referring to his city now as the new auschwitz, claiming that the city has been turned into a, quote, death camp like those in world war ii. auschwitz, of course, was the largest of the nazi concentration camps located in poland. before this war, more than 400,000 civilians lived in mariupol. we have no idea how many have been killed there or how many have been able to escape. cnn s dana bash exclusively spoke with poland s president earlier today. he said he believes what s happening in ukraine now is also genocide. shows what the goal of the invasion is. the goal of that invasion is simply to extinguish the ukrainian nation. we turn now to senior international correspondent fred pleitgen, who has seen firsthand so many of these horrors up close. fred witnessed those mass graves
million people town on the sea. and now every building there is hit. we don t know we cannot imagine how many casualties are being lost there. but the reality is something. some of our top generals are assessing the war and saying he thinks saying they think that this war might last for years. do you agree with that? and what are your biggest concerns about having to fight in a war that lasts that long? well, mr. putin, he has been very clear about his goal of destroying our statehood, our nationhood. and he is unlikely to give up on that quest, giving up 20 years of his rule. so, the point is that for us, just remember that we have no other nation to go to. we have no other nation to leave to. this is our battle for our
victory. reporter: and the military pay tribute with instruments of both art and instruments of war. we say heroes never die. these people will live forever in our hearts. a spokesman would only say, dozens, when asked how many were killed defending their homeland. spreading now in order to make room for the dead. coming up, how ukrainians who are escaping the war are not escaping vladimir putin s attempt to weaponize them. kyung lah is in poland and talks to retired u.s. lieutenant colonel and ukrainian native alexander vindman. that s next. this magic momomen but heinz knows there s plenty of m magic in all that chaos. so different and so new
to fly around drones and make a nice video. but when the war begun, we become actually a vital part of the resistance. reporter: he sent us hours of video showing his team scoping out russian vehicles, even finding them when they re hidden and almost impossible to spot and then helping the ukrainians hit them. we are eyes. we are called eyes because with eyes you can see and report and as soon as you can see, you can conduct military air strikes. how long does it take to get your information to the right places and act on the intelligence you provide. in good time, it s a matter of minutes. and sometimes a little mosquito can take out a whole herd of elephants. this is drone footage of the unit searching for a massive column of russian tanks and armored vehicles. and this is that column after the drones found it. units like his played a major role fending off russian troops.
is now only coming to light. family members say one of the bodies filmed along a street in bucha this week was 52-year-old mother irina filkina. after raising two daughters, irina had decided to focus on herself in 2022. in february, she signed up for makeup classes. she got the manicure you see here for valentine s day and we re told the heart on her finger represented how she was starting to love herself. when the war broke out, irina helped her daughters cross into poland while she stayed behind to help others. after spending a week feeding people sheltering in a shopping center in bucha, irina tried to get a seat on one of the evacuating cars but there was no room. so she decided to bike home. chilling drone footage taken over bucha in early march and shared just this week appears to capture the moment irina was gunned down by a russian military vehicle. you can see a cyclist believed