find these, quote, bastards. this hour i'll speak to a ukrainian prosecutor who identified ten russian soldiers suspected of atrocities. cnn has obtained exclusive photos of the bucha slaughter taken in realtime. our correspondents are standing by in the war zone and over at the white house. as russia's invasion of ukraine enters its 10th week. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let's get right to the breaking news tonight. russia renewing attacks on kyiv. hitting just east of the city center. president zelenskyy condemned the strikes just a little while ago. cnn's anderson cooper is joining us live from the ukrainian capital of kyiv. anderson, this was a brazen attack on kyiv. the first in weeks. you were there. set the scene for us. what happened? >> reporter: yeah, the attacks took place earlier today. several miles from the location where we're at right now. you can see the large plume of smoke in the sky after the strikes. according to ukrainian officials, five missiles were fired. one of them hitting at or right into an apartment complex, 25-story apartment complex that started a fire. they say the first two floors of that were partially destroyed. took firefighters about an hour or so to put out the fire according to officials. there were at many as ten people injured. a number of other people rescued from that burning structure. and as you said, president zelenskyy was very quick to point out that this strike took place while the u.n. secretary-general was still on the ground here. they're meeting with president zelenskyy. had just finished and certainly russia was well aware of the secretary-general's itinerary. excuse me. as he had been coming directly from moscow to meet with president zelenskyy. here's what the president said earlier. [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: today immediately after the end of our talks in kyiv, russian missiles flew into the city, five missiles. this says a lot about russia's true attitude to global institutions. about the russian leadership's efforts to humiliate the u.n. and everything that the organization represents. and, therefore, requires an appropriate powerful response. >> reporter: i should point out after secretaries blinken and austin met with zelenskyy here in kyiv and took a train out to poland, shortly after russia blasted and sent missiles to several train stations in the west through which or close to where those secretaries would have been traveling, so russia not above sending a message very clearly and that is what president zelenskyy is saying vladimir putin has just done to the secretary-general of the united nations. >> clearly sending a message. i have no doubt about that. you also had a chance, i understand, anderson to visit bucha, the site of some of the war's worst atrocities not very far away from the capital of kyiv and got an even closer look into the horrors perpetrated by russian forces. tell us about that. >> reporter: yeah, this is a significant development. as you know, russia has categorically denied war crimes in ukraine, particularly any in bucha. they've said the satellite images of dead bodies on one particular street in bucha while russian forces were occupying the city, they say that those images have been faked. when we went to bucha we met with the bucha prosecutor who now exclusively told us for the first time revealed that they have not only eyewitness reports, surveillance camera images but they also have an eyewitness who took pictures in realtime as people were being killed on this one particular street in bucha over the course of several days, prosecutors not only have the images that person took but they have the camera that that person used which has the meta data inside which will tell -- which will show the day and the time and location, coordinates of where those photographs were taken. here's some of the report i filed from -- would show the images taken by a man in a house on the street where as many as seven people were shot to death. >> it was through these windows he saw the slaughter. this is one of his first pictures taken on march 5th. two bodies reportedly killed that day were visible outside his window. on march 6th when this picture was taken a third body is visible on the street. this video taken on march 7th shows at least two more bodies. ruslan says these images and the data in the phone provides important proof of exactly who was killed and when. >> translator: it will prove it was a particular phone that the pictures were taken with and also the time and location that they were taken. the russian federation will not be able to continue on saying this was set up and are fakes. >> reporter: this is important because just yesterday vladimir putin when the secretary-general was there actually two days ago said that this has all been a provocation, russian officials said those bodies were placed there after russian troops left. this shows that the bodies were there when russian troops were there and they now have evidence directly that shows that, wolf. >> anderson cooper in kyiv, stay safe, anderson. we'll be in touch. just hours before the new attack on kyiv president biden warned that the united states would pay a huge price if it caves to russian aggression in ukraine. cnn's chief national security correspondent jim sciutto has more on that in this report from ukraine. >> reporter: tonight president biden standing firm. >> aggression will not win. threats will not win. we are prepared for whatever they do. >> reporter: as putin warns of retaliation should other nations interfere in the conflict in ukraine. and cuts off russian natural gas supplies to neighboring countries. >> we will not let russia intimidate or blackmail their way out of the sanctions. >> reporter: biden rejected the notion the russian led conflict was becoming a proxy war between russia and the u.s. and nato. >> it shows the desperation that russia is feeling about their abject failure. no one should be making idle comments about the use of nuclear weapons or the possibility that they could use that. it's irresponsible. >> reporter: u.n. secretary-general antonio guterres on the ground in kyiv visiting the nearby towns of bucha, irpin and borodyanka. >> no way a war can be acceptable in the 21st century. look at that. >> reporter: the bodies of more than a thousand civilians have been recovered in the region, the police chief says. >> innocent civilians were living in these buildings. they were paying the highest price. >> reporter: guterres met with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy today after meeting with putin first in moscow tuesday. >> this war must end. i'm here to say to you, mr. president, and to the people of ukraine, we will not give up. >> reporter: russia's assault is now focused on key areas in eastern ukraine. the u.s. now assesses that russian forces are making, quote, slow and uneven progress in the donbas. in part because of ukrainian resistance and poor russian morale. this according to a defense official. the steel plant in mariupol in the south, the last ukrainian military hold-out in the city, and shelter for hundreds of civilians hit by the heaviest russian air strikes yet. this video is said to show the aftermath of shelling at a military field hospital on the steel plant's grounds. the city of -- yet video shows protesters chanting -- "glory to ukraine" as tear gas is set off. some new reporting tonight, that is the latest u.s. assessment shows russia, russian forces in the east are showing some improvement both in coordinating air and ground operations, also in resupply, two things they showed trouble with during their failed assault on kyiv. it is not clear yet whether that will be decisive in the area and the gains so far on the ground have been incremental but it is improvement and it is showing that russia to some degree at least is learning from mistakes it made in the north. something that i know that u.s. officials are watching very closely, wolf. >> they certainly are, jim sciutto on the scene for us in lviv in ukraine for us, stay safe over there as well. jim, thank you very much. also tonight president biden is backing up this tough stance against russia with a new request for another $33 billion in additional u.s. aid to ukr ukraine. let's go to mj lee. what are you learning right now about this massive new aid package the president proposed today? >> reporter: well, wolf, $33 billion, that is, of course, a huge price tag that the president is requesting congress to approve in supplemental funding for ukraine so let me just give you a breakdown of that $33 billion talking about more than $20 billion in military and security assistance, some $8.5 billion in economic assistance and then another $3 billion in humanitarian assistance and to give you a sense of what that money would actually translate to, we are, of course, talking about weapons and equipment like artillery, armored vehicles and anti-armor systems, equipment that the ukrainians have been saying for awhile that they cannot get more of and fast enough and then we are also talking about money that would provide really just basic necessities, daily necessities like food, water and medicine that would go towards the ukrainian people as they are trying to survive out this war. now, this is money that u.s. officials say would help the ukrainians for about five months, the president saying in his remarks today that he acknowledges that the cost of this fight is not cheap but he also said that he believes caving to russia at this moment in time would actually end up being more costly in the long term. now, w068, as you know very well the u.s. has been talking for awhile now about how they expected this war to be protracted. they expect this to drag out for awhile. but all of this was a stark reminder again just based on the price tag and then the fact that this is money ail skated to last for about five months, that this is something that the u.s. is seeing as a long-term conflict. wolf. >> they certainly are. all right, mj, thank you very much. mj lee at the white house. ahead we'll get the u.s. military's first assessment of the new russian missile strikes on the capital of ukraine, kyiv. the pentagon press secretary john kirby, there you see him, standing by live. we have questions. he'll have answers when we come back. but then something amazazing happened. hello? carvana worked with my shift manager and got everything sorted out so i didn't miss out on the car. super helpful. i was over the moon, even though i was underground. we'll drive you happy at carvana. 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>> well, you're right. this is a very sizable supplemental package that we're asking support from congress and we believe that it's a tangible demonstration of how seriously we're taking the continued threat to ukraine's sovereignty and to their livelihoods, to their people and i think there's a lot in there. it's not just security assistance. there's humanitarian assistance, there's economic assistance. it's a complete package. now, here at the pentagon, you're talking about $16 billion we're asking for, some of it will be used for drawdown authority to help us take stuff right from our stocks, some used to contract the actual production of additional weapons and systems and getting that in there so we very much hope congress will pass this speedily so we can get on to the business about providing this kind of assistance to ukraine. look, i mean, whether it's enough or not, we're going to just -- we're going to keep doing everything we can to help ukraine better defend itself and the president has been nothing but clear about this as much as we can as fast as we can this package is a perfect representation of how dedicated he is to that task. >> and we checked just to be precise, this new military aid package to russia will bring additional artillery, anti-armor systemed and anti-aircraft capabilities to the ukrainian military. how significant is that? >> those items, everything you cited there and the stuff that you have seen us provide in just the last couple of weeks are specifically designed to help the ukrainians in this battle of the donbas, a rural open, flatterrain, an area where russians and ukrainians have been fighting for eight years. they both know that terrain very, very well and it's a kind of fighting that lends itself to what we call long-range fires and mechanized warfare so tanks and armored vehicles in open ground. that's why these howitzers are so important. that's why the counter-artillery radar is so important and the armored vehicles we're providing and other nations are providing are so important. those javelin anti-armor missiles will be crucial in this fight. and we're already seeing in these early days, wolf, there are ukrainians push back and fight while the russians are, in fact, trying to move south out of the northern part of that donbas. it's a very kinetic fight right now. very active combat zone. >> the u.s. says russia is making what the u.s. calls slow and uneven progress in the eastern part of ukraine but ukraine admitted it has now lost several towns and villages on that front. is russia learning from its previous mistakes and taking more ground? >> we believe they're trying to, wolf. they are trying to get better at integrating air and ground capabilities. they're trying to get better at command and control. they're trying to get better at logistics and sustainment. that said those are pretty high bars for them to cross. they have not done well and they don't have a military that is actually very adaptive that allows themselves to change direction and to learn quickly. so we have seen some preliminary signs that they're trying to get better at these things but it's too soon to say they've accomplished that. they still have a long way to go and so, yes, there has been some incremental progress by the russians in the donbas area particularly in the north and the east of the donbas area but as i said the ukrainians are fighting back so on any given day you might see the russians take a village or two and the ukrainians take them back. that's the kind of fighting we're seeing and that's why the stuff that we're providing in this new supplemental package we want to provide and the stuff that the president has already approved is so critical. it's getting there at record speed, wolf. within 48 hours from the last presidential drawdown and the president signing that off we had the first howitzers showing up in the ukraine. that's just unprecedented. >> very impressive deed. john kirby at the pentagon. thanks very much. john kirby is the pentagon press secretary. thank you. coming up, ten russian soldiers accused of war crimes against ukrainian civilians. we're going to talk about it with ukraine's prosecutor general. that's next. oh hi caesar. we were just talking about you. yeyeah, you should probably get out of here. ♪ ringcentral ♪ can a company make the planet a better place? 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>> hello, dear wolf and your great audience. thank you very much that you are having me today. yeah, this we presented today charges as a suspect of war crimes in bucha, it is first the suspicions in bucha. as a result of this war prosecutors and investigators in a very short period for ukraine it's very short period. we have identified these ten perpetrators who will involved and took unnamed civilians hostage. deprived them of food and water, abused and tortured them and even staged mock execution. we have also established that they alleged the occupied area. i also would like to note that all perpetrators among to 64th separate motorized infantry brigade. this is the unit to which only several days ago putin avoided the honorary title for state interests. this is a proof that atrocities in bucha but not only there were undertaken as a planned action. atrocities against ukrainians will not go unpunished. not only regular soldiers, these ten russian soldiers who committed crimes will be held liable, but we are talking about the commander responsibility and international local commanders have the duty to ensure troops respect that body of law during armed conflict and hostilities. failure to do so which has clearly the case gives -- >> let me press you on that. as you mentioned this russian brigade was recently honored by putin. do you believe their order, the brigade's order, these soldiers, the orders they received came directly from higher up and maybe from putin himself? >> we saw this in use actually and i think it's enough for us that he spoke about them and honored them and actually concrete these brigade was in bucha and concrete these soldiers of this brigade we started to prosecute them in total. our civilian people. >> iryna, what's your message to russian soldiers who may be inclined to commit these kinds of war crimes down the road against ukrainians? >> i understand russian soldiers, they are not educated. they don't know english language. they don't know law. they don't know absolutely simple rules, unfortunately. i can speak only with civilized world and i want to say to whole civilized and free community that our main goal, our main goal as ukrainian prosecutors to collect now all evidences in war crimes in crimes against humanity. we started the case of genocide from first days of war. the crime of aggression, very important for us. and we will do everything to -- that all people who are responsible for these aggressive brutal war should be punished because they was not punished. now the chechnya, georgia, syria and other countries. i think our main goal to all civilized world to do something with international mechanisms, do them strong to stop, to punish, to prevent. >> iryna venediktova, thank you for joining us. i know we will want to continue this conversation down the road. appreciate it very much. >> thank you very much, have a good constructive day. thank, dear wolf. for information about how you can our viewers can actually help humanitarian efforts in ukraine, go to cnn.com/impact and help impact your world. just ahead inside the fight to get u.s. marine veteran trevor reed released from russia. we're learning right now new information about the intense negotiations. before i got aura, twenty-four of my online accounts were hacked! he uses the same password for everything. i didn't want to deal with it. but aura digital security just dealt with it. what were we worried about again? 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>> reporter: wolf, the committee chairman bennie thompson announced they will hold eight hearings starting on the 9th. these sessions held in primetime and during the day and we've been waiting to hear details on these much anticipated hearings. they still have not announced who will testify. but it is expected to be a combination of staff, outside witnesses and exhibits, thompson says some of the testimony will be from witnesses the public hasn't heard from before, but their testimony he says will be, quote, on point as to why this investigation is so important. now, in addition to these hearings the committee is also expected to issue a final report telling the story of what they have uncovered during their investigation. >> it's interesting because the committee is also hoping to hear from a few more key witnesses before their final report, right? >> that's exactly right. thompson says he wants to reach out to more members of congress including republicans in the house and senate to explain some of the new information that has been uncovered in this investigation. now, the committee as you may remember initially asked to speak with house minority leader kevin mccarthy and scott perry and jim jordan. their response was a resounding, no, but the committee is expected to reach out again by the end of this week. now, jordan for one told cnn today that if the panel does reach back out, he still does not want to cooperate. but cnn has also learned that former president trump's former personal attorney rudy giuliani is expected to appear next month. he was a central figure in trump's failed bid to overturn the 2020 election and his appearance comes as several high-profile members of trump's inner circle have voluntarily spoken with the committee including trump's daughter and former senior white house adviser ivanka trump. she was interviewed for nearly eight hours earlier this month and her husband jared kushner also met with the panel and we learned donald trump jr. is also expected to pete with the committee in the coming weeks. >> looking forward to those public hearings. paula, thank you very, very much. coming up, the long wait for covid vaccines for younger children could be nearing an end. now that moderna has asked the fda for authorization. we're going to break down the timetable for getting shots into kids' arms and the level of protection they can expect. we'll be right back. devices and intnternet. like ultra-fast, ultra-simimple wireless 5g business internet. you could geget one month on us. and up to $1,500 to help cover the cost to switch. come in or book an appointment online today during verizon small business days. verizon small business days are going ultra, so your business can get more. when my genetic reports told me about my heart health, i was able to take action. and i got a kit for my mom, too, so she can get her own meaningful health info. this mother's day, start a new health journey together with mom with $50 off every kit. i was injured in a car crash. i had no idea how much my case was worth. i called the barnes firm. when a truck hit my son, i had so many questions about his case. i called the barnes firm. it was the best call i could've made. your case is often worth more than insuran call the barnes firm to find out i could've made. what your case could be worth. we will help get you the best result possible. ♪ the barnes firm, injury attorneys ♪ call one eight hundred,est resul eight million ♪ tonight, the united states is a significant step closer to making covid vaccines available for the nation's youngest children, moderna officially asked the fda to authorize zits vaccine for kids under six, joined by former baltimore health commissioner, thank you for joining us, i know you have two kids in this age group, under six yourself, how huge a moment is this potentially for parents out there? >> well, wolf, i have two little kids ages two and four and i know there are so many families out there in the same boat who will just experience a lot of relief today in the fact there may be a vaccine on the horizon for the youngest kids, talking 20 million kids in the age group not eligible for vaccination and moderna's data, even though some will say little kids tend to not become severely ill, i think for many of us as parents if there is the chance to reduce the risk of something really severe to much lower, i think a lot of us would do that. >> these moderna vaccines we're told are 51% effective among kids 6 months to 2 years old and only 37% effective from kids two to five. what would you say to parents out there who are worried these are relatively low numbers? >> i would say put two things into perspective. the first is that these studies were done in the time of omicron and when you look at adults and the protective effect of two doses in adults but in the time of omicron, it was comparable to these types of data in children. the second is, what is the real reason why we're getting people vaccinated? it's not to reduce any infection, it's to reduce severe infection. now we don't know yet those data in young kids but we do know for younger children there is a very robust antibody response that's similar as for older children and for adults so based on that, we need to keep our eyes on the prize of what's the most important thing which is to reduce severe infection and again, that's something i'm looking forward to getting my kids vaccinated so that we can be reassured that they'll be well-protected against severe illness. >> these vaccines do indeed help prevent hospitalization and god forbid, death, that's so, so important if you're fully vaccinated. how soon can we see these kids six and under actually start getting this vaccine? >> we'll we have seen in the past the fda can review applications in three to four weeks and then the cdc can then review pretty soon after, a week or week and a half after the fda so that puts the earliest at probably end of may for those reviews to be completed. i'm also hearing that unfortunately, the fda might consider waiting even longer because maybe they'll wait until pfizer also submits their data for the three-dose version of vaccines for kids in this age group. i really hope they do not wait because it's happened before that fda can just authorize one company's vaccine and i really hope they will review moderna's data at the earliest opportunity because there are so many parents who will be first in line wanting to get their kids vaccinated as soon as possible without delay. >> and pfizer's moving closer and closer to seeking full emergency use authorization as well for kids, right? 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