scenes of horror for passengers on board a brooklyn subway train. we have the latest on the shooting that left a dozen injured and man hunt now under way. i'm john vause live in lviv, ukraine. the u.s. president joe biden accusing russia of committing genocide. russian troops prepare for an offensive in the eastern donbas region. police are looking for the man who opened fire on a crowded new york city subway train. authorities say the gunman fired off 33 rounds during tuesday morning's rush hour commute. hitting at least ten people. no one was killed. police are looking for this man who they have identified as a person of interest. not a suspect. 62-year-old frank james. believed to have rented a u haul van that could be linked to the shooting. the keys were found along with what police say were the shooters belongings. we will have much more on the story in just a moment. first, we want to bring you the latest on russia's war in ukraine. right now the presidents of poland and the baltic states on the way to kyiv. to meet with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. this comes as ukraine braces for a new russian offensive in the east. ukraine military reported heavy fighting in the central region on tuesday. officials in kharkiv say antipersonnel mines litter that area. in particular civilian areas. and in the besieged port city of mariupol. estimated 22,000 people have died there since this war began. on tuesday, the u.s. said it couldn't confirm if a chemical attack had taken place in ukraine in particular in mariupol. but warned russia may be willing and ready to deploy chemical weapons. meantime a ukrainian deputy prime minister just announced there will be no evacuation corridors open on wednesday. she accused russian troops of blocking buses and violating cease fire agreements. this comes as the russian president vladimir putin says peace talks are at an impasse and the war will go on. >> we have again returned to a dead end situation. for ourselves and for all of us. the military operation will continue until its fully completed. and the objectives that were set at the beginning of the operation are achieved. >> also learning that u.s. is expected to deliver hundred of million of dollars in new security assistance to ukraine. this comes as u.s. president biden ramps up his rhetoric on the war. >> i called it genocide. because it's become clear and clearer that putin is trying to wipe out the idea of being able to be ukrainian and the evidence is mounting. we'll let the lawyers decide whether or not a it qualifies. it sure seems that way to me. >> senior u.s. defense official believes russia still has about 80% of the combat power in amass before the invasion began. the ukrainians continue to pass expectations with the level of resistance. their level of resolve is easy to see in one small farming town. >> one look at the massive craters in the small ukrainian town near mykolaiv. and it's not hard to imagine the horror inflicted by russian forces bombing this neighborhood. the mayor brought us here. he says the russian plane that dropped the bomb circled over these homes several times. before unleashing the explosive attack. this is a simple peaceful town, he says. with ordinary people. no military. farming is what we do here. to feed the country and the world. >> there was a 70-year-old man in this house peeling potatoes. when this bomb struck. what happened to him? >> god decided not to take him away. he tells me the man survived. for more than a week in march, this little town of 12,000 people fought off the russians any way it could. town counsel member put out a facebook plea that if anyone knew how to fire a cannon. race out to help. a humble force of 100 people pushed the russians out. more than 170 buildings damaged. the charred wreckage was left all over town. but the mayor tells the story of one fighter who became an instant legend. a 78-year-old man who was told he was too old to fight. instead he made a molotov cocktail and threw it at at russian artillery system. blowing it up. we asked to speak with the man. we're told by city officials that they're protecting his identity. to keep him safe. the town might have won the battle, but this war never ends. he's now a front line refuge for thousands of ukrainians hoping to escape. every day at this church, buses drop off refugees. fleeing russian occupied areas just a few miles away. she left the city after enduring weeks of bombardment with her two children and nieces. >> they break into peoples homes every night. drag people out. beat them up. my neighbors were beaten up. they're still alive thank god. they are probably doing that to scare people. so they are always in fear. >> it was horrible. every day people are going crazy. to be honest. it's intolerable. the children, the tension is terrible. we don't know if you wake up alive. >> escaping alive is a dream. as we found closer to the front lines. the nearby village has endured weeks of shelling. you can see the munition and the shrapnel. you can see the building over here peppered with holes. as we meet with the village head man, it's clear the fighting isn't over. they are firing. he says. he tells us russians fired cluster artillery at a group of young people charging their phones. in this spot. they do it on purpose so people panic, he tells me. >> we understand there was a refugee 17-year-old who came here trying to escape and she was killed? >> lydia. she couldn't escape the russian strikes. a young woman trying to reach us. her mother says she was studying food production and shared these photos. so her daughter cannot be forgotten. >> inside the war room, council member shows us the calendar where they marked the days of war. when the war started, our life was divided. he tells me. there's before and after. we mark every day we survive this battle. >> right now the russian army is regrouping and expected to attack again from the east. we are 25 miles away from the front line. how concerned are you that the russians are going to be able to get back here? >> the mayor says we are not concerned. our country is good at two things, making bread and fighting. if we need to fight, we all rise up and fight. if we don't need to, we grow bread. right now, the town remains on the front lines. giving families a way to catch a bus and leave the war behind. more now on the man hunt in new york city for the gunman who opened fire on a crowded brooklyn subway car tuesday. police say ten people were shot and 13 others were injured in the scramble to get off the train. everyone thankfully survived. police have identified the man you see here as a person of interest. because he's believed to have rented a u haul van whose keeps were found at the scene. he has not been named a suspect. meantime, a survivor who says he was sitting next to the shooter is hospitalized with a gunshot wound. he spoke with cnn earlier from his hospital bed. and described what happened. >> i see black smoke. and that's when i got hit. i didn't think it was serious until i got off the train. i pulled my pants down and the size of a quarter gushing out blood. i lost so much blood. >> it was -- where did the bullet hit? >> if you see here, i'll demonstrate on the other leg. right here, so the bullet went through the back of the knee and came out over here. it's the size of quarter over here. >> juliette is a cnn national security analyst and joining me now from cambridge, massachusetts. always good to have you with us. >> thank you for having me tonight. >> a man hunt is under way for 62-year-old frank james. who police call a person of interest. not a suspect. despite his photograph fitting the exact description of the brooklyn subway shooting suspect and police are asking for help from the public. so, what does all this tell you? >> right. it does seem complicated. let me try to explain it sort of the police talk that you most americans saw happening today. there's a reason why they didn't call mr. james a suspect. they might have a reason to believe that there might be others involved. possibly a third party. a third person. also that they want to protect the prosecution which is going to follow. so if they call him a suspect already, that case they might fall apart and find someone different. they're going to muddy up what should be a clear cut case. so it seemed confusing they said we have a person of interest and a suspect. and we don't know whether they're the same person. that is very perpf purposeful t protect the prosecution. long story short, within 20 hours of the incident, they have got a name and a person of interest. they are on a man hunt and got the truck. this thing will end relatively soon. it's not going to be a long term investigation. >> interesting. of course what we know so far is after putting on a gas mask, and throwing gas canisters or smoke canisters inside the train, the subway shooter fired 33 times. hitting ten people. thankfully his gun jammed. security cameras at the station were not functioning. of course there's smart phone video available to police to help them find the shooter. they have linked frank james to the u haul vehicle. that was rented under the credit card that was dropped near the scene of the shooting. what procedure will they need to follow to ensure that they do actually get the person? the shooter at the subway. >> this is where extraordinary events can seem normal. this is going to seem like a normal criminal investigation. especially if there's no allegation of a foreign terrorism tie. which the police has been clear they're not doing this as terrorism. nor if they thought there was an ongoing threat. this will be putting the peas pieces of the physical evidence together. it is clear that this police have a sense of who he is. because they have ruled out what we call a terrorism investigation. which would be one that is motivated for political purposes. this maybe someone that was dealing with mental health issues or other issues related to why the police would rule out terrorism this quickly. so as i said extraordinary events, scary events. events that terrorize. there's no question about that. will look pretty familiar through the criminal justice process and then there will be a prosecution and a determination of if there's a conviction. this is a case that will not reach sort of epic proportions in terms of how we think about safety and security in the country. because it's unlikely to be politically motivated. and because of all the investments new york made in safety and security and most importantly the response capacity, this really was a situation that could have gone from horrible to catastrophic. and actually result in no death. that in my world that's a success story. it really is. >> i agree. thank you so much for joining us and sharing analysis with us. we appreciate it always. >> thank you. just ahead, the cost of war on both sides and how the conflict in ukraine is having an impact on the global economy. we'll be joined by one of president zelenskyy's economic advisers. stay with us. unlike ordinary memory supplements, neuriva plus fuels six key indicators of brain perfrforman. more brain performance? 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president zelenskyy. here in ukraine. thank you for taking the time to speak with us. world bank says ukraine economy are contract by 45%. a direct result of the war. the russian economy will contract by 11%. is that alone is that a clear indication that western sanctions on moscow are just not cutting it? >> i would say that yes, you are right. some sanctions are working, some are not working. and more over the most critical sanctions which we were expecting should be employed by the western world. still not employed. and i'm talking about basically oil. russians have $1 billion u.s. daily. from the oil. they have enough cash to buy missiles and buy bombs and continue to destroy our city. our infrastructure. kill our people and rape our women. this is what we see all over the country. >> we mean russian natural gas as well. which is heading to europe and especially germany. according to the world bank forecast, the war is having a devastating impact on human life and causing economic destruction in both countries. ukraine and russia. and will lead to significant economic losses in the europe and central asia region. and the rest of the world. so the bottom line here is that this war of choice, by vladimir putin, the world should realize the economic hardships being felt in the weeks and months to come can be sourced back to the actions of just one man. vladimir putin. the problem it seems is that message is not getting out. >> yes, exactly. look, now the whole world is experiencing a significant economic as well. ukraine is not a able to do this or campaign. it's true more than 5 million of our people are now refugees. outside of our country. and we still need to make social payments to them and the world accepting our refugees is also have costs to cover. for our people. look, everybody is suffering except russia. russia is going to decline only 10, 15%. this is the price they have to pay for this war? no, no, no. we have to continue. sanctions could go further. that's why u.s. and gas em boar goe as well. i'm in favor of that. let's do the first step. let's cut off them from the bloody money. oil is 40% of their budget revenue. 40% of their budget revenue. they're spending this money not to support the economy. they are spending this money to buy weapons and military equipments to kill our people. and rape our women. and to kill our children. this is what they're doing. we have to have a consensus. we have to stop financing the russian federation. i don't know what else should be shown to european leaders to follow the idea of embargo. after bucha, after the mass murder in bucha, after the station where more than 50 people were killed including five children, after chemical weapons which were used a couple days ago in mariupol. now after president biden was calling the war in ukraine as genocide. and everybody here in ukraine believed it's genocide. what else should be done? in order to cut off russian military machine. out of the bloody money. we need -- >> good question. if not now then when. how much worse does it have to get before the world decides to do something serious. right now, let's assume vladimir putin is stopped here in ukraine. that the ukrainian fighters can rid this country of every last russian soldier. what does the rest of the world then owe ukraine? for doing that. >> look, first of all, we lost our people but we lost our assets. if after the first week of the war, approximately our estimate was that we were losing around $100 billion u.s. after the first week. the cost of invasion grew. and now our latest current estimates according to to prime minister is around $1 trillion u.s. this is the amount of money which we will be needed in order to rebuild our economy. and if the war is stopped immediately, right now, otherwise the price tag is going to increase again. so basically, we're expectctctg have access to the at least $300 billion u.s. for asset of russian central bank. plus, we are we have 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say were the shooters belongings. tuesday morning attack began with smoke grenades before a gunman opened fire. cnn has more on the shooting and the urgent man hunt under way for the man responsible. >> it happened during the morning rush. aboard a busy new york city subway train in brooklyn. shots rang out and smoke filled the car. witnesses say -- >> people were screaming for medical assistance. it was a scary moment. >> law enforcement arrived within minutes. >> an individual on the train, donned what appeared to be a gas mask. he took a canister out of his bag and opened it. the train at that time began to fill with smoke. he then opened fire, striking multiple people on the subway and in the platform. >> ten shot, five in critical but stable condition. many more people injured. according to the police. blood on the floor of the subway station. >> we were stuck on the train. about to get to reach the stop. and then thank goodness the train moves within a minute. i don't know what could have happened if we were stuck there for longer. >> a gun multiple high capacity magazines, fire works and gun powder have been recovered in the station law enforcement sources say and believe the gun jammed during the shooting. a motive for the attack remains unknown with the suspect still on the loose. >> he's being reported as a male black, approximately 5'5". with a heavy build. he was wearing a green construction type vest. and a hooded sweatshirt the color is gray. >> they investigated a u haul van with arizona license plates in connection with with the shooting. new york mayor in isolation recovering from covid-19 told cnn it's too early to dismiss the subway attack as not terror related. >> this is terror of someone attempted to terrorize our system. they brought in what appears to be some form of smoke device, they discharged a weapon. and so, i don't want to be premature. this was or was not. at this time the investigators will do their due diligence to properly 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the russians have come up with a new tactic. to ensure the devastation of their attacks last far beyond first impact. lieutenant is the head of the bomb disposal team. >> the mines explode by themselves. and cause damage. the elements can detonate between three and 40 hours later. we have to detonate them remotely. to avoid damage to the population. >> there are unexploded mines all over this area. so they can't get too close. what they do is they wrap pla plastic explosives arnds a wire. link it to a detonator. that is placed next to the unexploded ordnance. and retreat, then they blow it up. a brutal new tactic leaving death to lie in weight for unsuspecting civilians. >> the russian president vladimir putin continues to defend the brutal war in ukraine. and vowed to press on until his own personal mission accomplished. during a news conference with the belarus president, he said talks with ukraine have reached a dead end. and this war will go on. cnn following developments live from london. we hear there's been push back by the russians. on this claim coming from the united states about the potential use, likely use of some kind of chemical weapons attack here in ukraine by russian forces. >> yeah, this has come out in the last couple hours by the twitter account of the russian embassy in washington. they are denying the unconfirmed report of a potential chemical attack. on the port city of mariupol. an important strategic objective for russia. as the war continues. idle talk by who held a briefing yesterday and said the u.s. is concerned russia might use chemical weapons. calling it prove kative and disinformation. one part of the statement is worth noting is they say the information confirmed but the russian defense ministry on the preparation of provocation by ukrainian radicals with the use of chemicals is disturbing. and we have questions about the origin of the substances. i want to high lagt that section. the fears that emerged previously during the 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(soft music) ♪ welcome back. ukrainian deputy prime minister has announced there will be no humanitarian corridors today. she accuses russian forces of violating the cease fire. and says they blocked the evacuation buses in the region so that civilians could not escape areas of fighting. 3,000 people were evacuated from parts of southern and eastern ukraine on tuesday. across the country, more than 7 million people have been displaced. and according to the un, more than 4.6 million have fled ukraine since russia invaded nearly seven weeks ago. cnn is covering the refugee crisis from near the ukrainian poland border. she joins us now. good to see you. what is the situation there right now for so many refugees? >> i'm at the pedestrian crossing. i'll start walking and you can get a sense of the space. behind me is the actual crossing. people go through the passport check and paper work, they're rolling their bags. only what they can carry. you mention the humanitarian corridors, oftentimes it might take a few days to of course people fleeing by the humanitarian corridors wind up here on the border. i'll show you what greets them. a medical tent and troops and soldiers. helping people with bags and greeting families and taking their bags off of them. you can see this is a cell phone station. if you need to call your family back in ukraine, if you need to charge your cell phone, you can do that here. this whole little area i'm walking, it's full of tents that provide these types of services. yes, food and medicine and doctors. if that's what you need. also place to sit down or pampers or baby clothes. whatever supplies a family might need to get through a few more days. at the end of this station is buses. those buses will take people to train stations or a refugee center. if that's what they need to do for a few more days. i'll show you you can see this little tent has balloons set up and kids toys. so there's a sense here that these volunteers and these are volunteers from all over the world, they really want to be able to give kids a especially a moment of respite. a tent they set up lollipops and juices. these volunteers will be answering questions best they can. so this is the arrival that greets the families when they get here. you have over two and a half million refugees now in poland. you're talking about the second month of this crisis. and people need help. they need assistance to continue to support the families. the polish president and leaders of other baltic states are on the way to kyiv and will meet with president zelenskyy and you can be sure that will be at the top of the agenda. how do we get more support to continue to help these millions of refugees now spread out across the countries. >> yeah, it's so true. poland is really stepped up here and it needs the rest of the world to help look after all the refugees. many thanks for taking us on that tour. appreciate it. humble and contrite. britain prime minister takes his punishment for breeching covid lock down rules. we're live in london with new details on the party gate scandal. pack at your pace. store your things until you're ready. then we deliver to your new home - across town or across the country. pods, your personal moving and storage team. - [narrator] as you get ready for what's next, custom gear from custom ink can help make the most of these moments. we've developed new tools to make it easy for you. custom ink has hundreds of products to help you feel connected. upload your logo or start your design today at customink.com "peace of mind." such a big, beautiful idea. and for us at booking.com this means - free cancellation on most bookings. it's a bit functional. but we'll gladly be functional. so you can be free. booking.com booking.yeah i don't just play someone brainy on tv - i'm an actual neuroscientist. and i love the science behind neuriva plus. unlike ordinary memory supplements, neuriva plus fuels six key indicators of brain performance. more brain performance? 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what might be the ramifications of that and is there more to come? >> there will be certainly frustration and anger as we have seen over the last few weeks. and months over the fact that the prime minister not only directly implicated in the scandal but now fined as you said there a low amount. something like a parking ticket here in the uk. it's not so much the financial cost that is a concern perhaps for the government. but the reputational damage the prime minister has suffered and of course we heard from the police. the investigation into the gatherings the parties that had taken place at 10 downing street and government building ts is ongoing. there could be more fines to come. so that will be a concern. we know some details around the actual gathering which has caused the prime minister to receive this fine. there were numerous gatherings reported over the christmas period and the prime minister taking part in a christmas quiz. we saw him taking part in a garden gathering with colleagues. this of course in june 2020. that brief birthday gathering that took place in his cabinet office. he says he wasn't aware he was breeching the regulations. take a listen. >> ameteorthe day that happened birthday, there was a brief gathering in the cabinet room shortly after 2:00 p.m. lasting for less than ten minutes. during which people i work with kindly passed on their good wishes. and i have to say, in all frankness, at that time, it didn't occur to me that this might have been a breech of the rules. of course, the police have found otherwise and i fully respect the out come of the investigation. >> boris johnson issued that firm apology. that comes little consolation to the members of the opposition and members of the british public. he's the first sitting prime minister to have been found to have broken the law. that will damage public trust in the prime minister and party. local elections are coming up in may. we have heard from numerous numbers of the opposition party. liberal democrats and the scottish foreign minister. all calling on the prime minister to resign. he addressed this yesterday and said he wants to draw a line under the scandal to move forward and focus on his policy priority, focus on britain response to the war in ukraine. and that war in ukraine has taken some attention away from the party gate scandal. johnson focusing on his role there. this of course will come as no consolation to the many people who lost loved ones and separated from friends and family while abiding by the rules set forward wi the prime minister. >> we'll see what the british public makes of this. many thanks. thank you for spending part of your day with me. our breaking news coverage continues with max foster in london. after a short break. -fixed. -that's my s. he always takes care of his mama. ooh, what's up with granny's casserole? 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