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
they are say cusing russia of fighting with cluster munitions. the ukraine s military says russia s attempts to advance in other areas were unsuccessful. russia s military now complaining while its objective is to take full control of ukraine s black seacoast. and key to that is a city that we ve been talking about for weeks, the city of mariupol, where an unknown number of soldiers and civilians are trapped inside a factory. ukraine s prime minister spoke about the dire situation in mariupol, as he met with officials. the situation in mariupol is terrible. this is the biggest humanitarian catastrophe in this and many last centuries. many thousands of people, many