this is brand-new video of ukrainian troops holding out in azovstal s underground bunker. they say, quote, it is sweeter for us to die in battle than to live in chains. this morning the russians claim they will open humanitarian corridors for civilians to evacuate that steel plant. we have seen russian forces firing on the corridors in the past. we ll have more on this unfolding situation in just a moment. in the luhansk and donetsk regions, the ukrainian military says russian forces have had no success breaking through the front lines here in the past 24 hours. a total of 11 attacks had been repulsed, they say. the russian onslaught is not letting up. this is drone footage showing the devastation from air strikes in the small town of popasna. we have new reporting in the kharkiv region. ukrainian troops have retain another village. troops were seen there placing a flag on a building in moldova, a town that is just 13 miles southeast of the border with russia. let s discu
a commander barricaded inside that plant says that russia has violated a truce pledge and did not allow civilians to evacuate. hundreds including dozens of children remain trapped there. among them as well, ukrainian soldiers, desperately fighting for their lives. they have been there for weeks now in that basement. earlier new strikes on civilian infrastructure in ukraine, incredible new video shows the moment a bridge in the city of dnipro was hit. you saw the explosion there. and in kramatorsk, also in the east, the first russian air strikes in a month have devastated a residential area. that is a consistent thing we have seen in this war, deliberate attacks on civilian targets. at least 25 people wounded in this attack, six taken to the hospital. several buildings including a school and kindergarten severely damaged. those are not military targets. let s begin this morning with cnn international correspondent scott mclean, reporting from lviv in western ukraine. scott,
middle school. and duran duran, i m in junior high, which was, you know, had its ups and downs, i m not going to lie. dolly parton takes the cake. i agree with you on that one. love pat ben tar as well. it has been aswesome having you. we ll see you tomorrow. cnn s coverage continues right now. unrelenting attacks on mariupol. overnight, russian forces bombarding ukrainian troops and civilians in the city s last line of defense as one official says if there is hell in the world, it is in azovstal. good morning to you, i m jim sciutto. right now a bloody battle wages on in that azovstal steel plant compound in mariupol. overnight, russian forces breached the complex and intensifying their assault with the support of russian aircraft.