so now they are trying to come up here in a flanking maneuver, apparently grinding fighting, a long time to move a few feet and some russian forces from kharkiv were quoted by the institute for the study of war as saying oh, my god, there s really fighting going on here, and zelenskyy said this is hell. what s going on? pivot point in ukraine, 100 mile front. russian forces did not expect this amount of artillery and close-in fighting, different around the forests and highways of kyiv. this is where are ukraine has to keep pushing back. they cannot let russia grab the territory. zelenskyy needs a win here if he hopes to move russian forces back beyond the february 23rd line and get them out of the country. john: and putin is trying to get them to push forward the entire time. let s move on to this, this is
ukrainians to escape. ukraine officials who released these images says that has not happened, president putin declaring instead the last fighters holding out at the steelworks should surrender. president zelensky welcomed $6.5 billion in reconstruction funds pledged at an international aid conference in poland yesterday, but speaking last night, his disappointment at the kremlin s continued aggression was clear. translation: currently, russian shelling and - the assault of azovstal does not stop, but civilians still need to be taken out, women, children, many children are still there. just imagine, this is hell and there are children there, more than two months of constant shelling, bombing, constant death nearby. in moscow, putin s soldiers are rehearsing for the annual 9th of may world war ii victory celebrations. capturing at least mariupol
much worse. much worse. if it wasn t for the ukrainian military, we would all be dead. we are experiencing heavy fire like we did experience before. unfortunately, my heart was quiet. we don t know who is safe and who is not. we are under a curfew. martial law and we re told to stay inside because there are several tools here. and we are looking on the ground from our windows to see who is who. yes, there is been a great deal of shelling. i ve been interviewing i interviewed a woman yesterday whose home was destroyed by a russian missile. i m writing a story shortly. this is hell. there are no other words to describe it other than that. what have you been hearing, terrell? what are you seeing, that you
square. as a member of parliament, what are you hearing from your colleagues in that part of the country? this is hell, reality that we are facing a full scale russian invasion trying to destroy our way of life, destroy our people and as we speak, interpretation that we have shelling continuing downtown kharkiv right now. the point is russians see it as a cake walk, deploying everything they have to try and destroy us as a nation, as a people, as a country. we will not let that happen. we will resist with everything we have. what russians have done forever destroy any kind of link, any kind of bond to the nations and we will make them see the reality of what it costs to try and do that. the john: a member of the ukrainian parliament, thank you so much for joining us with the update. hope to see you again very soon. appreciate it. sandra: our best to you,
garden hoses and water from the swimming pool. and near san diego, the valley fire already destroying nearly a dozen homes and outer buildings. and tonight, fierce winds are now fueling those flames. abc s zohreen shah leads us off from the fire lines. reporter: tonight, new evacuations for residents near the creek fire, burning out of control in california s sierra national forest. more than 900 firefighters battling rugged terrain, heavy fuel and high temperatures. this after daring nighttime rescues over the weekend. more than 200 people trapped by flames northeast of fresno. we are completely trapped. there s fire on all sides, all around us. all the roads are burnt. reporter: jeremy remington among those at the mammoth pool reservoir when the fire came out of nowhere. a bunch of us are stranded here and supposedly there s well, we have no cell no phone reception. this is hell, if i don t know what else. reporter: the meek family trying to escape in their vehicle. f