge where civilians were evacuating. is len to what woman said describing the war in her hometown yesterday. it s a real war.
civilians. putin going for almost a psychological aspect of this as well as a military aspect. yeah, for sure, and i will tell you, it breaks my heart to see this. many times i ve been in ukraine, i ve been in these cities and what vladimir putin is doing is a scorched earth strategy, he did it in aleppo, he s trying to destroy the will of ukrainian citizens to fight, so many regular citizens has been picking up arms and he wants to destroy their will to fight, decapitate the government and take control. john: there was this incident in irpin over the weekend, people were coming southeast across this bridge that was blown by the ukrainians so russian forces could not get across it and right in front of this church here some sort of a shell, looked like to me like a mortar shell landed, killed four people, a mother, two children and a friend travelling with them. we have this picture of the
russia is clearly targeting civilian areas as you can see in that report. today there are talks taking place for the third time between the russians and the ukrainians. for those significant developments are not expected. harris? trey, thank you very much. russia s illegal war in a sovereign nation is ushered in a disturbing new chapter. we want to warn you that the following images are graphic. we know loved ones are sometimes home during the day so we will usher a moment while they a mother and her two children immediately killed after being hit by a mortar shell while trying to flee the city. they are suitcases and a pet carrier scattered near them. ukrainian show tell mike soldiers rushed to try and save the man, but he also later died. troops covered their bodies with blankets. the city s mayor said four others were also killed.
shell landed and she was killed instantly. and she s buried in the back yard. they can t evacuate the bodies so the neighbors just buried her. thank you. and please continue to stay safe there for us. thank you so much, igor. 500 million more dollars in direct aid to the ukrainians. president biden promised that wednesday to president zelenskyy. but how far will it go? will congress try and do more? if so, what? i ll talk about that with the house republican next. are rethinking the choices they make like the splash they create the entrance they make, the surprises they initiate. otezla. it s a choice you can make. otezla is not a cream. it s a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable. don t use if you re allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression.
we saw a little bit of evidence this morning in a residential neighborhood of a mortar shell that hit last night. and according to the authorities here, just in that neighborhood, there was something like 34 casualties and 7 deaths. that s just in one sunday afternoon in one residential neighborhood. so people in this, the second city of ukraine, are really concerned, a, about what their fate might be as russians redeploy and move from kyiv. b, they don t want to be victims from what we see unfold in the areas of russian occupation around kyiv now that they are retreating from there. and the full more errors are being demonstrated. so here about a third of the population has fled, according to local authorities. there is practically no business that we can see here at all. maybe some gas stations. but unlike kyiv, it hasn t even come back to normal in small areas. there aren t restaurants or caves that we have been able to