welcome back. i m hala gorani, live in lviv, ukraine. our top story, cnn crews in kyiv are reporting a busy night of explosions in the city. they re under a strict curfew until thursday morning. it comes after russian attacks hit at least four residential buildings around kyiv within the space of an hour on tuesday. the city s mayor says several people were killed in the attacks. and we re also getting a new look at the damage left behind in some cities, and it is absolutely breathtaking. this is drone footage from a town in northeastern ukraine where shelling and bombs have ripped open massive craters in the ground and reduced homes to rubble. meanwhile, the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy will address u.s. lawmakers in the coming hours. he s expected to ask them for more help, including additional
displaced ukrainians. you wouldn t know unless someone told you that a city the size of lviv has absorbed 200,000 people. there is tremendous organization and discipline. for instance, alcohol sales are banned throughout the country so people stay sharp and continue fighting. i wonder. this war is not even three weeks old, and this country has organized itself with such discipline. why do you think that is? i think it s the same thing. they are they are acting on the battlefield in logistics, in organizing civilians, in everything you just described. they re acting with grim determination and sober dedication. the russians, they re drunk. putin is drunk with power, and i think half of the soldiers are probably drunk with something else to try to dull the pain, again, of what they know is doomed. it s amazing what humans, what societies can do when it s a matter of life and death. and boy did putin underestimate the ukrainians.
within two days. and the authorities there are already warning about possible delays in reopening those neighborhoods because of the city s increasingly strained testing capacity. that s considered the most lenient approach in this country. but at the end of it, i think the authorities here are aware of the economic impact and also of course they re concerned about the relatively low vaccination rate among the elderly as well as the questions about the efficacy of their vaccines. but the bottom line here is their priority is this communist party national congress later this year. so they want to ensure absolute social stability before that because this year, of course, we are going to see xi jinping, the leader, takes an almost unprecedented third term, paving the way for him to rule to life. before that happens, everything else is secondary. got to have priorities, i guess. steven jiang, thank you, sir. i m john vause, our breaking news coverage returns after the break. you re wat
environmental and public health benefits. today evans was organized today s event was organized by the california urban council that was founded in the 60s. fantastic. thousands of trees. also in stockton, too. all over the state. fantastic. thank you so much for watching. tonight, a dangerous new phase in the war in ukraine, as russia strikes more civilian targets pounding residential buildings, shooting at citizens trying to escape, as more residents in any cities under siege the fiery assault on an air base just outside kyiv as ukraine s president calls for the release a city s mayor ukraine says has been kidnapped. the announcement from the white house today. another $200 million in military equipment going to ukraine as russia warns the u.s., sending weapons to ukraine turns convoys into legitimate targets. a tornado touches down on a florida
molly hunter joins us from inside ukraine. is there any sign people in those cities being targeted by russia are getting any relief reporter: jose, tonight a humanitarian convoy is on its way to the southeastern port city of mariupol, the humanitarian situation there absolutely dire. this convoy filled with life-saving supplies is on its way, and it could arrive as early as tomorrow morning. jose molly hunter, thank you. russia s war is forcing ukrainians to seek safety in bomb shelters and bunkers, even train tunnels tonight, our matt bradley gives us a look at life underground and the small signs of hope beneath the cities under attack reporter: under constant shelling from above, life in ukraine has moved down below for two weeks, this family in kyiv made this their home. we give them a hug, a kiss, we say it will come to an end soon, she says we re staying nearby our house, we re not