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shipped off from mariupol to eastern russia some 5,000 miles away. ukrainian officials satellite images offer possible evidence of more mass graves right outside that port city. these images coming to light even as vladimir putin proclaims the city has been, quote, liberated by russian forces. ukraine s ministry of defense claims two more russian generals have been killed after a strike on the command post in kherson. cnn has not yet verified that claim and the kremlin has not yet commented. and ukrainian president zelenskyy says two top u.s. officials secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin will visit kyiv sunday. matt rivers joins me tonight from kyiv. president zelenskyy speaking about not only high level visitors from the u.s. but setting the expectation for them not to come empty-handed. what does he want? pamela, if there s one thing we know about president zelenskyy he does not pull any punches about sending very clear and direct me ....
coming hours. it would be a powerful symbol of u.s. support for ukraine, as russia s war now enters its third month. we ll have much more on that in a moment, but first, i want to take you to mariupol, where a planned evacuation of civilians on saturday reportedly derailed by the threat of russian shelling. ukraine also accusing russia of rounding up thousands of mariupol residents and sending them to russia. some as far as the other side of the country. the ukrainian military reports taking out 17 russian air as sets on saturday. it says anti-aircraft missiles shot down three russian air craft. five cruise missiles. and nine tactical drones. we ve been telling you about the dire plight of ukrainian fighters and civilians sheltering for weeks now inside mariupol s massive steel fa factory. well, video you see there taken by those troops shows them delivers supplies to women and children in the plant s bomb shelter. one boy spoke of his longing to just go outside. tran ....
nobody can defend that, and nobody should defend it. the former president says he s standing by mccar thy, but for how long. and the republican war on mickey mouse. why did governor desantis turn his state s most iconic company into a culture war villain. inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters, now. hello, and welcome to inside politics sunday, i m abbey philip. we begin this morning with a high stakes trip to ukraine. president volodymyr zelenskyy announced at a news conference he ll welcome lloyd austin, and ant anthony blinken in kyiv. there s been no confirmation, but zelenskyy he expects them to bring more than just words. they should not come here with empty hands now. we re not waiting just for presents and cakes, we re expecting especially big things, and especially big weapons. today marks two months since vladimir putin launched his invasion, and it s also the day of an orthodox christians in ukraine celebrate easter. in ....
with cnn, netflix, disney and twitter all left spinning with no stopping in sight. here at cnn, new ownership decided to shut down the cnn-plus streaming service less than a month after it was launched by the previous management team. the u-turn was front page news, stunning news and painful news for everyone involved. years of development possibly down the drain. some of the shows may never be seen. hundreds of staffers may be laid off, though the company is trying to place many of them in new jobs. amid these bruising headlines, folks are trying to make sense of it. some parts are believing the predictable points about talking points but the truth is, this was a corporate move. this cnn plus service was doomed because of the timing of the merger and clashing strategies. the new owner has plans to compline multiple streaming platform to make one big challenger for netflix. and speaking of which, this week netflix s earnings came out. incredible snag, subscriber numbers ....
baby. and despite the latest round of attacks, president zelenskyy says he is meeting with top u.s. officials in kyiv today. secretary of state blinken and secretary of defense austin. zelenskyy pulling no punches about what he expects from that visit. translator: why is it important for leaders to come to us? i will give you a pragmatic answer. because they should not come here with empty hands now. we re waiting not for just presents or cakes, we are expecting specific things and specific weapons. let s turn to matt rivers in kyiv. matt, more heavy shelling taking place in eastern ukraine. potentially as the backdrop of this meeting that zelenskyy says was to happen today. what more are we hearing about what s happening? reporter: just to run through the general headlines first, fred, in terms of what we re seeing with this renewed russian offensive here in ukraine. unfortunately, it is more of the same. we have seen reports of eight people killed in the donetsk ....