sensely casualties of this invasion. french voters decide their country s future leader. it s an election that could cause a major shift in world politics. welcome to the show, everyone. it s now 9:00 a.m. in ukraine. we re getting a clearer picture of russia s goal in the country. russia s military now confirming it s objective to take full control of ukraine s black seacoast. ukraine s president wants that only to be a prelude to russia envancing into other countries. and key to the russian plan is the city we ve been talking about for a while now, mariupol, where an unknown number of ukrainian trips and civilians are trapped inside a large steel factory. ukraine s prime minister spoke about the dire situation as he met with u.s. officials in washington. have a listen. the situation in mariupol is terrible. this is the biggest catastrophe in this and the last centuries. many dozens of thousands of people may be thousands of peope are died in mariupol. and we will see
ukrainian military says russia s assault on the eastern part of the country is heating up as the next phase of russia s war gets under way. now a key town in that region. ukraine is accusing russia of shelling the town friday with cluster munitions which scatter over a wide area. in the small town outside of kyiv, drone video that you re looking at shows a really apocalyptic landscape left by russian shelling during the first phase of the war. ukrainian forces are being honored for holding the town and for blocking of course the russian advance on the capitol. and president volodymyr zelenskyy is vowing to keep fighting. have a listen. we will defend ourselves as long as necessary to break this ambition of the russian federation. the armed forces of ukraine continue to deter attacks by russian invaders in the east and south of the country. i m grateful to each of our defenders bravely holding. meanwhile, russia military now confirming its objective is to take full control
lus we re live in paris where french voters prepare to decide on their next president. and marjorie taylor greene becomes the first member of congress to testify under oath about the january 6th insurrection, but it turns out she doesn t remember much about that day. russia s military now confirms its objective in ukraine is to take full control of the black seacoast and establish a land bridge between russia and crimea. ukraine s president warns if that happens russia s aggression will spread to other countries. mariupol says evacuation will attempt to get under way today. an estimated 100,000 civilians still remain in the city. and we ve been telling you about ukrainian soldiers and civilians who have been holed up in mariupol s steel factory. translator: we all really want to return home. we want to return to our lives, to see our parents, relatives and so on. we really miss them. ukrainian troops in a small town outside of kyiv are being honored for halting russia s
sensely casualties of this invasion. french voters decide their country s future leader. it s an election that could cause a major shift in world politics. welcome to the show, everyone. it s now 9:00 a.m. in ukraine. we re getting a clearer picture of russia s goal in the country. russia s military now confirming it s objective to take full control of ukraine s black seacoast. ukraine s president wants that only to be a prelude to russia envancing into other countries. and key to the russian plan is the city we ve been talking about for a while now, mariupol, where an unknown number of ukrainian trips and civilians are trapped inside a large steel factory. ukraine s prime minister spoke about the dire situation as he
world. i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. officials with the city of mariupol say they will attempt another evacuation of civilians in the coming hours. russia s military now confirms its objective to take full control of ukraine s black seacoast. president zelenskyy warns if russia is successful it will only be the beginning and russia s aggression will turn to other countries. bitten s defense ministry says russia has made no major gains in the past 24 hours and continue to face heavy shelling despite russian claims the city is liberated. video from those troops shows them delivering supplies to the women and children huddled in the bomb shelter. ukraine says the discovery of more suspected mass graves near mariupol is further evidence of alleged russian war crimes. well, as our reporters meet more ukrainians, the stories of brutality at the hands of