belarusian/polish border is a clear threat as well. when you look at that, you look at mol ddova, do you think the conflict where it is now, is at great risk of a sort of meteoric expansion or do you think that risk has diminished. erin, i believe the risk is increasing radically, that what we re seeing in moldova, transnistria, is this opportunity of false flag pretext establishments to bring military action into that region. the forces that may be brought to bear would have to come through some of the most important economic terrain that ukraine has, that odesa is the jewel in the crown here, you know, it s very much a escalating risk right now at the hands of mr. putin. thank you both very much for this conversation. next, inside the sprawling
political leader advise to call it out more often, law enforcement has to engage with communities and they say social communities have to step up and police content more than they do. wolf, a lot has to be done. a lot has to be done, disturbing indeed. thank you, very much, and thanks for our watching. i m wolf blitzer in the the situation room, erin burnett starts right now. outfront next, new fears that putin s war is expanding, explosions rocking ukraine s neighbor and grizzly new tales of russians forcibly removing people from their homes, holding others against their will, bound and tortured, special report ahead. plus, inside the sprawling steel plant where ukrainian soldiers are holed up, called a city under a city, stretched four square miles and is built to be safe from a nuclear sacrattack
evidence of russia s atrocities in ukraine. the mayor of mariupol says that a third mass grave has been discovered near the city. new satellite images appear to show the site, although cnn has not confirmed the mayor s claim. also, moments ago, the united nations say that russian president putin has agreed in principle to allow the u.n. and the red cross to evacuate the civilians from this sprawling steel plant in mariupol where they have been sheltering for weeks now. ukrainian parliament member gurin is with me now. thank you for being back with me. let me start with the discovery of these mass graves. the mayor also said that because humanitarian aid in the city is running low, that the russians are forcing people to work for food and water. your reaction to that and if you can tell us any more about that. around ten days ago, bodies from the streets of mariupol began to disappear. my parents, who was in mariupol,
russian force and trying to capture the city for weeks and they do control most of the area but hundreds of ukrainian troops have been holed up in the sprawling steel plant and much of it is underground. president putin has been accused of refusing to allow them to surrender. we have more from southern ukraine and a warning that her report contains upsetting images. haunting, apocalyptic scenes in mariupol. russia has bombarded this city into near submission. this once home to about half a million people, thousands are believed to have been killed. emergency workers from russia are filmed here, retrieving the dead. moscow has repeatedly denied that its troops are responsible for the mass killings of civilians in ukraine, but mariupol s mayor says some of the worst war crimes
they are expected to vote against this motion. but it is important to note that there is a small portion of the prime minister s own party who have already called on him to step down to resign or to go through with a vote of confidence. we heard yesterday from conservative mp elwood, a former defense minister. he said if the conservatives performed poorly in the may local elections, he wants to see the prime minister put forward a vote of confidence. rosemary? all right. nada bashir, many thanks joining us live from london. this just in. ukraine said it s agreed to a humanitarian corridor with russia for women, children, and the elderly to be evacuated from mariupol in the coming hours. the city, of course, is under siege from russian forces with most remaining ukrainian fighters and many civilians it seems holed up inside a sprawling steel plant there. ukraine s deputy prime minister says a convoy would take those