north korea calls a successful launch of what it calls a guided weapon. >> battle for mariupol maybe coming to end. russia demanding all remaining troops lay down weapons and ammunition and leave by 1:00 p.m. local time, four hours from now. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy warned the city is in the grips of humanitarian crisis and suggests that ukrainian soldiers have suffered significant losses. >> translator: the situation in mariupol remains as severe as possible, just inhuman. this is what the russian federation did, deliberately did and deliberately continues to destroy cities. russia is deliberately trying to destroy everyone who is there in mariupol. >> meantime russian strikes continue to hammer other areas in southern and eastern ukraine. officials in the northeastern city of kharkiv say two were killed, 18 injured after cruise missile attack. to the south, in luhansk, officials say russian strikes damaged a dozen infrastructure facilities, including an oil refinery. saturday the russian military cla claimed it shot down aircraft with western military equipment in odesa. usa package will include high-powered equipment, helicopters, cannons and more drones. as russian troops prepare for ground offensive in eastern ukraine. one town likely to be in the direct path, residents seeking shelter, living underground because they cannot or will not leave. >> reporter: the shelling comes early and often. with russian forces massing nearby, this is a portent of things to come. firefighters brave the threat of shelling but few others brave the streets of severodonetsk. life for those who haven't fled moved underground to stuffy shelters where safety trumps comfort. 300 people call this temporary home on the grounds of sprawling chemical plant. maxim and his wife try to keep 17-month-old distracted. they're recent arrivals, having fled home two days ago. shows me cell phone pictures of the cellar they hid out in before here. disabled, stays in bed most of the time. would prefer to be at home but what home? there's no electricity, cell phone signal, water or gas she tells me. everything is shaking from the bombing, windows shattered. tamara tutors her grandson. a retired english teacher, been here more than a month. >> lot of people can't leave this place because of problems with health. and they don't have enough money to leave. they have to stay here. >> reporter: 73-year-old vassili struggles to move around the shelter, he is not leaving town. i was born here, i'll stay here, he says. nearby, tanks at oil refinery burn after russian attack, not first time it came under bombardment, shelling comes early and often. ben wedeman, cnn, outside severodonetsk, eastern ukraine. >> russian missile strike has hit a restaurant in kharkiv which partnered with world central kitchen aid group. four staff members were taken to hospital. ceo posted a video describing the horrific scene after the attack. >> horrific brutality. we are going to head to the hospital now, check on some of the restaurant staff. we're told they're okay but this is the reality for so many now in kharkiv. coming to work, cooking for people hungry. immense act of bravery. >> world central kitchen founded by chef jose andre. mook said no one was hurt at restaurant but missile strike did kill another person. cnn has not independently confirmed that death. president volodymyr zelenskyy says the country is in heartbreak over the death of so many civilians, including younger victims. exclusive interview, contains graphic images that many will find disturbing. >> i'm sure you've seen the video of the ukrainian mom finding her son in a well. >> yeah. >> and her sorrow, her crying. just devastating to hear. and you have seen a lot of videos like that. what is it like for you as i president of this country to see those videos, hear the crying of the moms? >> translator: this is the scariest i've seen in my life in principle. i look at this first of all as a father. it hurts so, so much. it's a tragedy. suffering. i won't be able to imagine the scale of suffering of these people, of this woman. it is a family's tragedy, it's a disaster. the dreams and life you've just lost. we live for our kids, that's true. kids are the best we were given by god and family. it is a great pain for me. i can't watch it as a father. because all you want after this is revenge and to kill. i have to watch as the president of the state where a lot of people have died and lost their loved ones. there are millions of people who want to live. all of us want to fight. >> that exclusive interview with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy you can watch in a few hours on "state of the union," tapper will be live from lviv, 2:00 p.m. in london. millions of ukrainians have fled the fighting. many to poland. many of them have no idea where to go next. reporting out from a train station that's a temporary rest stop for so many. >> reporter: this is going to be unimaginably difficult holiday weekend for ukrainian refugees. 2.7 million in poland. i'm a halfway point for many of the refugees. what they do, they get here, then look, sit, wait it out. try to figure out where they're going to go next. where they're going to spend the night. many people don't have a plan, don't know what they're going to do, just know they're fleeing for safety. and they have with them only what they can carry and their little ones with them. this one waiting out with her mom here until they see where they can go. this train station in a way a refugee shelter. this young man has dog with him. you can see that there. lot of what you see is refugee pets, too. when these refugees arrive here, they need help, support, assistance. another thing, this is medical station. somebody needs to get help, they can do that. and that's what's offered at this train station, warm food, medical assistance, a friendly face if that's what you need. you have 2.7, over 2.7 million refugees in poland but not static, constantly trying to find out where to go next. question is how do you continue to support them, give them a more permanent sense of home. salma abdiel aziz. international committee of the red cross is with husband from ukraine. thank you for taking the time. now that moscow has made ultimatum for last of ukrainian forces to surrender, seems like will be under total russian control. over a thousand still there, what are your concerns for them moving forward? >> it's always the same concerns we've been having as we haven't been able to go inside the city of mariupol to assess the humanitarian needs but we know they're huge. we were able to have convoy with residents from mariupol, bringing them to safety, and they were telling us barely any food, water, no electricity and barely any connectivity, cut off from the world and huge lack of medication. what we node from experience when cities are with ungoing hostilities, basics come to lack. also for medications. those who stay behind are usually elderly, vulnerable, chronic diseases, disabilities, problems with mobility. we've been calling to parties to enable us to facilitate safe passage but also get humanitarian aid. part of their legal obligations. civilians are always protected wherever they are by international humanitarian law and are entitled to aid. of course when there's constant fighting it's hard to get in, we need security guarantees for staff, for the civilians we also help. but this is ongoing call we're having and hope at some point to go in and assist the population there. >> is it still possible to open evacuation corridor from mariupol into russia across the border? still on the table? do you expect civilians in mariupol to take that option? >> hasn't been discussions really about evacuation to russia. been lots of social media disinformation saying the international committee of the red cross had evacuated against their consent people from mariupol to russia. that never happened, will never happen. we have a principled approach that we will never evacuate civilians against their own will, their consent. just a further example, we have teams in donbas doing medical evacuations as i'm speak now. in cities hard hit by hostilities since the end of february. went into a shelter with many vulnerable people, elderly people with chronic diseases in that shelter for weeks. evacuated a few, some didn't want to go. didn't want to be evacuated. we won't evacuate them in that case. it's according to what people want, their desires we're going to do evacuations. >> in dnipro in central ukraine, been a safehold for people escaping fighting but how safe is it now? how many have arrived recently and what do you need? >> dnipro has been a transit city, people settling in since end of february. coming from north from kharkiv and west from donetsk. and also from mariupol. half a million people have passed through dnipro since end of february. in the city 30,000 have settled in. response we're doing with the ukrainian red cross also is bringing basics to shelters. those who stay are usually most vulnerable and also need financial support. to remain they're going to need food, water, hygiene and basics. also doing cash assistance so they can decide for themselves and maybe get a bit more sustainable support. we know that at some point some displaced persons can get apartment, just having something a bit more normal life. will never be normal because they've left their homes and everything behind and sometimes left relatives behind. it's extreme worry for people when they know other loved ones are still in danger in cities with constant hostilities. >> as bad as it has been and loss of life and destruction has been, it's about to get a lot worse when the russians begin offensive in the east. what are you expecting? what are your red lines to pull out? how long will you continue to operate in war zone? >> we'll try to hold as long as possible. what usually happens, if our colleagues see they're going to get trapped by hostilities, of course going to move out. but going to see how to change our setup to continue supporting civilians who have stayed and the medical infrastructures and facilities. as we're speaking, colleagues are evacuating patients from hospital in city close to the front line. same type of medical evacuations, vulnerable people from severodonetsk. and our colleagues gave tons of food to authorities for a north city on the front line. teams will do their absolute to be able to assist the civilians left behind. this is what we're seeing now in the area, many people have left already. many people have left kramatorsk, the cities i was talking about. stayed behind because elderly, they have disabilities and these are the people we prioritize when we do evacuations. also people want to stay because they have no money, don't see -- don't have perspective, no family members to join for western ukraine or neighboring countries and it's their homes. they don't want to leave and will stay no matter what. these people of course are our utmost concern, they have to be spared by combat. and this is a legal obligation for the parties. we also need to be able to keep on assisting them one way or another. >> i hope you did. i wish you best of luck. everybody at icrc, the incredible work is more than valuable, it's necessary. thank you, stay safe. >> thank you, bye-bye. >> take care. coming up, north korea says it's boosting nuclear capabilities. pyongyang test fires a weapon that doesn't fly far but putting southern neighbors on edge. >> analyzing vladimir putin, trying to work out what is happening in putin's brain. michaeael holmes after a short break. 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when it comes to the seventh possible nuclear test, most observers you speak to assume it's when rather than if. believe what kim jong un wants to do is test the low yield nuclear weapon. so underground test could be imminent. some said next few months, but really not certain when. we know for a fact from officials in south korea and u.s., also from satellite imagery assessed by experts, there is activity at their main nuclear site where they've been carrying out previous nuclear tests. there has been runoff by one of the tunnels, suggesting they're digging down again. did have a show of destroying the entrances to the tunnels in 2018 to foreign media including cnn but didn't destroy them completely if they believe they can do the tests again. assessment from officials is it's matter of when rather than if, although could be a lower yield, smaller explosion than the last nuclear test in 2017, tremors from that were felt in south korea and neighboring china. michael. >> paula, good to have you there. paula hancocks in seoul for us. she was wounded, orphaned and taken by russian soldiers, now in a russian-controlled hospital and surviving relatives fear they'll never see her again. her story after the break. panera chefs have crafted a masterpiece... succulent, seared chicken... a secret aioli... clean ingredients... in a buttery brioche roll. made fresh, to leave you... speechless. panera's new chef's chicken sandwiches. $1 delivery fee on our app. i fought for the legalization of the one thing that can bring comfort to millions. skechers. cut! you see willie, i don't think skechers are illegal anywhere. really? 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[ speaking foreign language ] first tells him not to cry but can't stop her own tears. i haven't seen you for so long, i want to cry, she says. the voice of a young girl can who has lost her family, home, freedom, all to russia's war. phil black, cnn, lviv, ukraine. it makes you wonder what is the point, why keep a little girl against her will? >> heartbreaking, yeah, exactly why do it? of course, to cause pain perhaps. john vause in lviv. britain's prime minister says the uk will stop at another to make sure they have what they need to defend against russia. johnson reaffirmed his support and talked about next steps. talked about long-term solution for ukraine, current situation in mariupol and military aid the uk will send in days ahead. earlier i spoke with douglas london, retired senior cia separations officer adjunct associate professor with georgetown university, and author of "the recruiter: spying and the lost art of american intelligence." described how the u.s. might covertly help ukraine. >> cia would be continuing and expanding training and support it's likely been inviting since 2014. but the agency has unique abilities that include access to covert supply lines, foreign sourced weapons and ability to provide targeting support and intelligence our defense might not be able to do. there's also a lot of room to accelerate. biggest vulnerabilities that putin has, client states, belarus, chechnya, kazakhstan, all of which have been subject to long periods of unrest. not long ago hundreds of thousands were protesting in belarus. could reach out to opposition elements. there's ukrainian forces made of belarussian troops and czechens fighting for ukraine. there's ample opportunity to identify those we could help organize, provide intelligence and ratchet up to uprises if possible. something we could expand as well inside of russia. grassroots opposition is what putin worries about, just getting news into the country is something the agency can do covertly. take it up another ratchet, there are those in putin's circle the agency could reach out to, looking for life rafts, way out of this. even appearance of those considering cooperating with the west would tap into putin's paranoia and make him look over his shoulder more than the ukrainian battlefield. >> we often talk of a leader's world view. you also wrote a piece on cnn.com on that aspect of this conflict. what is putin's world view as it applies to ukraine? 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new world. >> where are you going to go? there's nowhere to go! >> reporter: no hoshops, still closed. public transportation halted. still, this woman can't hold back her joy as they roam empty streets. after forcing 25 million people into weeks of harsh lockdown, government officials facing mounting pressure lifted some restrictions. for communities like mine without a positive case in the last seven days, that meant we could step outside our apartments. my neighbors enjoying the taste of relative freedom. so too our pets, eager to stretch their legs. still, keeping within the confines of our compound. the extent of my freedom is all the way to here. the compound gate. still double locked. it's been like that about a month. in recent weeks we had to get community permission to leave our homes. mostly for covid tests of which there were many. we could also step outside to pick up the occasional government distribution. today's delivery? a bag of rice. even with heavy restrictions still 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