officials say at least one child among the injured in the east of the country. that's where fighting is intensifying now. this new video out of rubizhne shows heavy shelling. the control has been lost now and ahead of the donetsk regional facility with missile strikes in the city of kramatorsk. russians saying to surrender or be eliminated. a marine commander saying it's hell on earth now, begging the pope to help save the people who still remain in that city. this morning here in lviv, we were woken by air raid sirens, then explosions. russian forces launched cruise missiles on multiple targets in lviv and this is what my team and i witnessed. they're expecting more. >> ukrainian soldiers ordered us then behind a concrete barricade. they were concerned that more missiles could be on the way. we're also nervous about us filming any soldiers or military facilities. one soldier ran toward us. shouted for us to move back. major concerns is oftentimes, you can't see the missiles incoming. they move too fast. we took shelter. those sirens there, they were welcome. those were the all-clear signals following the strikes. this is what's left behind. the strikes this morning damaging cars, they took down trees. we saw section of railroad track thrown dozens of yards by the force of the blast. seven people dead, 11. with me in lviv this morning, you and i, dispatched this morning to sites after the explosion. >> it had been several weeks since we've seen missile strikes in the city and you and i left the hotel around the same time. you chased one plume of black smoke. i went to another one and while you ended up in a military facility, i ended up at what was clearly just a civilian area and when we got there, what we saw was two buildings on fire. they were basically both destroyed, as you can see there, and the sign above one of those buildings just basically said it was an auto repair shop. so that gave us an immediate indication we were not looking at some military base. we were looking at a civilian target as it were. we spoke to one woman across the sheet, 100 meters or so away from the blast. all of the windows from her building completely blown out. she was actually washing her face and she said the glass blew in on her and she was obviously terrified, and then we did eventually make our way a little bit closer to that scene. we saw the impact crater. it was easily five meters or so across. quite a big strike, and we know that multiple people according to the owner of that auto repair shop was killed. were killed as a result of the strike. we asked him, is this a military target, have you done anything with the military, is there any reason why you would be targeted? he said no, there's an auto repair shop. >> there's a method to the m madness because of the air raid terror. even some of the humanitarian corridors, so more evidence of that in the west here. glad you and your team are safe. >> likewise. >> thanks so much. out in the east, ahead of the luhansk administration. the official also said, because russia to the north concentrating their forces there and we're seeing the consequences, particularly for the civilian population. >> reporter: yes, jim. we see the consequences. entire the eastern front of ukraine, we are getting reports of intense artillery bombardment and of course, the city of kremena fell at 5 a.m. local time, 12 hours ago. as the fighting, and the fighting has been going on there for some time. but yesterday, we heard that it was basically impossible from local officials for people to evacuate from that town. nonetheless, apparently some people tried. there's reports that somebody, five people were driving out in a private car. they were fired upon by russian forces. four people were killed. and according to this report, there is still one woman inside that car very badly injured but because of the fighting around her, they cannot reach her. there was a cruise missile strike. we went to the scene of that strike. a huge crater. there's still fragments of what we believe is a russian cruise missile. in that instance, there was a lot of broken glass in the surrounding buildings, but we understand, there were no injuries. now, we had an opportunity just a little while ago to speak with the mayor of kramatorsk and once again told us, had been urging all residents of the town. two- two-thirds, who had already left. to leave now. and russian offensive may start at any moment, but we may still see some people around kramatorsk, despite the danger staring in the face. >> we're in the early stages of what u.s. military officials tell me will be a more intense stage of this campaign. are you seeing, you covered this war since the beginning, you seeing evidence of russian advances in the east? >> reporter: in terms of taking of territory, bits here and bits there. obviously, kreminna is one of the towns that recently fell but it's incremental, shall we say. there's a lot of ukrainian forces in the area. every day, we see more coming in on the road, we see them digging trenches, we see them laying lines, putting up barricades on the main roads but certainly, as time passes, the intensity of the bombardment is increasing and here, we're a good hour's drive from the front line but we can hear, especially at night, the distance rumbles of constant bombardment, missile strikes, artillery and it definitely is increasing. jim? >> yeah. it's going to be difficult. ben wedeman, thank you so much. >> cia chief of russia operations, steve hall. always great to have you on. as this war enters the second phase now, we are learning that the u.s. is expanding the intelligence that it has sharing with the ukrainians now to encompass the donbas region and crimea. how significant is that? >> bianna, i think it's really important that the ukrainians receive all the intelligence they possibly can, not just from the united states but the european allies. we have good intelligence capabilities, not only object tactical military front but the more strategic front in terms of where things happen in the future and it's important that sharing increase. there is always a bit of a concern when you're sharing this kind of intelligence because, of course, the russians are working hard on their side to also collect intelligence and find out what's going on and they probably had their own spies inside of ukraine and even perhaps inside the ukrainian government. so when you're sharing with a country at war, you also risk some of that information coming out, but we've seen the administration has been very aggressive about passing that information to the ukrainians and i think it's very important. >> president zelenskyy told our colleague jake tapper that ukraine will not cede any territory as part of any eventual possible peace agreement but as we see russia not only hold on to territory held since 2014 but expand those holdings in the south and the east, is that a realistic hope for ukraine or is that territory under russia control becoming, you know, as we say, facts on the ground? >> i think this is indicative, jim, of where we are in this war. i think both sides are a little more geared up. the russians are still stinging, of course, from their defeats in the west, although they're still attacking using, you know, far off weapons systems like cruise missiles and so forth, but they're still striking across the country to show that they can. and they're really bearing down, of course, as you're all seeing on the ground there in the east. but the ukrainians themselves are, of course, still feeling that, look, they can beat the russians as they did in the west. so i don't think either side right now is prepared to say, okay, let's sit down and talk. but eventually, strategically, somebody's going to have to come to some sort of agreement. the ukrainians like to kick the russians out completely probably to include crimea but certainly out of donbas and the russians, if it continues to go poorly for them, might do something like they did with finland in 1939 to say, look, we're going to hack off a part of your country, perhaps the donbas in exchange for you remaining a country. so what we'll have to see, i don't think we're there but both sides are like, we need to figure out a way out of that's not military. >> steve, how do you do that when you see vladimir putin, first of all, not even acknowledge that ukraine is a legitimate country but now this is his second encroachment into this sovereign country, obviously annexing crimea and now going back in and going back for the country en masse. how do you negotiate with someone like that, how do you move on as a thriving successful country with vladimir putin in charge? >> i don't trust vladimir putin any more than you do or anybody than anybody who's tried to negotiate or talk with him. he's a bit of a wild card right now because we have been describing him, i think, correctly as painted himself into a corner. it's clear he's not going to be able to, i think, win and control all of ukraine, which makes me think over the long run, he might be looking at a smaller piece but you're absolutely right. how do you negotiate with somebody that you simply cannot trust who has boldfaced lied to people who have been able to see better in the west, we have press that indicates what's really going on. he could lie to his own people, it's a little bit easier. but the west, throughout our history, whether it's the united states or western allies, have been forced to negotiate with people with bad faith in the past and it's doable, but the pressure points and identifying them and pushing on them. >> the agreements with the soviet union trust and verify, modify, we'll see what follows. steve hall, thanks so much. >> sure. and ahead this hour, we speak to the mayor who was once captured by the russian people and now joining us from rome. what his city needs right now. and pope francis had a direct message for him and his fellow ukrainians this weekend. that's next. plus, i'll speak with a young russian who was actually disowned by his mother for voicing his opposition to the war in ukraine. all of that coming up next. so carvana worked with my shift manager to get it all worked ouout. i was over the moon, even thouoh i was underground. we'll drive you happy at carvana. check out this vrbo. come on. ♪ ♪ ♪ if youmoderate to severe or ulcerative colitis symptoms choose stelara® from the start... and move toward relief after the first dose... with injections every two months. stelara® may increase your risk of infections, some serious, and cancer. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you have an infection, flu-like symptoms, sores, new skin growths, have had cancer, or if you need a vaccine. pres, a rare, potentially fatal brain condition, may be possible. some serious allergic reactions and lung inflammation can occur. feel unstoppable. ask your doctor how lasting remission can start with stelara®. janssen can help you explore cost support options. >> all of you, have fun today. welcome to the white house. welcome to your house. welcome to the south lawn. thank you and happy, happy easter. >> there you hear the president, first lady wishing warm easter wishes, restoring a tradition that was obviously paused last year. the white house egg roll there during the pandemic. it's back this year. the president welcoming those who came to watch it at the white house. jim, over to you in lviv. >> happy scene back there in washington. well, here in ukraine, russia refocusing its forces on the east in the donbas region. as it does, a group of ukrainian lawmakers traveled across europe asking for more aid for their war torn country. one of those lawmakers is ivan fedorov, the mayor of mariupol in the southeastern part of the country. russians captured the city early in the war. they abducted fedorov, holding him captive for five days. i spoke with him about his mission now and the challenges a short time ago. you have said that more than 200 people have been kidnapped, abducted by russian forces. do you know the fate of those people right now? >> not for all people because many of them were kidnapped by russian soldiers and in many places so we don't know where they're situated. >> you yourself were abducted for days. russia has been forcing refugees as they leave the country to go to russia and not where they want to go. do you understand what russia's plan is with these people? is putin imitating stalin by doing this? >> yes, russian soldiers want to show with politics in ukraine. the russian soldiers, kidnap them. torture them and we see examples in ukraine for politics and activists, and it's very dangerous to be, not agree to these russians. that's why the citizens of ukraine now leave to occupy cities and go out from occupied cities and stay and cities that control ukrainian government. >> we have been following the ukrainian resistance for weeks now and it's been impressive. russian forces though, are making gains in the east and the southeast. and officials in luhansk in the east now are telling civilians, there's no safe place for them there anymore. i wonder, do you worry that ukraine is now losing the war in the east? >> ukrainian soldiers, of course, deliver many trucks, many special military cars and now ukraine needs support european union. we need support of weapons of mil military, go out from luhansk, donbas and the region. >> he said ukraine will not give up any territory for peace, but given russia's hold on crimea, russia's hold on large parts of the east for nearly ten years now, and the advances they've made in recent days, do you think that's realistic? realistic that ukraine can avoid giving up any territory? >> of course it's realistic. because must be united. make a great assumption to russian federation and russian federation must give back. of course i think it's possible to come back for our territories. i don't understand why they must give some territories for the russian federation. why they must. >> it's a very good question. certainly violates international laws. you've been in rome. you were able to attend a service led by pope francis and he specifically mentioned you and the other ukrainian officials there with you. what was his message to you and were you welcoming it? >> pope francis, described the situation now in ukraine, humanitarian situation in ukraine and of course, humanitarian catastrophe tend to, especially the situation in mariupol. we ask to include to this protest and help us to solve this problem because pope francis have the greatest authority, and of course, he can help us and he can include cardinals, include by himself to protest in mariupol and try to help us create civilian and other peoples from mariupol. it's task number one. and of course, we invite pope francis to visit ukraine and by himself, show the ultimate goal this position of support of ukraine. >> did he say he would visit? >> i hope. >> mayor fedorov, we know you have so much difficult work to return to here in ukraine. we wish you the best of luck. >> thank you very much. >> that must have been quite a special moment, meeting with the pope. up next, a situation too many of us may be familiar with. families torn apart by politics. a young russian actor said his mother told him not to come home simply because he opposes the war. it's still the eat fresh refresh, and subway's refreshing their italians. so, we're taking this to italy. fresh. because subway now has italian-ste capicola onhe new mozza meat and supreme meats. love the smellof itali. subway keeps refreshing and refres- only two things are forever: love and liberty mutual customizing your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. if anyone objects to this marriage... 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>> well, thank you for inviting me. i learned about the things happening in russia from my friends because i have lots of friends living in ukraine and i woke up on the 24th of february. i turned on my phone and i got messages from a few of my friends from ukraine and they said that russia is bombing ukraine right now. and my visit, i'd been to ukraine a few times, the last time i was there, in alton and this year, well, i still can't believe that it's happening and my friends started to send me pictures and videos of the re result. russian army. and i decided to post it on my instagram and i also put with russian propaganda with it. so when russia says that the russian army doesn't attack prop properties, i posted the destroyed area with the apartments and stuff. >> yeah, what is fascinating is that you were able to gain the trust of so many ukrainians who were telling you their stories, what they were seeing on the ground and you were posting that, juxtaposing that with what russian state media and propaganda and people like your own mother were saying. you know how russian state media works. you actually began your career working for one of the networks. what is so powerful about their appeal to the russian public that they can believe things that are told to them, despite hearing things completely different from family members and loved ones in ukraine? >> well, that's crazy, but people don't have the opportunity, like, ways, well, to get news from, for example, tv. as you probably remember, when russia annexed crimea, they made the last independent channel door closed, and when people in russia, like in cities like moscow, people who live far from the big cities, they tune on their tv, and they see propaganda news, only russian propaganda. and so, they believe official media more than independent media, and also, russian government named some independent media and independent journalists as international agencies, so that's why they believe in it. and i have to tell you that most russian people believe that nato and the united states are going to attack russia through the ukraine. that's why they agreed with this situation. >> that's what they're saying on state media today, that this is a fight against nato, a fight against the west. i'm curious to get your thoughts on how vladimir putin and how russians in general approach ukrainians. on the one hand, they say they're our equals, they're our brothers and then on the other hand, you hear words like, denaziification and nationalists and they're beneath us. vladimir putin always touts russia's constitution as written as a multiethnic society. you yourself are multiracial. can you give us a perspective of what the reality is on the ground there about embracing other ethnicities, including neighbors like ukrainians? >> well, every time when i've been to ukraine, well, i saw that people speak in russian, and well, i never heard any stories of russian speaking people in ukraine, this is crazy and this is not true. ukrainian people who send me videos and pictures from ukraine, well, they speak russian and i work as a volunteer here in berlin close to railway, central railway station and the notification, everybody speak russian here. >> that's what i noticed here in moldova too. all the refugees speak russian. j j jean-michel shcerbak, thank you for document what you see on the ground and hopefully opening the eyes to the truth and this war and hope at some point, you can reconcile with your mother as well. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. philadelphia becomes the first major city to reinstate its indoor mask mandate. will other cities follow? we're live from the city of br brotherly love, up next. in a 21 1 month study, scientists proved that rid- x reduduces up to 20% of waste build upup every month. take the pressure off with rid-x.. bonnie boon i'm calling you out. everybody be cool, alright? 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because its specially formulated to protect your clothing from damage in the wash. like fading, stretching and pilling. woolite has a first of its kind formula that keeps today's fabrics looking like new. woolite damage and darks defense. >> earlier this hour, we showed you president biden at the white house where the first family was hosting the return of the easter egg roll. cnn's kate bennet is there. >> reporter: the president said he had one job, to keep it from raining a few minutes, quite succeed at that, 30,000 people expected today. it's been pretty popular this morning. a lot of families coming through. this is the first major event, the biggest event of the biden administration in terms of guests, in terms of party. so this is certainly something that the families have been looking forward to for quite some time. the president and the first lady came out with the easter bunnies. there was a male and female easter bunny. made a few remarks and just now, the president and the first lady were over in the reading nook area, reading a children's book, of course, the first lady a lifelong educator. the theme of this year's easter egg roll is eggucation. this is something she wanted to and appears now the president is headed back towards the oval office, and the first lady will probably hang out a little bit longer, but despite the weather, i have to say, people are really enjoying today's festivities. there was no covid testing required, no vaccination proof required. so this is certainly an outdoor event, the biggest of its kind in two years here at the white house. bianna? >> nice to see those kids having fun out there. kate bennett, thank you. >> thank you. we have some other good news. this morning, we get to celebrate a true cnn hero who answered the call to save one of our own. last september, senior u.n. correspondent richard roth, you may remember cnn's last remaining original employee back to 1980 sent a letter to his coworkers, including us. in it, he made a desperate plea. he needed a new kidney. roth received a kidney transplant 25 years ago but it was no longer doing what he needed to live. >> enter deputy managing editor of the cnn investigations unit around thanksgiving the pair underwent testing to determine if she was a match and on tuesday, richard successfully received her kidney. said richards' plea was all she needed to hear. >> i was moved by it and i knew he was a cnn original and had a great admiration for who he was aust as a journalist and as a human, it was something i felt i could do at that point in my life. >> only hopes the selfless act will inspire others to help the tens of thousands that are still in need. >> there are 117,000 people looking for kidneys and livers and many people die each day. i guess i could only ask people who are like smira to donate. >> the best moments on television this morning to see them together. we wish both richard and samira a safe and speedy recovery. and thank you so much for joining us today. i'm bianna golodryga. >> yeah how about that for some happy news to end the show today. i'm jim sciutto in lviv, ukraine. "at this hour" with kate bolduan starts right now. this is cnn breaking news. hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. we do begin with breaking news, which is russian forces are stepping up their attacks across ukraine. russian missiles hit the western city of lviv, killing at least seven people and injuring nearly a dozen including a child. these are the first reported deaths there since the war began two months ago.

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