gains but plenty and mounting destruction. smoke and flames trailing a key rail hub that connects kharkiv to donetsk. elsewhere in donetsk, a field depot fire. today russia accusing ukraine of sending mortars across the border. away from the frontline in the capital, kyiv, air raid sirens after weeks without them. this a aftermath of a russian barrage that pummelled the cities hours after the united nations secretary general met there with ukraine s president. in mariupol it remains literally a life or death waiting game. conditions are crumbling with every passing hour. the city s mayor puts it bluntly. quote, the mariupol is hell, or places are worse. a field commander worries they cannot survive another direct hit. translator: yesterday was a heavy strike on a direct hit on the field hospital that is situated inside the steel plant. and the operating theater was hit directly. and all the surgical equipment, everything that is necessary to perform surgery has been destroy
end it. translator: if someone intends to intervene in what is happening from the outside and creates unacceptable strategic threats for us, then they should know that our response to oncoming strikes will be swift, lightning fast. we have all the tools for this. ones that no one can brag about. and we won t brag, we will use them if needed. the war will not turn with the war will end when the russian federation decides to end it and when there is after a ceasefire a possibility of a serious political agreement. we can have all meetings, but that is not what will end the war. overnight britain s defense minister said putin may seek to consolidate what he has in ukraine and dig in like a cancerous growth. we re also learning about more horrors out of donetsk. the u.s. has credible information that russian military units executed ukrainians there while they were surrendering, their hands were bound, their bodies showed signs of torture and they were killed execution s
good morning to you, i m jim sciutto reporting from lviv, western ukraine. i m bianna golodryga in new york. we have breaking news this morning. some good news for a change. russia has released u.s. marine veteran trevor reed from prison as part of a prison swap with moscow. this new video just into cnn from this morning from russian state media showing trevor reed being escorted by officials in what they say is a moscow area airport. the u.s. and russia agree to exchange trevor reed who was convicted and jailed in russia for allegedly endangering police officers for constantine yurashenko for drug smuggling. i spoke with ed price about the swap. this was a decision that the president made. it was a decision that was predicated on the fact that this russian individual had served the majority of his prison sentence for a non-violent drug crime, and again, our overriding priority was the safe return of trevor reed, knowing not only that he d been held against his will for
team in trump s white house, and now dr. deborah birx is here with a new book to reveal what she was really thinking at the time, as well as offering her take on the covid response by the current white house. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our world lead and a warning from the top u.s. general that the entire international security order is at stake because of russia s war on ukraine. joint chiefs of staff chairman general mark milley making this declaration during an exclusive cnn interview with jim sciutto earlier today. if this is left to stand, if there is no answer to this aggression, if russia gets away with this cost-free, then so goes the so-called international order. if that happens, then we re heading into an era of seriously increased instability. general milley also confirming one of the u.s. goals in this conflict is to weaken russia. echoing comments made by the u.s. defense secretary just yesterday. it s a goal u.s. officials had pre
those defending mariupol surrender, they have not. that means getting humanitarian aid in or out or away to avacate that city and those in harm s way out is proving next to impossible. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. this is your world. a busy and crazy day when it comes to the ukraine war with the russians up front on the eastern part of the country, now officially on. better than 1,800 sortees we re told over the last 24 hours. the damage and the toll considerable. details of which we might not know until at least tomorrow. let s get the latest from jeff paul. jeff? yeah, neil. the remaining ukraine forces of mariupol are still standing despite being surrounded and constantly bombarded by russian forces. in fact, one of those soldiers said to be holed up in the city s massive steel plan just delivered this message today. this is our appeal to the world. this could be the last appeal of our lives. we re probably facing our last days if not hours. the enemy is outn