Ukraine, where the coming hours may be critical for the besieged city of mariupol according to intercepted communications. Russians plan to level everything to the ground. Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, im paula newton. Ill be covering some of our other top story, including the new era of maskless travel. How the Biden Administration could fight to revive the mask mandate. The Russian Ministry of defense says its offering a ceasefire to Ukrainian Forces surrounded in a steel factory in the city of mariupol. But Ukrainian Commanders call it surrender and vowed they will not give up. Russian fighters have laid siege to the Southern Port City for seven weeks now as part of the donbas region. Russian state media used Drone Footage of the steel works where hundreds of civilians are taking a shelter. A marine commander says the situation in the steel works is critical with food and water in short supply. Translator this is our statement to the world. It may be our last statemen
Ceasefire to Ukrainian Forces holed up in a steel factory in the city of mariupol. But Ukrainian Commanders call it a surrender and have vowed to continue to fight despite being surrounded by Russian Forces on all sides. This Drone Footage of the steelworks aired on russian state television. Ukrainian Officials Say up to 1,000 individuals, including women and children and the elderly have also taken shelter inside that facility with food and water now in short supply. Translator this is our statement to the world. It may be our last statement. We might have only a few days or even hours left. The enemys units are ten times larger than ours. They have supremacy in the air, artillery, and units that are dislocated on the ground, equipment and tanks. We appeal to the World Leaders to help us. That same ukrainian commander says there are about 500 wounded there, mostly ukrainian fighters who have been left to rot without medical care. The rest of mariupol is also in ruins. On tuesday, Russ
Public transportation mask order is not in effect right now at airports across the country. Our aviation correspondent Pete Monoteen joins us with more. What did the judge say in their decision . Reporter anderson, this is so interest because this is the first time im at Reagan National airport. Ive done hundreds of live shots throughout the pandemic wearing a mask. This is the first time were not wearing a mask because of this federal judge decision, katherine kimball. She was appointed by president trump. She says this rule is essentially void, that the cdcs authority doesnt go over. This is pending a federal review. It came by surprise and was very abrupt. We know the mask mandate was slated to end today. It got sfwextended by two weeks. Airlines quickly pushed back against that and they said that this is something that is Holding People back from traveling. The history here, back in February 2021 the Biden Administration ordered this to be put into place extended again and again. N
Raid signal went off. The soldiers are concerned this will be a secondary strike on the same target. Ukrainian soldiers ordered us behind a concrete barricade. You understand you cant film this . Nervous about us filming, one member of the Territorial Defense forces cocked his rifle. As he shouted at us to move back. Its interesting. Youre wearing the flak jacket and the helmet. Most civilians dont have that, right . Just people around their neighborhood. You have to wear it, it is protocol. There was a bombing there or a Missile Strike and you want to be safe. What happened after that . So what happened was a series of further Air Raid Sirens. The concern was after those first four were the russians going to hit again because three of the targets were military warehouses. The question was what were their warehouses storing . Why were the russians hitting them . Over the course of the day we heard three more rounds, the most recent within the last hour. And you know, don, having covere
This is cnn breaking news. Hello and welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. I am john vause live in lviv, ukraine, and what could be the start of a definitive value batle for ukraine. The longawaited Russian Military offensive in the dop bas region appears to be underway in the frontline which stretches for hundreds of miles. I am paula newton at cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, where masks are now optional throughout the United States, onboard planes, trains, and buses, after a judge strikes down a publictransit mandate. For books, ukrainian, nato officials woorned the russians were preaching for a renewed offensive in the east. Now, it seems it has begun. Ukraines top security official, a 300mile front line stretching from kharkiv, donetsk, and Luhansk Region came under attack by Russian Forces monday. For the most part, that Defensive Line held. The city in western lieu hans ks was repeatedly hit by artillery, igniting heavy fires across the city, smoke