spread. welcome to the show, everyone. it is 8:00 a.m. here in ukraine. we ll begin with a glimmer of hope for people trapped in the ukrainian city of mariupol after weeks under siege by russian forces and several failed evacuation attempts. a handful of civilians managed to leave on saturday. ukrainian commander at the steel plant, the last bastion of ukraine s defense of mariupol, says 20 women as well as children got out after a cease-fire r. but that is really a tiny fraction of the hundreds still trapped inside the plant and the thousands, of course, believed to be sheltering in other parts of the city, 100,000 or so. meanwhile, missile strikes hammered southern as well as eastern ukraine on saturday. in the southern port city of od odesa, you can see on your map, witnesses reported hearing several explosions. ukraine s military also confirmed that the runway at odesa s airport had been destroyed. in his nightly address, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy vowed to
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welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. as heavy fighting continues in eastern ukraine, an advisor to the country s president volodymyr zelensky has acknowledged that ukrainian forces have suffered serious losses. he said ukraine had lost control of some towns and villages but claimed russia s casualties had been in his words colossal . this report from our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford contains some images you may find distressing. vera gyrych was carried from the wreckage of her home in a body bag. she d been found buried beneath rubble after a russian missile strike on central kyiv. vera was 55, a journalist for the american broadcaster radio liberty. it says it s shocked and outraged by the meaningless manner of her death. we saw forensic workers bring out what looked like fragments of the missile. russia s defence ministry claims it was firing precision weapons. only the military factory opposite the apartment block is scorche
moscow says more than one million people have been evacuated from ukraine to russia since the conflict began. foreign minister sergey lavrov claims that includes 120,000 foreigners, and people from donetsk and luhansk areas that russia regards as breakaway republics. russia also confirmed responsiblity for thursday s attack on kyiv, but said they were targeting a missile manufacturing plant. a warning, sarah rainsford report contains images you may find distressing. vera gyrych was carried from the wreckage of her home in a body bag. she d been found buried beneath rubble after a russian missile strike on central kyiv. vera was 55, a journalist for the american broadcaster radio liberty. it says it s shocked and outraged by the meaningless manner of her death. we saw forensic workers bring out what looked like fragments of the missile. russia s defence ministry claims it was firing precision weapons. only the military factory opposite the apartment block is scorched, but stil
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov, says more thani million people have been evacuated from ukraine to russia since the invasion began. ukraine has previously accused russia of taking people across the border against their will. russia also confirmed responsiblity for thursday s attack on kyiv, but said they were targeting a missile manufacturing plant. a warning sarah rainsford s report contains images you may find distressing. vera gyrych was carried from the wreckage of her home in a body bag. she d been found buried beneath rubble after a russian missile strike on central kyiv. vera was 55, a journalist for the american broadcaster radio liberty. it says it s shocked and outraged by the meaningless manner of her death. we saw forensic workers bring out what looked like fragments of the missile. russia s defence ministry claims it was firing precision weapons. only the military factory opposite the a