you are watching cnn newsroom. welcome to the show everyone, it s 9:00 a.m. here in lyiv in ukraine. the russian military was seen as sporting two buses said to be carrying several evacuees to a town east of mariupol as you can see in the video there. the factory has been under bombardment, president zelenskyy is hoping to negotiate the safe evacuation of the soldiers still inside. translator: we are also working on diplomatic options to save our military who remain. mediators are involved, including influential states. meanwhile, russia is hastily putting its stand wherever it can in mariupol ahead of the victory day. a russian flag flies over a hospital, and signs have been changed to russian and they are saying, soviet statues are popping up across the city. victory day, appears this year that he may want to make a show of mariupol, or what is left of it as some sort of prize. we are in southern ukraine with the latest for you. reporter: escorted by armor,