sensely casualties of this invasion. french voters decide their country s future leader. it s an election that could cause a major shift in world politics. welcome to the show, everyone. it s now 9:00 a.m. in ukraine. we re getting a clearer picture of russia s goal in the country. russia s military now confirming it s objective to take full control of ukraine s black seacoast. ukraine s president wants that only to be a prelude to russia envancing into other countries. and key to the russian plan is the city we ve been talking about for a while now, mariupol, where an unknown number of ukrainian trips and civilians are trapped inside a large steel factory. ukraine s prime minister spoke about the dire situation as he met with u.s. officials in washington. have a listen. the situation in mariupol is terrible. this is the biggest catastrophe in this and the last centuries. many dozens of thousands of people may be thousands of peope are died in mariupol. and we will see
and it is planned for 11:00 a.m. ukrainian time. what we ll see today if some of the people can leave. it s only women and children and elderly. and a few hours ago, a video was posted from the basement of the factory where a lot of people are hiding, military and civilians. these are children. 5, 6, 7, 8 years old. when they were asked, what is your dream? they said, our dream is to see the sun. they ve been in this basement for more than a month. riding from rockets. quickly, yeah. for endless and facing endless barrage of rockets. before you go, let me ask you, the russians are not granting a cease-fire for easter. that s what we ve heard. and orthodox easter is happening this weekend.
see the explosion right here. a mother and two young children were killed simply as they ran for their lives. of course, we have seen cease fires broken the last two days in the southern city of mariupol, where an estimated 200,000 people are trapped. they have very little food, they have very little water, and they have no electricity whatsoever. ceasefire according to the russian defense ministry from 10:00 a.m. moscow time. that s in one hour s time. 9:00 a.m. ukrainian time. if any of those ukrainians are able to escape the bombardment they have been living under. president zelensky is increasingly angry with the west for not doing enough in his
let s start with the cease fire. it started an hour ago. what are you learning about whether it s working? that s a critical question. whether it s working. it s been just over an hour. 9:00 a.m. ukrainian time. a humanitarian corridor was established in five key ukrainian cities. including kyiv and kharkiv. russian forces announce this yesterday. saying they will allow evacuations to take place. they were going to observe a regime of silence for a number of hours. to allow families to flee from the critical areas. again the question is how effective will these corridors be? ukrainian authorities have in e yesterday. you showed viewers pictures from sumy. 5,000 people leaving that city. many of them foreign students.
The development came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin s conversation on Wednesday. India has also requested Ukraine to ensure safe passage for Indian citizens stranded in conflict zones.