from other places outside of ukraine and in fact from outside russia. this as a desperate attempt to flee mariupol is again blocked by russian forces. the red cross says a team helping with evacuation efforts is being held about 12 miles west of the seaport city where as many as one hundred and thirty thousand are believed to be trapped there, cut off from food, water and electricity. and the un s humanitarian chief is meeting with russian officials in an effort to secure humanitarian cease fire in places like mariupol. although no word yet on whether that s producing any progress. very tough. you, griff, back to you. in moments as grif was saying, the speech that is certain to garner much attention on the world stage tuesday later today in ukraine, vladimir zolensky will deliver his heartfelt words before the un security council just one day after confronting a wartime atrocity along the streets of buka, which is
humanitarian chief met on monday with russian officials in an effort to secure a humanitarian cease fire in areas like mariupol. no word yet on whether that produced any significant progress. trace grif. i m wondering what the people of ukraine, the people that you talk to on a day to day basis are saying about russia saying that these images, these atrocious images are all staged by the ukrainian people? well, it s certainly been a shocking and start chilling effect on the ukrainian people here because for our viewers to give a little context, buia is a suburb where many worked in kyiv. it s just like any american city where say outside of los angeles or outside of new york or washington, you had middle class families that had private homes drove their cars back and forth commuting to work every day. this was a quiet area that has now been just devastated, greeted with such horrific incidences of atrocities
pushing some of these russian troops away from key or at least, you know, pushing them, making them go away from kyiv and the thought they might come back . i was interested because we have been talking so much about bukha grif, you know, and you go online and you look at these videos, it s this great little small town outside of key. they ve got burger joints and ice cream places and these wonderful summer festivals in these great parks in the summer. and you look at all these pictures of atrocities there and it really is just heartrending. and you feel for the people of these regions having to watch this and go through this on a day to day basis. that s right. and bujar, which is known as a great suburb of kyiv now will be known for something far worse in the history books will record. it is one of the atrocities of this modern era. yeah, you know what s what s interesting to grif and we ve only got a little bit of time left, but it s interesting to me because you read these polls an