he said send them quickly and they'll be prepared. also, a sharp rebuke of the biden administration's travel mask mandate. a federal judge's ruling that could end the days of masks required on planes, trains, and public transportation. hello. welcome to "the lead." i'm pamela brown. jake tapper is off today. we begin in mariupol, ukraine, described as hell on earth by one ukrainian marine commander. in an open letter to the pope adding, the time has come when praying is not enough. ukrainian forces in the besieged city rejecting the deadline to surrender to the russians. a local official says russian forces plan to seal the city off from entry or exit. russian troops also battering the city in luhansk, part of the donbas. a ukrainian official says the town has been lost amid heavy fighting there. not even western ukraine was spared today. this airborne russian missile was one of at left a four to hit the western city of lviv. as matt rivers reports, the strikes killed at least seven people and wound 11, including a child. >> lviv has been largely spared from the horrors which made the smoke in the skies so unusual. we chased one such plume until we arrived at its source. flames shooting out of two buildings as firefighters rained water down from above. >> ukrainian officials say at least four missile strikes across lviv on monday morning. three of which hit military infrastructure sites. another hitting just across these railroad tracks behind me. let me show you the impact crater from where ukrainian officials say that russian missile struck. military and first responders on the season. destroying an auto repair shop and a dozen outside. it blew out windows more than 500 feet away. maria showed us her building's damage. i got very scared, she says, and i was scared the whole building was going to fall down. i don't know whether i should stay here in this building, or if i should move to poland and flee for my life. overall, the four strikes across the city killed at least seven people and injured about a dozen including a child. here, scenes from a hospital treating victims of the strike who survived. other victims in body bags outside the repair shop where they've worked. >> the owner says they were getting ready to open the business from the day when the missile struck. four of his employees, he says, were killed. and several others were sent to the hospital. and what appears to be such an obvious nonmilitary target. it begs the question, was this a mistake by the russian military? or was this place targeted on purpose? on. >> the owner told us, the only thing was volunteering time to make sure cars being sent to soldiers at the front were in good shape. for him, this is just another example of russian military brutality. >> he says they kill people. they want to kill and destroy the ukraine nation. several of those who died had families with young children. instead of going home to leave work and be with them, their bodies were taken to the morgue. more victims in a needless war. this is the first time that citizens, ordinary people have been killed by a russian strike. and it signifies something according to the european union's foreign policy chief who said in a statement in part, that lviv and other western cities have been targeted by missiles, it shows that no part of the country is spared from the kremlin's senseless onslaught. pamela? >> matt rivers in lviv. thank you. so sad about all these kids now without their family members due to that strike in lviv. ukrainian defense ministry spokesperson warns russian troops have completed regrouping for their anticipated offensive in eastern ukraine. cnn national correspondent clarissa ward joins us live from dnipro. how intense has the fighting been in and around the donbas? >> reporter: pamela, there's no question there has been a marked uptick in the intensity of the pummeling of these front line towns in the donbas region that is in the luhansk and donbas regions. they've been at war with the separatists for eight years but they are not experienced to deal with this level of intensity. we are hearing reports from some regional ukrainian military authorities that they believe in a sense that this russian offensive has already begun. that essentially, they are trying to soften the ground and are now trying to push across the front lines as they launch this three-pronged attack. coming down from the north, from the city where the has been heavy fighting, pushing up from the south, and also, trying to push in from the east. i should add that ukrainian forces have been fighting back. they have been launching counter offenses. they claim that they took back several villages. but in the past few days, we've traveled to a couple of towns in these areas. a lot of people are desperate to flee and simply don't know how to do that in terms of having the money, the means, the infrastructure to get out. people to look after their homes. other people are simply refusing to leave because they have seen the scenes that have played out in areas that were held by russian forces north of kyiv. and they don't want to risk their homes being looted. their possessions being stolen and their lives potentially being destroyed. so it is a very difficult situation for ukrainian authorities who are telling people to leave but a lot of people still not leading the call, despite the uptick in the intensity of fighting, pamela. >> and a senior ukrainian official said a town in luhansk has been mound. tell us what happened there today. >> reporter: so essentially this was part of a russian effort to push in. to move that front line and start to move in toward these areas that are the focus of this offensive in the east. we are hearing that there was heavy fighting in kreminna. civilians had not yet evacuated from that town in many cases. they weren't sure the attack was imminent. some were trying to flee in a civilian vehicle that was marked that it had civilians in it. they came under fire. there were casualties but we don't have exact numbers yet. ukrainian forces along this front line are fighting very hard to try to push back russian forces. and the thing you hear again and again from all of those front line defenders, they are desperately in need of heavy weapons and munition and as much support as they can possibly get. ukrainian forces are certainly stretched thin now with, as i mentioned, russia trying to push in from three different sides, pamela. >> they are stretched thin but they are keeping up the fight. reporting live from dnipro. thank you and stay safe. we're seeing new video from inside the city of mariupol. showing civilians wandering the ruins of their home town. a senior u.s. defense official said the city is still contested at this hour. and part of his exclusive interview with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy you haven't yet seen, jake tapper asked about his troops' readiness for advanced weapon systems and about cutting off russian oil. we begin with zelenskyy's dire warning that the danger his troops face. >> translator: we wanted to take away the wounded. we talked about it being a humanitarian mission. give us the wounded back. we even made plans for turkey to be a mediator and get the wounded civilians and the military. don't let them out because we understand russia wants to shoot them dead. they say they are ready to let all the military go if they surrender. but they are not going to surrender. they don't want to do so. and this is why it is a complicated and tragic situation. because the military doesn't want to surrender. and without it, russians are not ready to let them go. and this sounds like the beginning of our war. what happened? when you can make an agreement with russians to let them go unarmed, but after what they do, is shoot them dead. that is why no one trusts russia now. >> one of the things i hear from western leaders is that your government asks for weapon that's your military doesn't know how to use. is it better to have the highest top of the line best equipment that your troops need to be trained and that could take weeks, if not months? or is it better to have equipment that you know how to use that might not be as advanced? >> translator: i believe that this issue is definitely not up to us. i've heard many times from certain states that did not want to give us weapons quickly because our soldiers are not ready from a technical standpoint to use them. but instructors of such equipment, our instructors, will get our troops ready to fight. if it is a plane, for example, pilots can be ready in two weeks. whether it is kamikaze drones, artillery, howitzers or mlrs complexes. we have very smart people for this. we've had training with nato countries and i've heard these tall tales that we would need months to train our troops to use new tanks. okay. give us a soviet era tank. then the country says, well, there is a small problem. the decision is made. but then must go through parliament. but there are people offering solutions, but it seems they are just self-serving. so it is precisely not up to us. we are prepared to use any type of equipment but it needs to be delivered very quickly and we have the ability to learn how to use new equipment. but it needs to come fast. >> one of the things you've been calling for is for the world to stop using russian fuel. because that's what is paying for putin's war. about a third of russian fuel comes through pipelines in ukraine. have you thought about stopping the pipeline? about a third of the gas comes through. >> translator: yes, we understand this problem. we understand how many money russia makes on energy carriers. and yes, first of all, we are calling for an oil embargo because they make 1 billion a day on oil. and we are calling for a gas embargo afterwards. and we are fighting together and looking into these options. this is transit. we have a transit agreement. that is why it is necessary to have an agreement between europe and russia so they have an embargo on gas supply and then there will be no transit. >> we can't just stop the transit if they have deals with europe. if europe doesn't want to stop this. this gas. that's why we can't just stop the transit. because i spoke about it with some european leaders and i said them, you know, you don't afraid that they shoot. if you want to know, to be very honest, russia -- >> translator: russia is shelling gas lines on purpose and wants to show that ukraine can't maintain a constant supply of gas. our military are dying right next tom transit in nearby areas. this is how it is happening. to the east of our country, they install their groupings and are shelling civilian neighborhoods from these areas. and we can't shoot back because they are located precisely at the spots where the gas pipeline is. if we start shooting back, we can hit the gas pipeline and this is what russia is aiming at. they are trying to act this way in order to show that ukraine is not able to safely supply gas. they are doing it and they have been doing it for a while now. because they want an opportunity to reopen nord stream 2. i talked about it with our european partners. i don't want to say what leaders i talked to. i told them, please put embargo on gas. please. we are ready to lose money. money is not the most important thing for us. people are most important. >> jake tapper reporting there. our thanks for that interview. he'll be back anchoring the show tomorrow. russia's invasion has left a ghost town in some parts of ukraine. who stayed behind? plus a pick-up of russian forces in southern ukraine. what could this strategy mean for putin's overall mission? i'll ask the pentagon spokesman, ahead. ♪ ♪ i came, , i saw, i conquered. 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>> thank you, ben. up next, inside the inner circle, why one of his closest advisers says the ukrainian president is made for this moment. pre-rinsing your dishes? you could be using the wrong detergent. and wasting up to 20 gallons of water. skip the rinse with finish quantum. you could be using the wrong detergent. its acvelift technology provides an unbeatable clean on 2hour dried-on stains. skip the rinse with finish to save ouwater. it's still the eat fresh refresh, which means subway's upping their bread game. we're talking artisan italian bread, made fresh daily! the only thing fresher than their bread is the guy reading this. subway keeps refreshing and refreshing and refreshing and re- cal: our confident forever plan is possible with a cfp® professional. a cfp® professional can help you build a complete financial plan. visit letsmakeaplan.org to find your cfp® professional. ♪ if ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is the single most visible face of ukrainian resistance to the russian war, he is rarely alone. in fact, he relies on one man in particular for support. back to jake tapper now from ukraine. >> pamela, around the world and of course, here in ukraine, president volodymyr zelenskyy has taken on an almost iconic, mythical status. his face is on shirts and hand bags and chocolates. he is a hero everywhere. to get some insight into the man, we talked to one of his closest friends and top aides, andre who has been by his side for years. after we sat down with president zelenskyy, we sat down with him and here's our conversation. before he became chief of staff to a celebrated war time president, 50-year-old andre was a lawyer and filmmaker. his close friend, volodymyr zelenskyy, an entertainment executive and well known actor. now, just two years into his cabinet position, he and zelenskyy are fighting a war on the world stage. and he says, this is exactly where they are meant to be. how did you get here? >> first of all, i have my real profession is a lawyer. yes, of course, some period of time i worked like movie producers. but we were talking about volodymyr zelenskyy, i can say first of all, it is a very simple understanding of him. i think just this very tragic situation, and this terrible war in ukraine shows for all the world that he is a leader. he is a leader and he is the person who is coming to this year for one reason. maybe to change our country. i said in some interview two years ago that i'm sure our pretty will be the leader as our part of europe and maybe more. a lot of ukrainians said, what is it, it is like a job. now it is true. >> with near constant shelling, including in and around the capital, kyiv. when the invasion began and the united states offered president zelenskyy a way out of the country. he said i don't need a ride. i need ammunition. was there ever a moment where he thought of leaving just to save his own life or the life of his family? >> no, no. i came to the office six hour in the morning of the 24th. the president was already in his cabinet. and all the 50 days, he's in the office of the president. >> if he hadn't stayed, do you think this war would have gone differently? do you think maybe the ukrainian people found inspiration in fighting because he stayed, too? >> absolutely. 100%. it was so important. we here in the office of the president and other government bodies, we are working. our obligation. it is real heroes, the people, the soldiers, it is our army. >> of course, the ukrainian army was never supposed to be in this position with russia. now repeatedly violated agreement in the 1990s was meant to keep the two nations at peace. at least in theory. let's talk about the budapest memorandum. ukraine agreed to give up its nuclear weapons in a deal with the united states and russia in which it was pledged that nobody would infringe on ukraine's territorial sovereignty. obviously, russia has violated that. do you think the united states has also violated that by not doing more to stand up for the ukrainian sovereignty that the u.s. said would it stand up for? >> no. of course, violation of russia of our, not just started in the 24th of february of this year. it started from the invasion of crimea and then they were in donbas. i think that it happened because we were a very young country. we was a very young independent country. we have not this experience. >> the experience. but not the nato membership. and not the protected air space zelenskyy has asked for. while the international community has given massive financial backing to ukraine, including more than $14 billion from the u.s., yermak says the u.s. needs a new system. >> all systems of the security not work and i can say not exist. of course, we do our best to talk with our part with the united states, britain, france, germany, turkey, with other countries to create this new system. and of course, after this war, after this heroic fightings of ukrainian nations, we have absolutely rights not just to be a part of the new system but to be in the center and be one of the leaders of this new system of the security. >> as a film producer, one of his most well nobody movies is fight rules, your spirit is your weapon. now waging a real life war. that title could not be more appropriate. jake tapper in ukraine. back to you. >> so true. jake tapper, thanks so much. what the white house just said about the possibilities of president biden traveling to ukraine during this russian n invasion. up next. woolite has a firsrst of its kind formula that keeps tododay's fabrics looking like new. woolite damage and darks defense. that oddly satisfying feeling when you don't do it yourself. open talenti and raise the jar. to gelato made from scratch. raise the jar to all five layers. raise the jar to the best gelato... you've ever tasted. talenti. raise the jar. in our politics lead, the united states just sent four planes full of military aid for ukraine as part of the latest $800 million security assistance package. according to sar defense official, another load is now on its way right now. but president zelensky telling jake that the latest package still false short, and quote, enough isn't possible. chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins joins us live. president zelenskyy said he wanted president biden to visit ukraine. is there any change in the white house position on that? >> reporter: he said he believes president biden will visit ukraine. but whether or not that will happen any time soon seems very up likely from we just heard from the white house press secretary jen psaki. she said there are no plans for president biden to visit ukraine and right now their focus is elsewhere. >> there are no plans for the president to go. let me reiterate that. we wouldn't outline from here or anywhere from the government who, if and when for security reasons. we wouldn't have any details to preview regardless. >> reporter: so that comment there at the end, not about president biden but that's something we have heard. there are discussions behind the scenes here at the white house. maybe they would send defense secretary austin or secretary blinken. both are in washington today having meetings. so whether or not they are sent there, she is saying because of security reasons, they likely won't disclose it before they would arrive. despite the hope by president zelenskyy, they said there are no plans for that. what is the big thing behind that is the logistics of getting the president there. there have been a lot of questions about this ever since boris johnson ever visited ukrainian. >> certainly. what did press secretary jen psaki say when you mentioned about making russia a state sponsor of the terrorism. >> reporter: this was in a phone call that they had asking him to basically make russia this pariah, putting them on laci that very few other nations are on. really a handful and make them a state sponsor of terrorism. the white house doesn't seem to be actively considering that right now. they said would it come from the state department. would it take a methodical process to look at that, to make that determination that they belong on that list with places like cuba and iran. so it doesn't seem they've made that decision yet. they don't have anything to announce. but jen psaki noted that making them a state sponsor of terrorism, that would prompt sanctions and other things are measures the white house has already put in place to russia as a response to their invasion in ukraine. >> and russia has warned. consequences if america keeps articling ukraine. that's notable given the military aid on its way over there. what are those consequences? >> reporter: well, the white house seems to think this is an empty threat from russia. they warned of the unpredictable consequences without saying what it was. in this memo that russia sent late last week, of course, clearly the white house seems undeterred by this warning because they continued with the shipments. the day after they got that warning from russia last tuesday was the day that president biden announced this $800 million military package that includes a lot heavier duty stuff than previous packages the united states has sent. what we heard from the pentagon today, since that announcement, four flights of that military aid have made their way into ukraine. four shipments, i should note, of that military aid. they believe a fifth will arrive in the next 24 hours or so and the pentagon said today, they are preparing to train ukrainian forces on some of the artillery systems they've included in that latest package training a small subset so they can go back into ukraine and train other forces. despite the warning from russia, these shipments are still continuing. >> all right. kaitlan collins from the white house. thank you. coming up, i'll speak to the pentagon spokesman about the possible new strategy the u.s. is assessing. what it may take for ukrainians to prevent a takeover. ♪ we believe there's an innovator in all us. ♪ that's why we build technology that makes it possible for every business... and every person... to come to the table and do more incredible things. asya agulnik md: st. jude was founded with an understanding that no child should die in the dawn of life. to work with many partners all over the world, nothing stops in the way of us achieving that mission, not even war. marta salek md: when there is a need, people stand up and do what is right and ensure that they restart medical therapy as quickly as possible. carlos rodriguez-galindo md: any child suffering today of cancer is our responsibility. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for whatchya... line? need. liberty biberty— cut. liberty... are we married to mutual? only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ we're back with our world lead. the defense department will start straining ukrainian defense forces on how to use american howitzers. 18 of the powerful pieces are in the latest $800 million u.s. assistance package. and pentagon press secretary admiral john kirby says he expects the training won't take long. he joins us now. let's talk about what is going on in mariupol. ukrainian forces and civilians have dug in at a still plant in four square miles around the besieged city. russia says any further resistance means, quote, all of them will be eliminated. what is the u.s. assessment on how long ukrainians can keep hold of it? >> very difficult to know with any certainty. the ukrainians continue to fight for mariupol. an important city for them economically, culturally, and they're still in the city. they're still fighting for it. the russians had done a lot to devastate that city. to rain down air strikes and artillery on mariupol, and they, too, have forces inside the city. so very difficult to know how many longer this fighting will go but we've seen no sign out of the ukrainians that they're not willing to continue to defend that city. >> do you think it is inevitable the city will fall to the russians? >> no, i don't, actually. because they have superiority from the air. they have superiority on the ground. but the ukrainians have held on to mariupol for a long time, longer than people thought. if we've learned nothing out of the last 54, 55 days of warfare in ukraine, it is that nothing is inevitable. the ukrainians continue to fight for that city and we're doing the best we can to get them the kinds of security stance, the weapons systems they need to do that. >> they've certainly shown the will to fight. if mariupol does fall, emphasis on if, and russians have control of that region, how crippling will it be if russia has complete control practically of that land bridge to crimea? >> well, you just answered part of the question. it would give them a land bridge to crimea. that's part of why they want it so bad. the other thing it would do for them is give them an anchor on the southern part of that donbas region. the southern part of eastern ukraine and allow them to put more pressure on the ukrainian forces in the donbas, and still trying to defend that part of their country from russian advances. and we are seeing signs the russians are moving in more elements. more troops, more helicopters to try to playing big a offensive their. so having mariupol would not only allow the russians geographic, southern geographic place to launch operations in the donbas but it would free up battalion tactical groups, several of them that they have dedicated to mariupol. they could move forth to reinforce forces there. so you can understand, looking at the map, why the russians are fighting so hard for mariupol. >> you mentioned the donbas. we just heard from president sc zelenskyy that the fighting has begun. what can you tell us? >> there's been fighting there for eight years, certainly since the beginning of this invasion. the russians and ukrainians. this is part of the country where terrain, they're both familiar with. they've been fighting there for a long time. again, we've seen the russians reinforce their forces there. they've added some battalion tactical groups into the region. they've added helicopter, artillery support, and there have been offensives near the donetsk area where the ukrainians we believe have taken back towns and villages from the russians. so there is active fighting going on right now. >> we know the administration has said no to a no-fly zone. but would the administration consider doing something similar to that in the waters around ukraine? like an embargo around ukraine? >> i think that the president has been very clear, pamela. there won't be u.s. troops fighting in ukraine and that would include the skies over ukraine. and i see no indication that there would be a ned for the united states to get involved in the maritime environment around ukraine. what we are trying to do is bolster the ukrainian coastal defense capabilities. not just us. other countries are helping with cruise missiles and defensive weapons. we have also in this latest package that the president just authorized last week, included some unmanned surface vehicles that can help them with coastal defense capabilities. we are trying to do the best we can to help them in the maritime environment. in the azov, in the black sea. we know the russians are using the maritime environment to help reend force their own invasion. >> what i hear from you is there will be no u.s. involvement in the waters there. >> i know of no indication that we would be doing that. >> the most recent attacks on lviv means nowhere is safe. that aggression in the west is always inching toward the door step of nato countries. what do you make of the attack on lviv and how it raises the stakes for something like that happening? >> we've said from almost the beginning. that places like lviv and kyiv are going to be under threat by the russians, by the air strike capability, the missile strike capability that they have available to them. it is difficult to know exactly what they were trying to achieve in kyiv and lviv with the strikes over the weekend. we largely assessed they were going after military or military-related targets. but the vast preponderance are happening in the east. predominantly on mariupol but also. in area of the donbas where we know the ukrainians have many troops and many formations. >> zelensky says going back to what he has been saying, he wants president biden to go to ukraine. he just had an exclusive sitdown with my colleague, jake tapper. there are no official white house plans. do you think it is a good idea for secretary austin to go? >> i don't want to get ahead of travel that hasn't been decided or announced. i think you can understand we want to be careful there. as you saw over the weekend, kyiv did receive air strikes. kyiv is not out. threat environment here with respect to russian capabilities. so any potential visit, and i'm not previewing one today. but we have to take security as a premium concern and make sure that we can only execute this in a safe way. not just for whatever principle goes, but for the ukrainian people themselves. we wouldn't want to put them at greater risk. as we saw over the weekend, kyiv isn't out of the complete threat picture. >> is it fair to say the strikes in kyiv more recently changed the calculation in sending a u.s. administration official? >> well, no decision has been made. >> right. but did it change the calculation? >> i think we'll always be looking at the security environment before we make any kind of travel decision. that's just par for the course. >> all right. i want to ask you very quickly. we heard this in months, not years. what is the ultimate goal for the u.s. realistically? >> we want ukraine to be whole and sovereign and free. we want their territorial integrity respected by russia. we want the russian attack to end. we want ukraine to win this fight and we're doing everything we can at the department of defense to make sure they have the capabilities to do that. they have had enormous success so far. but there is still a lot of fighting ahead of them. because the russians will be able to concentrate their vast amount of combat power on a smaller geographic area, one where they will have shorter lines of supply in the east than they did up in the north. we can expect that the fighting will be ugly. it will be bloody. as chairman milley said in front of congress a week or so ago, it could be prolonged. how long? 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