confirms its objective in ukraine is to take full control of the black sea coast. and establish a land bridge between russia and crimea. ukraine s president warns if that happens, russia s aggression will spread to other countries. mariupol officials say an evacuation column will be attempted again today. it s supposed to get under way right about now. an estimated 100,000 civilians are still inside the battered city. as ukraine s orthodox christians celebrate easter this weekend, ukraine s president he is hopeful against prevailing against russia, here he is. translator: the 58th day of our defense is coming to an end. it ends on good friday, one of the most sorrowful day of the year for christians. the day when death seems to have won. but we hope for a resurrection. we believe in the victory of life over death. and we pray that death loses. britain s ministry of defense says russia has made no major gains in the past 24 hours. its air and sea forces haven t established
this time a massive grave outside of mariupol. officials are pointing to these satellite images showing the ground in one part of the city that s recently been disturbed, and there are claims from a credible source indicating the site has been used to dispose bodies. cnn is still working to independently verify those claims. now, it s estimated more than 100,000 people are trapped there in mariupol, including soldiers and civilians. the deputy prime minister mentioned a short time ago a humanitarian corridor is reopened after a brief delay. officials are trying to evacuate women, children, and the elderly from mariupol. in the meantime the plan now is to take full control of southern ukraine and the eastern donbas region to establish a land corridor to crimea, that area in the southern part of the country that russia annexed in 2014. take a look at this. it s new drone video showing just a scene of utter destruction there in the small village north of kyiv. house after
claims from a credible source indicates a site has been used to dispose of bodies. cn is still working to independently verify these claims. in the meantime russia has revealed a new goal in the military conflict saying the plan is to, quote, take full control of the southern region to establish a corridor. i want to show you here, too, this new drone video. it shows the scene of utter destruction in the small village north of kyiv. house after house. look at it. just flattened. ukraine says the village played a major role in pushing back the russian advance toward kyiv. it s estimated more than 100,000 people are trapped in mariupol right now, including soldiers and civilians. many have taken shelter inside a massive steel factory. ukraine s deputy prine minister announced a human tan corridor is now open to evacuate women, children, and the elderly. one little boy who has been hiding underground sharing with cnn a simple wish. listen to this. translator: i want to see
outside of mariupol, ukrainian officials point to nassau satellite images that show ground in one area has recently been disturbed. they also say claims from one source indicate that the site has been used to dispose of bodies. cnn is working to independently verify those claims. meantime, russia has unveiled a new goal in the conflict, a new strategy. a commander saying taking control of southern ukraine and even donbas region to establish a land block of crimea. there is new credit yo that shows utter destruction in the small village of moschun, north of kyiv. house after house flattened. the ukrainians played a major role in pushing back from the city. 100,000 people are trapped in mariupol including soldiers and sillians. ukraine s deputy prime minister announced this morning, a humanitarian corridor is now open to evacuate, women, children and the elderly. this morning, we are hearing reports of more shelling in the kharkiv region. we re going to bring you up to date w
the southern area especially texas and april. i cannot believe this late in april we re talking blizzard conditions. don t go anywhere. the next hour of new day starts right now. you know, we re always so grateful to have your company here. thank you for taking time for us this morning. it is your new day, saturday, april 23rd, i m christi paul. and i m boris sanchez. christi, always a pleasure to be with you. grateful for starting your weekend with us. suspected mass graves outside of mariupol. ukrainian officials are pointing to these maxar satellite images showing the ground in one area that s recently been disturbed.