translator: i want to see the sun so when our houses are rebuilt, we can live if peace, we can live in ukraine, because this is our native home. reporter: a ukrainian official in mariupol saying a planned evacuation has been thwarted by the russian military. he says at least 200 civilians who thought they were on a bus headed to safe points were instead taken into russian-controlled territory in the east. russia capturing dozens of small towns in eastern ukraine, but uk officials say russians have not made any major gains in the last 24 hours. and this as russia reveals its end game in this invasion. top military officials say they plan to take full control over southern ukraine and the eastern donbas region. let s bring in scott mclean in lviv. what more can you tell us about these missile strikes in odesa? reporter: hey, fredricka. one city counselor in odesa called these an easter gift from vladimir putin. this is not the kind of gift that you want to get. we re talk
graves just like these. cnn doesn t have enough information to verify those claims, but it is not the first time that officials have made it. just a few days ago, they also said that another cemetery, they were quickly building graves or digging graves about ten miles to the west of the city as well. ukrainian officials say that the death toll in mariupol is 20,000. it is impossible to know what the true scale of the death toll is given the city continues to be under siege, and it is almost impossible to get in and, as we re finding out, very difficult to get out as well. incredibly disturbing when this mariupol city official is saying this planned humanitarian corridor today was thwarted by the russian military. what do we know about people who were on buses thinking they were going to safety but instead have been bussed to russia?
quoting him, a butcher, a killer, a war criminal, a brut, a pure thug, a murderous dictator and someone who can t be in power. he changed that today to shouldn t be in power, but can president biden stay away from that kind of language? first, though, to the very latest of russia s invasion in the ukranian capital of kyiv today. an official there said russian forces are attempting to block supply routes. new video shows how viciously the russians keep attacking kyiv. russian forces consolidate control around the city, but ukraine s military says it is maintaining a so-called circular defense. a mariupol city official will also be with us tonight with what he s hearing. stand by for that.