Ukraine, with john berman in new york. Investigations are under way this morning to determine whether Russian Forces might have used chemical weapons in the battered Southern City of mariupol. The head of the military there in the Donetsk Region telling cnn that three people are being treated for a nonlife threatening illness, or symptoms, after a russian drone dropped something from the air. Cnn cannot independently verify that claim. But the pentagon says it is monitoring this development, and the uk has launched an urgent investigation. And breaking moments ago, fierce new fighting there in mariupol, we have a new video that shows plumes of smoke rising from a residential area on the hills above a shipping yard near the citys port. And even though Russian Forces have retreated from the kyiv area in the north, there is still danger lurking in northern ukraine. President zelenskyy describing the region as one of the most contaminated by mines in the world. Translator invaders left min
Dangerous as possible. Due to the actions of the russian army, our territory today is one of the most contaminated by mines in the world. To that end, this morning, you can see this huge effort by ukrainians in and around kyiv to uncover and clean up the unexploded mines that were left behind there. Overnight, we are getting reports of Heavy Shelling by the russians in the eastern part of this country. This, of course, is the area where the russians are launching this new offensive. Really where were expecting intense fighting in the days ahead. But, ukrainian officials are hoping that heavy rain will slow plans for the russians in that area. The rain is expected to last for several days. It could create acres and acres of mud here which would keep the russians on the road system and would make them an easier target. As for Vladimir Putin, he says russias military goals in ukraine are noble and will be achieved. The reason were telling you this, this is the first time we heard of Vladi
Our russia editor Steve Rosenberg has the latest from moscow. Well, many people are asking is the story of wagner, the story of prigozhin, finally over . I have to say one of the things i have learned in russia is that stories here rarely end. There are so many twists and turns here and new chapters. It is quite possible that even in death Yevgeny Prigozhin could pose a challenge to vladimir putin. Just look at all the Makeshift Prigozhin memorials that have been popping up in nearly two dozen towns in russia and russian occupied ukraine. This man had become quite a popularfigure in pro war circles, and so the widespread suspicion that the russian authorities were behind the plane crash means that the kremlin faces the danger of a backlash. The last thing the kremlin will want to have to deal with is prigozhin the martyr or cult of prigozhin. Its interesting, actually, that President Putin has now ordered wagner employees and those of other private Military Contractors to sign an alleg
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Plus a look tomorrows front pages. Good evening. In the last few moments, authorities in the us say two bodies have now been recovered following the baltimore Bridge Collapse yesterday. Investigators have also found the Data Recorder from the ship that crashed into the bridge. They are hoping it will explain why the vessel lost power soon after leaving the citys port. Six Maintenance Workers who fell into the water when the Francis Scott key Bridge Collapsed are all presumed dead. Heres our north america correspondent gary 0donoghue. Weve heard from the local authorities that about ten oclock this morning they found a red Pick Up Truck under the central span of where the bridge was in the water. They confirmed and released the names of two people who were in the names of two people who were in the red attack of the truck. They were part of the Construction Crew as we know that were on the bridge at the time, filling potholes. Despite the may a warning from the ship, and the action of t