nearby fields. a bridge there also destroyed. dense cloud cover has prevented most satellites from capturing ground images over the past few days. to the south, russian forces are finally in control of a key ukrainian city with the fall of kherson marked in red on the map here. officials there say fierce fighting left dozens dead. in the northeastern city of kharkiv, russian strikes hit at least three schools tuesday. there have not been any sessions since the invasion began and there has been no word on casualties at this point. a new round of talks between russia and ukraine could begin in the coming hours. the russian delegation says it s already arrived in belarus. no word from the ukrainian side. america s top diplomat heading back to europe for meetings with nato. the u.s. president has accused vladimir putin of trying to create divisions but says that will not work. they re alone, and they did what they did in my view because he thought he could split nato, split europe, and s
another into russia. the capture of kherson has raised concerns for those living in nearby odesa. nick paton walsh is there with the latest developments along the black sea coast. reporter: it does appear a sea change has happened in the city of kherson. it s strategic because of where it sits, on an inlet from the black sea. but it appears that after days of seeing videos of russian troops circulating in the town, armored vehicles on freedom square, at one point confronted by one man waving the ukrainian flag, seeing russian soldiers moving shopping carts around full of goods, presumably looted, and also leading away local men at gunpoint, that there s been some sort of arrangement made between these russian soldiers and the ukrainian administration of that town. its mayor posting on facebook a statement in which he didn t mention russian forces by name but said armed men had been to
allowed to actually access the zones and the people most in need right now in ukraine. is there any indication at this point that the russians may not allow to you have access to the areas which they control? we are in talks with all parties concerned to be able to access those regions. we also call on everyone to give safe passage to civilians who want to flee the area as well they are in. this is an obligation for the parties under international humanitarian law, to facilitate humanitarian work but also to facilitate safe passage for civilians who want to get out of zones heavily affected by violence. we should make the point here, because it s very important, that we re talking about millions, millions and millions of people who are impacted, who have had their lives destroyed. in a couple of cases, they ve died. but there are families now who
have experienced logistics and sustainment challenges, challenges that we don t believe they have fully that they fully anticipated. and, three, they are getting resistance from the ukrainians. ukraine is trying to hold off a russian attack on its second largest city, kharkiv. ukrainian emergency officials say the center of the city was pounded with massive shelling and bombing on wednesday. over the past several hours, videos and photos on social media show the city s assumption cathedral has been damaged along with at least three schools. cnn s fred pleitgen reports from just across the border from kharkiv. reporter: from my vantage point on belgorod, across from that major battlefield in kharkiv, it seems as though the russian military seems to be intensifying their campaign to take kharkiv. one of the things we ve heard in the past couple of days was jets in the air. there seems to be a lot of activity by the russian air