towns because it s not possible to access their normal cemeteries. they are using essentially backhoes to try to dig out trenches as bury as many people as they can. one other important note today. ukranian officials now say they estimate in the southeastern port city of mariupol which has been the site of relentless heavy bombardment since this war began. they believe as many as 22,000 people could be dead there, wolf. it s important to emphasize that we cannot confirm those numbers. there are no impartial observers on the ground. journalists cannot get into those areas, but, still, a very startling figure. all of which contributes to a sense of grim unease as people in this region prepare for this renewed offensive from russia in the east. wolf? men, women and children, thousand killed in mariupol, and speaking of mariupol, as you know, clarissa, there s new
instances of shelling on monday alone with 600 residential buildings destroyed since the invasion began. civilian evacuations were interrupted on monday by the renewed attacks. kharkiv s mayor says 50 schools, plus medical facilities and hospitals have all been attacked. translator: unfortunately, the shelling is continuous, both in the center part of kharkiv and in suburbs. it just continues incessant shouting and firing. it seems like it has increased towards the evening. and we ve had more air strikes. and it seems like more of them actually hitting a residential blocks and buildings, infrastructure of the city. so basically, the situation is dire. well, the situation is dire
lviv, ukraine. i m hala gorani. the capital city kyiv is now under a 35-hour curfew as cnn s team on the ground as heard air raid sirens and a lot of explosions overnight. many of those russian attacks on kyiv and its suburbs. hit homes and apartment buildings, killing a number of civilians. four people died in the shelling of a western neighborhood in kyiv. and amid the fighting, the prime minister, and this is quite a bold move, the prime ministers of poland, the czech republic and slovenia went all the way to kyiv to meet with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy in the middle of this war. the czech leader says the main purpose was to tell ukraine it s not alone in its fight with russia. and this is video from ukraine s second largest city kharkiv in the east. local officials report 65
the attack swift condemnation and renewed pleas from ukraine s president for a no-fly zone to be implemented. translator: europeans, ukrainians, citizens of mariupol, today we have to be united in condemning this russian war crime in which is reflected all the evil that russian occupants brought to our land. now, the bombing in the southeastern port city came during what was supposed to be a 12-hour pause in fighting to allow civilians to evacuate. mariupol has been pretty much surrounded by russian forces for days with hundreds of thousands of people trapped largely without access to food, water, and electricity. meanwhile, a new round of talks between ukraine and russia will take place in turkey in few hours. ukrainian foreign minister will sit down with his russian counterpart, sergey lavrov.
leaving the city. they sleep on mats their food in jars, their water in bottles. for some, this is the only life they ve ever known. these babies were born in a shelter in the southern city of kherson, and there s a lyricism to life underground. even a bit of drama. actors perform a play about war as a real one rages above. often the bomb shelters are improvised, like here in kharkiv, ukraine s second-largest city. we were there right when the bombs started falling. yesterday, this was a subway station today, the trains have stopped and people have flooded down here seeking refuge and safety they re terrified, and they don t know what s next when veronica woke up to the sound of bombs, she didn t know where to go. she heard about the metro from friends on instagram. are you going to spend the night down here in the subway yeah, i have a child, one boy 1.7 years old, and the sister, 3.5 years old.