to instill some hope in the american people for the future. but listen. this ukrainian situation is something that has really commanded the attention of the white house not only just intensely for the last week but for the last months. trying to figure a diplomatic situation resolution out of this. but also, trying to make it known that they are not okay with what s happening. so, that is going to be a huge part of the president s speech his first state of the union that he gives in just a few hours from now. michael. all right, jasmine, appreciate the update. jasmine wright there in washington for us. quick break here on the program. but when we come back, as ukraine s second-largest city is shelled, the country s president accusing russia of war crimes. our breaking-news coverage continues after this.
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if the russians thought they could just march into ukrainian lands in a triumphant parade, he tells me, they were mistaken. it will never happen, he says. i mean, look. i mean, a bit of almost a cliche but obviously somebody s brought a memento from home. you know? and now, it s scorched and lying with the debris of their, in this case, failed attack. an attack that s left ukrainian forces who repelled it confident, perhaps overconfident, that victory can be repeated across the country as russian troops advance. absolutely, ukraine will win this war, alexander tells me. of course we ll win. and the russians will rot here, he says. this vehicle here is obviously from the russian military. it s got the letter v daubed
more than 2,500 people have died. in town alone since the russian invasion began. 2,500. moments ago, pentagon press secretary john kirby said it appears russia is broadening its targets into western ukraine. one of the latest examples, cruise missiles launched at a ukrainian military center 12 miles from the border of poland, a key ally. and also, a heart breaking update to a report from last week. a woman in this photograph being carried out of the mariupol children s hospital after a russian strike has now died. efforts to save her baby through an emergency c-section were also sadly unsuccessful. two more of the innocent victims of vladimir putin s unprovoked war on an independent, sovereign country. sam kiley starts us off from kyiv. what do we know about potential damages and casualties? reporter: well, we understand, jake, there was an attack in the west of the city,