a commander inside the steel factory where hundreds of civilians are still sheltering says the constant relentless shelling has prevented evacuations today. when i see five or six people die every day under bombs and the wounded die because they cannot get necessary medical care, and when i see what the soldiers eat, they re already starting to faint because of hunger. i think it is necessary to address the world community, end quote. and this just in, ukrainian soldiers are reporting that they killed five russians in an attempted assault on that plant. now, over the weekend, about 100 people made it out. one of them described living in two months of darkness. these images exclusive to cnn show how russian strikes pulverized the compound. russian state tv broadcasted that troops on the outskirts are engaged in what they call a step by step clearing operation. translator: we are finally here, establishing ourselves, not officially canteen 5, this is where the story has to en
running ads distancing themselves from president biden. for lifting a trump era policy. plus, a warrant issued today for the alabama corrections officer last seen leaving jail with an inmate, charged with murder. cnn has an exclusive look inside his now empty cell. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start today with our world lead and the besieged city of mariupol, ukraine, where some civilians are finally finding a way out after weeks, months of a relentless russian bombardment. ukrainian officials say there were two planned evacuation corridors, one for people around the city who want to leave and another for those who had been trapped inside the azovstal steel plant. but it remains unclear if either of those corridors held. this is new video of a large smoke plume over the city of mariupol today, and a commander at the steel plant tells cnn the complex has been under constants fire since early this morning. ukrainian officials say around 100 civilians were succ
Well, it turns out he was held prisoner by the russians and eventually released in a prisoner swap, and as soon as he was released, he went to kharkiv to propose to his girlfriend of two years. and they were married over the weekend. the leery s military unit said the couple s feelings were strengthened by distance and time and the separation and uncertainty gave them a real understanding that life is fragile. and the lead with jake tapper starts right now. finally, seeing sunlight after two months underground. the lead starts right now. after weeks surviving constant russian attacks and shelling, holed up in underground bunkers, some mariupol residents are now above ground. and out of the besieged ukrainian city. but many are ending up in russian controlled territory. are they being forced there? then, the u.s. border crisis that has even some democrats
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