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
do you expect further provocation around this holiday? yes. that s our intelligence says that the russians could bomb the churches because a lot of people will probably go to the church during orthodox easter. and that s why we re asking people to stay at home this night because there could be russian provocations during easter. and that s correct. they sate there won t be a cease-fire, no easter truce for this weekend. really appreciate you taking the time to speak to us. please stay safe. she was just saying officials and i were talking about, officials in ukraine are hoping to open humanitarian corridors. they think they can hope one out of the city of mariupol.