east. the grinding battle for severodonetsk, is crucial to russia s plan to obtain control over the region. russia now controlled most of the city and plans to cut it off completely in the coming days. fighting has raged there for weeks, with russian forces unleashing the full might of their artillery power to try to pummel the city into submission. ukrainian officials say russian schelling also caused a fire at a chemical plant in the city, and hundreds of civilians are still sheltering. in his nightly address, ukraine s president pleaded with western allies to send more heavy weapons to counter those russian attacks. reporter: today is the 109th day of a full scale where war, but it is not the 109th war as we tell our partners. ukraine needs modern missile systems. the supply of such systems was possible this year, last year,
still, ukraine s president says more than 100 people, including women and children were able to leave the steel plant after a period of calm allowed the operation to move forward. by sunday night, schelling had resumed where it is estimated hundreds of civilians are still trapped. meantime, ukraine s prosecutor general says that new cases have been opened in connection with alleged war crimes by russian forces. she says that today there are more than 9000 criminal cases and at least 15 suspects have been identified, including 10 in bucha they were told about in the last two days. russia s defense ministry releasing this video. they say at the shows a high precision missile, the same kind that russia says it used to destroy weapons near adesa. they said that russian responses knocked out a runway
from ukraine, danjohnson sent this report. for ukrainian homes are coming under fire. schelling has intensified in kharkiv than across the east of the country but intelligence assessments say the russians aren t gaining much ground. still, the ukrainian president is warning of the fight he believes is to come. translation: the russian invasion of ukraine was intended as only the beginning. then they wanted to catch other countries. of course, we will defend ourselves as long as necessary to break this ambition of the russian federation. ~ . ., , ., federation. ukrainians are fighting back. they claim federation. ukrainians are fighting back. they claim this federation. ukrainians are fighting back. they claim this shows - federation. ukrainians are fighting back. they claim this shows one i back. they claim this shows one russian helicopter evading attack by
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i m doing and they ll make. he adds that their task is to fight for the printable s of democracy while also fighting for the right to choose a civilized society. back to you. they were knocking down the doors. he opened it up and was killed. one of the soldiers asked, why did you do it, and the reply was he was talking too much. schelling, house is shaking. people you know get shot in front of you. men didn t go out at all. we didn t let them because we saw bodies of men on the street. men, men, men. all killed and tortured people, shot at close range with their arms and legs tied. some were blindfolded. they re in the end are six people shot and burned altogether. shannon: more first-hand account tonight of the horrible toll of the war on the town of bucha. on the ground in ukraine