blood-soaked stuffed horse, left behind after the deadly massacre on a train station full of evacuees in the town of kramatorsk one week ago today. the government says ukrainian national police will send this child s home to the united nations as evidence of what happened that day. evidence of a war crime. one that left seven children dead. five were killed that day. two more succumbed to their wounds only recently. we do not know if this stuffed animal s owner survived, but i would like to ask you to think for a moment. just a moment today, but its possible owner. a child maybe told he or she can only bring one toy with them when they finally got a chance to flee their town. one beloved toy. and he or she chose this one. now it is headed to the united nations. and it is soaked in innocent blood. this is tatiana, a photo journalist with afb getty. took this image of her standing
coast along a strip of land rush at wants to take to allow a land corridor from the east to the south. the mayor of mariupol has said russians are forcibly taking ukrainians across the border into russia. russia has not addressed those claims but says it is helping people who want to get to russia. it s worth stressing we try to independently verify all claims made from mariupol but it s very difficult to do so as for the moment it s impossible for us to get there. with an overview of what is happening there, here is my colleaguejon donnison. increasingly, ukraine s eastern cities are in ruins. kramatorsk one of the latest towns to come under heavy russian bombardment. the un says it s confirmed more than 8a0 civilians have so far been killed across the country, but says the actual figure is likely far higher.
obviously a point we will investigate. to explain for i am speaking from, i am not at the train station in lviv, which is a kind of hub for all those escaping conflict from the east of the country, some of them have stories to tell, fighting back tears as they separate from family members i am at the train station. for an overview of what s happening, let s go tojohn donnison. increasingly, ukraine s eastern cities are in ruins. kramatorsk one of the latest towns to come under heavy russian bombardment. the un says it s confirmed more than 840 civilians have so far been killed across the country, but says the actual figure is likely far higher. this is the latest satellite picture, the theatre in the southern city of mariupol, bombed by russia on wednesday. four days on, officials say hundreds are still trapped in the basement but reports of fighting nearby are hampering rescue efforts.
across ukraine so far. jon donnison has this report. increasingly, ukraine s eastern cities are in ruins. kramatorsk one of the latest towns to come under heavy russian bombardment. the un says it has confirmed more than 840 civilians have now been killed across the country, but says the actual figure across the country, but says the actualfigure is across the country, but says the actual figure is likely far higher. this is the latest satellite picture, the theatre in the southern city of mario paul, bombed by russia on wednesday. mariupol four days on wednesday. mariupol four days on hundreds are still trapped in the basement. it was once a bustling port city, but after weeks of shelling and encircled by the russians, it is almost unrecognisable. translation: , .,
but its defence ministry claims thousands of ukrainians wished to escape to russia and its government was helping them. meanwhile, president zelensky says russia s siege of the port is a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come. jon donnison reports. increasingly, ukraine s eastern cities are in ruins. kramatorsk one of the latest towns to come under heavy russian bombardment. the un says it s confirmed more than 840 civilians have so far been killed across the country, but says the actual figure is likely far higher. this is the latest satellite picture of the theatre in the southern city of mariupol, bombed by russia on wednesday. four days on, officials say hundreds are still trapped in the basement but reports of fighting nearby are hampering rescue efforts. mariupol was once a bustling port city, but now after weeks of shelling, and encircled by the russians, it s almost unrecognisable.