capital. there are contradicting reports about a critically important russian warship in the black sea that has suffered heavy damage. the kremlin says there was a fire on board its flagship vessel. the ukrainians claim they hit the ship with a missile attack. the ukrainians just released new images purporting to show a special forces operation that blew up a bridge in the kharkiv region as a group of russian military vehicles heading to donbas was crossing it. ukraine says armored cars and trucks there were destroyed. russia is also releasing video, which aired on russian state tv, so consider the source, claiming to show that more than 1,000 ukrainian marines surrendered in mariupol. ukraine denied the report. cnn cannot verify the claim. ahead of russia s anticipated attack, president biden unveiled an $800 million security package for ukraine, including anti-tank javelins, military helicopters. and this morning cnn learned that the u.s. is thinking about sending a high
right now, day 50 of russia s invasion of ukraine. and a key russian warship, a flagship, in fact, badly damaged. ukrainian forces claim to have struck it with a neptune-class cruise missile. i m told this morning that ukrainian military has shared its assessment, its intelligence on the strike, with the u.s. very good morning to you. i m jim sciutto. i m bianna golodryga. new this morning, ukrainian commanders say they struck one of russia s most important navy warships with a guided missile. this was one of the ships involved in the infamous snake island attack. the kremlin is denying reports claiming instead that there was merely a fire on board. cnn has not been able to visually confirm the status of that ship. also this morning, russian state tv airing this new video, saying that it shows more than 1,000 ukrainian marines surrendering to russian forces in mariupol. ukraine is denying this report. we should note that cnn cannot verify its authenticity. as cnn crews ar
Long process, that it is right now. but it was an eerie feeling when i realized for the first time in my adult life and i travel professionally for, you know, dance competitions and so on, my most of my life, it was the furst time i realized i wasn t able to get home. the airport is not something i can just go into or train station and buy a ticket and leave. this was a very eerie feeling. and i know your family, your father and your family in new jersey are they started raising funds pretty much from the beginning of this war. can you tell me about what you all are doing? yes. so, as soon as this became a reality, i guess, like, february 24th, 25th, we took about a week or ten days to get everything started, but baranova 27 was born.
In western ukraine from the east, you know, from fighting regions and don t have anything. i was able to from poland organize a truck of food supplies, baranova 27 is responsible for sending aid like clothing, bedding material, and also things like ipads or, you know, things that they can use for their education and so on. so that s what we re trying to do. as well as just send all the tons of humanitarian aid that we re receiving. yeah. maks, it is amazing work that you and your family are doing and we thank you so much for being with us. maks chmerkovskiy, thank you. thank you so much for having me. and cnn s coverage continues right now.