it has been tough ever since. we re working as hard as we can to let people know that we are against this war. no russian american i know that i ve spoken to is pro putin, none of the money that we make here goes to the regime. everything is taken out of proportions. vlada, i can see as you re speaking, i can see the pain, i can see the pain on your face, i can hear it in your voices, you re speaking, you re married to a ukrainian. misa, your kids are russian ukrainian and misa, i know the employees there, so many of them have ties to ukraine. i understand that one of the musicians who performed at the restaurant lost a niece last week. is that right? yes. yeah, i came in on friday first thing i ask is how is your family, what s going on.
roots. we went through during the cold war in the we are not pro putin. we are anti-war. we are russian ukrainian jewish americans and we want this to stop, please. absolutely. vlada and misha, thank you, both, so much. it is incredible to hear from you. thank you for being with us. thank you. thank you. more on our breaking news. we re following developments in two ukrainian cities, mariupol, where you probably have seen the images, a hospital hit, a maternity hospital, a children s hospital. we re getting word that russians are bombing a corridor that is meant for civilians to escape. and then in kyiv, heavy fighting is under way around the city. plus back here at home, the highly anticipated inflation report is about to be released any minute now. we ll be bringing you those numbers.
entertain children, the kids welcome the escape from the conflict. i really want to say hello to other children, tonya s 7-year-old daughter vlada says. and i want the war to end quickly. her parents appear haunted, clearly traumatized. tonya gets a call from her mother in mariupol, weeping and saying good-bye because she fears she will not survive the night. ivan watson, cnn, dnipro, ukraine. and if you would like to help people in ukraine who need basic things, like shelter, food, and water, go to cnn.com/impact. you can find ways to help on that page. i will have more from lviv, ukraine, at the top of the hour. but first, let s bring in john vause in atlanta. john. hala, thank you. assessments from both nato and the pentagon claim the russian invasion of ukraine has stalled because the russian military is
i am just so emotional, coming through the border, because there were soldiers asking us if we could buy stuff for their. ..for his brother in mariupol. mariupol, he said, is a deathtrap, but they are still holding out. and he wants us to see.can we buy certain equipment for them. he s just pleading with anybody that they can plead with for his brother. then there is another arrival. 0h, they re here. stowed away are the mother and daughter waiting to get to safety, daria and vlada. vlada, daria. they have been living underground for weeks, taking shelter from the bombing. a contact of mariya s in kyiv pleaded with her to get them away from the war, and they have made it this far. this isjacinta, this is daria. daria will stay in jacinta s home
home is just incredible. tell me how that feels. ijust never thought that i would be. i thought i was going out to help, but i didn t think i would take a lovely child and a lovely mother back, so it s very emotional, yeah. and they re welcome now to your home? oh, my gosh, yes. so much, so welcome, so welcome. she s a lovely mother, she s so attentive to her child and her child has so many medical problems. you just have to help them. you must be looking forward to getting daria and vlada back to your home? yes, i mean this poor mother has been carrying this child for. like, i mean, she has no buggy. we re going out to try and get a buggy for her first thing. daria, like thousands of mothers in ukraine, carried her child across borders to safety.