rockets. russian troops are attempting to break through the defenses and advance south, further into donbas. in a small town outside of kyiv, new video shows damaged and destroyed homes left by russian shelling during the first phase of this conflict. as ukraine s orthodox christians celebrate easter this weekend, ukraine s president said he was hopeful of prevailing against russia. translator: the 58th day of our defense is coming to an end. it ends on good friday, the day when death seems to have won. but we hope for a resurrection. we believe in the victory of life over death, and we pray that death loses. moscow has finally acknowledged casualties from the sinking of the moskva more than a week ago. says one sailor was killed, 27 missing. claiming the 396 remaining crew were rescued and taken to crimea. for more, let s bring in isa soares. hi to you, isa. reporter: a very good morning to you, michael. as our reporters meet more ukrainians, the stories of brutality a
confirms its objective in ukraine is to take full control of the black sea coast. 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 officials say an evacuation column will be attempted again today. it s supposed to get under way right about now. an estimated 100,000 civilians are still inside the battered city. as ukraine s orthodox christians celebrate easter this weekend, ukraine s president he is hopeful against prevailing against russia, here he is. translator: the 58th day of our defense is coming to an end. it ends on good friday, one of the most sorrowful day of the year for christians. the day when death seems to have won. but we hope for a resurrection. we believe in the victory of life over death. and we pray that death loses. britain s ministry of defense says russia has made no major gains in the past 24 hours. its air and sea forces haven t established
massive risk to try and get out. they made it thankfully, safely. and they told me they had a 5-year-old and a 7-year-old girl. and literally, they spent the large part of the last two months hibernating underground in their basement. the situation was incredibly difficult. they ve been through a horrific time. and the only positive sign is that they ve made it out. the two children were playing again in this child protection space that we have. and the joy on their faces was incredible. i mean, just to have some toys and just to play. it was this massive relief, i think, at that point. to find out how you can help. people in ukraine who need shelter, food and water, please go to cnn.com/impact. just to let you know, our cnn audience has donated $7.5 million. but obviously more help is desperately needed. all right. coming up, our other top story,
managed to make it out with 12 other cars, and took a massive risk, and they made it thankfully safely. they said they have a 5-year-old and 7-year-old girl. they had spent literally a large part of the last nearly two months since the war started hiding underground. the situation was incredibly difficult. they had been through a horrific time. and the only positive side was that they had made it out. and the two children were playing again in this child protection space that we have. and the joy on their faces was incredible. just to have some toys was a massive relief to play at that point. we were looking at you were talking at some of the buses arriving. and the children s faces, they re smiling. i m guessing they re so relieved, but they must be so exhausted, scared, and tired. on top of that comes the trauma