outside of mariupol, ukrainian officials point to nassau satellite images that show ground in one area has recently been disturbed. they also say claims from one source indicate that the site has been used to dispose of bodies. cnn is working to independently verify those claims. meantime, russia has unveiled a new goal in the conflict, a new strategy. a commander saying taking control of southern ukraine and even donbas region to establish a land block of crimea. there is new credit yo that shows utter destruction in the small village of moschun, north of kyiv. house after house flattened. the ukrainians played a major role in pushing back from the city. 100,000 people are trapped in mariupol including soldiers and sillians. ukraine s deputy prime minister announced this morning, a humanitarian corridor is now open to evacuate, women, children and the elderly. this morning, we are hearing reports of more shelling in the kharkiv region. we re going to bring you up to date w
are being dumped by the russian forces there. as you mentioned, cnn, though, can t independently verify that claim. there is no doubt, though, that mariupol has been largely reduced to rubble. the destruction is vast. what has been harder to get a handle on or quantify is the human toll. those who are still alive are hunkering down in basements, they ve been there almost two months now. one of those places the azozstal are making it there and the workers who took shelter in the deepest basement they could find. in the new video released from ukrainian forces you can see just how deep this bunker actually is. going down inside of it, you can see the russian word for children written in spray paint on all of the walls. then when you get to the bottom of the stairs, you see a lot of kids who have not seen sunshine in a very long time.