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If it s thursday, president biden announces more military aid for ukraine and plans to ask congress for another round of emergency war funding as zelenskyy looks to the west, desperate for even more arms. this as russian forces intensify their attacks in the east. putin claims success in the critical port city of mariupol, but did the kremlin declare victory prematurely? and a memo from bernie sanders camp says he is not ruling out a run for president in 2024 depending on what the current president decides to do. what does that mean? i ll be joined by the adviser who wrote it. that s ahead.
More than 21,000 civilians there are feared dead. russia is intensifying rocket attacks in kharkiv. missile strikes have killed several people, injuring more than a dozen. buildings are up in flames. the war in ukraine is exacting a heavy toll on families. many still struggling to escape the fighting. james longman leads us off from dnipro, ukraine. reporter: tonight, ukrainian forces defiant, locked in a fierce battle. in what could be the last stand for control of the critical port city of mariupol. ukrainian troops rejecting a russian ultimatum to surrender. they re holding out in this massive steel plant filled with underground tunnels. ukrainian prime minister saying mariupol is besieged but not defeated. we will fight until the end in this war. reporter: mariupol is now a wasteland after weeks of russian bombing and street fighting. bodies lying in the streets.
Difficult being besieged by russian forces. all across southern ukraine in on the major s major cities. kherson where the population of 300,000 people has become the first ukrainian city to fall into russia s hands. their mayor is claiming hundreds of brave residents have been killed with many of their bodies unrecognizable because of putin s barbaric weapon. and unfortunately kherson is not alone. about 250 miles east, the critical port city of mariupol has been engulfed by russian forces. invading troops have the city surrounded by both land and sea. and a raining explosives down on the innocent people trapped inside. the city s deputy mayor detailed the horrors. style of war to serious injuries. we have continuous shelling for 26 hours. 26 hours they are destroying our