Place yesterday for the city of mariupol itself, more than 300 people were evacuated, according to president zelenskyy speaking overnight. let s get more on all of this, daniel treeseman, a professor and author and joining me now from california. and daniel, a very good morning to you. let me start, really, with what we ve just heard from sara sidner and inside that mariupol steel complex. as we ve been looking in the last 24 to 48 hours, it s been completely battered and decimated by russian military. how do you see this playing out? reporter: well, the russians clearly would like to take the azovstal steel plant before may 9th. it seems that putin would like to announce victory on may 9ette and the last remaining part of mariupol that the russians haven t taken yet is this steel
And paula, i ll have much more from lviv in a bit, but first, obviously, we ll keep an eye on the situation in mariupol and whether we ll have any further evacuation. we are expecting evacuations from the city of mariupol itself, 100,000 people have been looking for a way out, out of mariupol, but we re still not sure what will happen to those still inside the azovstal steel plant, paula. yeah, we will wait and hope for more good news. isa, thank you. abortion rights activists here in the united states are outraged over the supreme court draft opinion that could overturn roe v. wade. more on our top story right after the break. , onetouch verio reflect® meter shshows instantly if you re below, within or above your range. it cheers you on and provides guidance. connected to your health and your phone. visit onetouch.com today. [sound of helicopter blades] ugh. they found me. nice suits, you guys blend rightn. the world needs you back. i m retired greg, you know this. people hav
Exactly how many people were able to evacuate and exactly where they are right now. the united nations negotiated a deal with the russians to let the u.n. and red cross help with the evacuations so there s the evacuation that you ve described for those inside the steel plant. there s the separate effort to get some civilians out of the city of mariupol itself, which has been, as you know, decimated by russian strikes. i want to get the latest on those right now with cnn scott mcclain joins us from lviv. we just learned about the evacuations from the steel plant could not happen today, what more do you know? it s pretty difficult to evacuate anyone from the steel plant when you have constant bombing, constant shelling, constant fire from the ground level as well. that s what s being described by troops on the ground, from inside that steel plant, anderson, that the assault on it is absolutely constant. it s not ending. and so it s not looking good for today. we know that 100 people we
Teams from distributing aid there. but ukrainian forces are pushing back. the ukrainian military has confirmed its forces have won back control of several settlements to the north and east of kharkiv, the biggest city in ukraine s east. cnn s anderson cooper is in kyiv, ukraine s capital city. anderson, beyond those people trapped in the factory, there are still civilians, women, children, elderly trapped elsewhere in mariupol. are they getting out today, too? reporter: yeah, that s right, alison. the u.n. brokered a deal with russians to let the united nations and red cross help with evacuations. there s the evacuation for those inside the steel plant and then a separate effort to help those get out of the city of mariupol itself, which has been decimated by russian strikes. people have little food, water or medical care. nick paton walsh is in ukraine. do we have a sense of how many have been able to get out of
City of mariupol itself, about 100,000 people who haven t been able to get out, because there s been no humanitarian corridor for the past several days. so incredibly dire situation that many are telling us has become the humanitarian catastrophe. thank you so much, appreciate that, turning now to cnn military analyst and retired air force colonel cedric leighton, good evening, learning tonight, forces taken control of the kherson city council, weeks since they occupied that city, what does this tell you about the state of the fight? good evening, don, this is a typical way in which the russians do business, so we ll take a map at ukraine first, right here this is the city we re talking about right on the edge of russian control versus ukrainian control right here. if we go into a detailed look right here, as kherson is right