these losses to the battle, these moments where they try to save face at home and try to salvage the war. that is why they pulled back to key areas in the east but after, then, the loss of the russian flagship, they are doing things like targeting they are doing things like targeting the viv, like targeting he have to try and display that kind of military might that has been lacking in the last week or so. so we re seeing airstrikes in ukraine s west, north and south. but russia says it s focusing its offensive in ukraine s east namely here the donbas region. ukrainian forces have been fighting russian backed separatists here for the past eight years. but they re now facing an attack from multiple directions. our defence correspondentjonathan beale reports from the frontline. this is now the sight and sound of the donbas. severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia s unrelenting bombardment. we tried to enter to speak to families taking shelter but the thump of artill
anastasia, ludmilla, nina and galina keep each other company through the difficulty and loneliness of this war. they go out to try and find food and water, but the air raid sirens go off so often, they spend most of their day in darkness. translation: my heart hurts. i have hypertension and diabetes. i can t stay here for a long time, as my legs hurt. i need to walk a lot, but i can t. i need to have a good diet, but it s impossible now. next let s turn to the besieged city of mariupol which hasn t fallen yet. it s a port city in the south. if captured, it would create a land corridor between russia and crimea. remember russia illegally annexed crimea in 2014. and this is what it looks like after being surrounded and shelled by russian troops for weeks. it s been described as the worst humanitarian catastrophe of the conflict. here s the ukrainian foreign minister. the situation in mariupol is both dire militarily and heartbreaking. the city doesn t exist any more. the remainings
the strikes the strikes caused the first war time death inside lviv since the invasion started 54 days ago. it injured several people including a child. in the south ukraine is still trying to hold on to the port city of mariupol. amid intense shelling. ukraine rejected a russian deadline to surrender. president zelenskyy told jake tapper in an interview that ukraine will not give up any territory to end the war with russia. translator: ukraine and people of our state are absolutely clear. we don t want anyone else s territory and we re not going to give up our own. our coverage begins with matt rivers live in lviv where the deadly strikes hit overnight. so matt, just tell you what
his flagship and losing generals. clarissa mentioned the counter offensives that are going on. so there is a lot going against putin right now and he may figure out that he s lost. in which case, maybe at that point he might negotiate. but for the ukrainians to negotiate with people who are conducting, perpetrating these atrocities, it is hard to stop. the west definitely has the will to help. but logistically, it is getting very hard to get any equipment into mariupol for them to hold for ukrainian army to hold the city. but i want to talk about what is happening in kyiv. because the ukrainians were able to force the russians to retreat from the capital and now all sorts of countries, spain being the latest, are bringing their embassies back, deeming it is safe. and france, turkey, czech republic, moldova, austria,
in the plainland u.s. 12 test ss so far this year. as many as all in 2020 and 2021. thank you. and back here in the u.s., florida s department of education announcing that the state has rejected more than 50 math textbooks from next year s school clrim lum. and among the critical face theory. this sunday at 9:00 p.m., is the preem of a cnn film, navalny, following the story of a fierce critic of vladimir putin who was poisoned and is now imprisoned in russia. here is a look. hello. [ speaking foreign language ] remarkably vladimir putin