sending humanitarian aid to mariupol and also trying to help evacuation people from after russian forces blocked several evacuation buses and confiscated some of the much needed aid. the humanitarian crisis is dire across the country. according to ukrainian officials, at least 153 children have been killed in the fighting, more than 245 others injured. live in lviv, ukraine, in the west. john, russia at least is saying ukrainian attack which would be remarkable in its own right because russia would be acknowledging ukrainian forces would be able to attack inside their territory. ukraine though, it s interesting, they re a kind of walking a line here. reporter: yeah, i ll address that statement in a second but what we know is this russian fuel depot, we ve seen the pictures on fire inside russian territory. this is just over the border
closely what s happening in the north and what s going to happen just to the east of here and also, we need to remind people that the russian navy has naval warships just off the coast of this port city. so that is obviously a great deal of concern for the residents here as they watch all of this closely and trying to figure out how all of this is going to unfold and the timing of it all. are we talking days and weeks from something that might start pushing toward this area and change the climate here? no question. we ve been showing pictures of tank traps in the middle of the city streets. that s what people have to live with, with fears of the invasion. ed lavandera, good to have you there. be safe. new this morning. the u.s. and its allies are weighing, if they can guarantee somehow security for ukraine in the event that it does forgo, at least for now, pursuing nato membership. what exactly such a security guarantee would look like.