the second missile strike came in. this is known as a double tap, particularly cynical way to treat civilians. in the luhansk region in the city of donetsk which is where we ve spent a good amount of time, it s the easternmost city in ukraine under government control. there a church was hit. today, of course, is palm sunday in the orthodox calendar. fredricka? and then, ben, tell me about where you are and the precautions you have to take while doing a live shot just like this in the darkness. well, we do have a total blackout in the city as well as a curfew. we don t have too much light here. there s the city, we re in kramatorsk and there are barely any people left in town.
but the u.s. official says that might only last a few days. meantime, ukrainian officials say russia has responded to the sinking of its warship by becoming increasingly hostile in its attacks on the south. cnn s ben wedeman is in eastern ukraine. tell us what you re seeing there. reporter: well, what we re seeing is a constant intensification of the russian bombardment on this area, the donbas area, in the far east of the country. today we were once again in the city which is right smack dab up against russian lines, it s the easternmost city in ukraine under government control. what we saw was shelling, lots of shelling on that area forcing the local residents to simply live underground. the shelling comes early and