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
a report says the wife and daughter were likely murdered inside the luxury home. he was found dead in the garden outside. when russian business people die, i think one kind of has to assume the worst first. i think these deaths, in my book, are very suspicious. they are so similar. they re both individuals who made their money in the gas specter. could the men have been under pressure from fallout of the ukraine war? we re in a taught moment. money is scarce. all sorts of people are under a lot of pressure. reporter: few answers but plenty of theories. there might be people in russia connected to the security apparatus, who don t like things that these individuals are doing. they could be patterns of retaliation against individuals who may be collaborating with foreign authorities or people in