ben wedeman, cnn, lviv. if you would like to help people in ukraine who may be in need of shelter, food or water, meece go to cnn.com/impact. you ll find several ways you can help. we ll have more updates on our breaking news including the widespread destruction in mariupol as it continues to come under relentless russian attack. we have new satellite imagery to share with you. plus, ukraine s president is just a few hours away from a speech to japanese lawmakers. what the war in ukraine may mean for tokyo s ties with russia. certified turbocharger, suspension and fuel injection. translation: certified goosebumps. certified from headlamp to tailpipe. that s certifified head turn. and it s s all backed by our unlimited mileage warranty. that means unlimited peace ofof mind.
in ukraine. here is some earlier reporting on ukraine. reporter: syria is where russia boasted about testing more than 300 types of weapons. it s also where it tested the world s limits and there seemed to be none. its war has no rules. no one is spared and no place is safe. russia s bombed hospitals, markets, schools. the u.n. called them war crimes but no one has faced justice. russia denies it s committed these crimes but its cruel attacks know no bounds. on the right side of your screen you see images of aleppo, syria, from 2016. on the left side you see images of mariupol, ukraine, from just three days ago. the harrowing accounts coming out of mariupol are hauntingly similar to those from aleppo where people were besieged and
russian naval ships have turned their weapons on mariupol as well and the u.s. defense officials believe that, yeah, there s a group of seven naval ships and several of which have joined the attack on mariupol. one year into this it shows it is unequal and mismatched even as ukraine defends fiercely and goes on the counter attack and russia is still struggling to build up momentum. many thanks to phil black joining us from lviv. they are refusing to rule out the possibility that russia will use nuclear weapons in ukraine. in an exclusive interview with christian ammann poor, dmitry peskov says they want to change from an antineutral country to a
and every second civilian building is damaged or destroyed. there isn t much left, but if ukraine can now hold this ground, it could prove crucial in stopping russian forces from encircling the capital. in ukraine s east, the city of kharkiv, another much wanted prize for the invading force has reported a noticeable increase in russian munitions fired from afar. intelligence assessments say that s happening more because fighting up close isn t going russia s way. but still, no city in ukraine has been bombarded like mariupol. there is only daily torment for the hundreds of thousands still under siege there. each day mariupol is destroyed more and more until now in our estimation about 90% of our infrastructure is damaged and destroyed. the city is under continuous bombing from 50 bombs to 100 bombs, russian aircraft drops
this could be why. a senior u.s. defense official says ukrainians are now fighting to take back territory and even as we saw fresh smoke rising from kyiv today. we re learning the ukrainians are making gains. a counterattack north and west of kyiv is jeopardizing russian attempts to encircle that city. but in mariupol, just devastation. this new video of debris lining the streets just in to our newsroom here. it s the same resident who captured the moment a shell exploded just feet away. watch this. [ explosion ] president zelenskyy says the battered port city is in ruins like armageddon. the u.s. says it has clear evidence russian forces are deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure, hospitals and places of shelter across ukraine. and in this port city, that couldn t be more clear.