our army showed us who we are. we have been able to see who are people. on day four, we started getting people captive. we have not been torturing them. we remained humane. even on day four of this terrible war. on day five, terror against us was going on against children, against cities. constant showings have been taking place. around the country, including hospitals, and that did not break us. that gave us a feeling of victory. on day six, the russian rockets
on day four, we started getting people captive. we have not been torturing them. we remained humane even on day four of this terrible war. on day five, the terror against us was going on against children, against cities, and constant shelling have been taking place. around the country, including hospitals. and that didn t break us. and that gave us feeling. of big truth on day six. the russian rock raets fell on the place where the nazis killed thousands of people during the
curfew. further east, near the hard hit city of kharkiv, a drone camera captured what has become the complete destruction of this town. huge craters, huge, created by russian shelling. in mariupol in the south, officials say russian forces are holding people captive. where? at a hospital. this as thousands of civilians there are still hoping, struggling to escape the city. officials say more than 3,000 cars were able to get out of the city of zaporizhzhia, but now that city has come under new russian fire for the first time. there are signs of russian forces weakening. the uk defense ministry says the kremlin is calling in military reinforcements from as far afield as the eastern part of the country to replenish the losses. and ukraine says at least three russian military helicopters blown up during a military strike on the airport in the town of kherson in the south. the ukrainian president
already are. the statements you saw from the moon administration, are trying to figure out what the president means this is not the kind of stuff you want from your allies when you re in a negotiation together. i want to ask you about leverage in a second. for people who haven t seen the north korea tweet from the president. we re talking about north korea, a dictator who holds people captive, murders them in these prison camps, starves his own people. yet on twitter, have you the president tweeting that north korea has brilliant potential lindsay ford? brilliant potential. yeah, kim jong-un i think has walked away in this whole situation over the last few months with so much stronger of a hand than he had before. what does he want at the end of the day? he wants ledgitimacy at the word stage. the reality is, the president is helping to give him that. he s offering him a platform to look like he s on equal footing with the united states.
drama. a self-proclaimed muslim cleric, apparently inspired by isis, holding 17 people captive in downtown sidney, australia. it all came to an explosive end with a series of flash grenades and a barrage of bullets. the gunman and two hostages are dead. we re covering all angles of the breaking news with our correspondents, our guests. full coverage coming up this hour. cnn s anna coren in sidney has the latest. reporter: police storm a cafe in sidney, australia filled with hostages held for nearly 17 hours. stun grenades are thrown into the building. gunfire erupts and the battle lasts for almost five minutes. through the windows, flashes of gunfire and stun grenades exploding. hostages can be seen fleeing the cafe in groups. one man runs forwards police