time of salvation and resurrection is looking like this, sheer destruction thcht village near kyiv is bearing the hall mark of russian forces. the town is free, but the same cannot be said of other areas of the country. in mariupol, evacuation areas were thwarted by the ukrainian villagers after russian forces said they were headed for russian-occupied territories. and now, we are seeing that there is a site of mass graves outside of mariupol, and cnn cannot independently verify this. in odesa, a russian strike killed 18 people or i should say injured 18 people, and killed five including a 18-month-old baby who had yet to celebrate his first easter with his parents. a russian general says that russia wants full control of southern ukraine, because it would give russia a land bridge to moldova, stirring up fears of another soviet republic, and now, scott is joining us from sou southern kyiv, and what do we know now of mariupol? it is remaining dire, jim. there is a humanitar
time of salvation and resurrection is looking like this, sheer destruction thcht village near kyiv is bearing the hall mark of russian forces. the town is free, but the same cannot be said of other areas of the country. in mariupol, evacuation areas were thwarted by the ukrainian villagers after russian forces said they were headed for russian-occupied territories. and now, we are seeing that there is a site of mass graves outside of mariupol, and cnn cannot independently verify this. in odesa, a russian strike killed 18 people or i should say injured 18 people, and killed five including a 18-month-old baby who had yet to celebrate his first easter with his
what has been done by the russians in bucha and if they don t feel they can do something out loud because of being scared of for their families, well, okay, but we have daily bombardments while they are silent about what happens in ukraine. the last time we spoke with you a few weeks ago, and at the time you were telling us that when you were leaving to fight, your kids were not told what you were going to do. do they know now, and how are things going for you and your family, and for you specifically? how are things going for you? for me, it is not getting much better. the region of kyiv is liberated from the russian troops th, and there is the air strikes that can be daily bombarded, and so with the family, the kids still don t know what war is, and i
zelenskyy also made clear that he is open to talks with president putin despite the obvious personal risks to himself, and potentially by doing that. so, on the one hand, he is open to talks, and on the other hand, he is still very much trying to beef up his own military capabilities to fend off the russians, and in fact, he announced today, that u.s. secretary of state antony blinken and lloyd austin would be in kyiv tomorrow to meet about what kind of weapons kyiv would need to defend itself from the russian attacks which we now know according to the russian commander who spoke to state media are focusing on the east earn part of the country, and the southern part of ukraine, and much of which has been untouched by russian troops on the ground, and cities like odesa have faced the bombing and the missile strikes like today, but they have not seen anything in the way of russian troops on
the ground. all right. that is going to be significant to see the secretary of the state, and the secretary of defense in kyiv. scott mclean, thank you very much. we will bring in brigadier general and former secretary of state, and what are you seeing here when you hear that the top officials are going to ukraine. that is a significant moment? well, i think that most importantly, it is going to demonstrate not only to president zelenskyy, but the entire country of ukraine, that the united states and the western powers remain firmly behind them. and the physical presence of the secretary of state and secretary of defense means that they are willing to take those potential risks to demonstrate that point. and what do you make of this russian commander spelling out phase two of their strategy, the details aligned with the west assessment, but why would he publicly lay that out, do you