to get in their car and leave certain areas and regions. ukraine and the people of our state are absolutely clear, we don t want anyone else s territory, and we re not going to give up our own. this is cnn breaking news. it is monday april 18th, 11 am in ukraine, and we begin with breaking that is according to the original military governor, lisa mayor has confirmed several missiles hit the city within the last few hours. the city, less than 100 kilometers from the polish border, has largely been spared the brunt of russia s assault so far. in the last few hours, we have also learned of at least two missile strikes in central ukraine. the region s military governor says that two people were injured and some railroad infrastructure was destroyed. this, as you want amir zelensky warns that russia is preparing for a major offensive in eastern ukraine, soon. russian troops are preparing for an offensive operation in the east of our country. it will begin in the near futur
region. this blast shattered windows at a hotel housing evacuees. six people were killed and 11 injured, including one child. this is significant, right. just last week the curfews or were relaxed in that area. the governor of luhansk says there are no safe places anywhere in ukraine. ukrainian officials say street fighting is under way right now. russians entered the town with a huge amount of equipment, as some residents tried to escape in their vehicles, russians opened fire on their car, killing four. they are not willing to give up territory in the eastern part of the country to end the war. he said the battle in the donbas could influence the course of the entire world. in mariupol, the situation is dire. they gave an ultimatum. lay down your weapons or be eliminated. today russian forces saying it will be closed for entry and exit and the men remaining in the city will be, quote, filtered out. out to cnn s matt rivers in lviv. matt, i don t think we can overstate h
russian forces said no one will be allowed in or out of mariupol starting today. and that man left in the city will be filtered, meaning relocated for screening by russian troops. that s according to a adviser to mariupol s mayor. 200 miles to the north, russian shelling in kharkiv has killed at least five civilians and wounded 15 others. cnn s matt rivers joins me now from lviv in western ukraine. matt, we understand you ve had a series of missile strikes there, a short time ago after a bit of a break. what can you tell us? yeah, we were awoken by air raid sirens this morning, and was right around atm, maybe a little after local time, that ukrainian officials say at least four different missile strikes struck across lviv. three of them, we re told, we re hitting military infrastructure. the fourth, a scene we just visited, was a tire repair shop. it was a civilian location, we re not allowed to broadcast live there due to ukrainian military restrictions. at least six peopl
largely been spared from the russian assault. no civilian targets had previously been hit. this is quite a new development here. just last week the curfew in the city was relaxed, so were the people. there was certainly a feeling of that. this western city practically on nato s doorstep, about 40 miles from the border with poland. overnight there were strikes in dnipro and luhansk. the military governor in luhansk surging civilians to evacuate saying there are no safe places left in the region. officials say control over the city of kreminna has been lost. they say russian forces entered the town with a huge amount of equipment and as some residents tried to escape, the russians opened fire on their car, killing at least four. ukraine s president zelenskyy telling cnn they are not willing to give up territory in the eastern part of the country to end the war. he says it could change the whole course of the war. russian telling ukrainian fighters, lay down your weapons or be
relaxed. people were starting to breathe i think a little better. but this is a sign that la leave practically on nato s doorstep, 43 miles from the poland border, not safe. there were strikes in luhansk. the governor urging people to evacuate, saying there are no safe places left in the region. and kreminna has fallen into russian hands. they entered the town with a huge amount of equipment. some tried to escape in their vehicles and russians opened fire on their car, killing at least four. ukraine s president zelenskyy telling cnn they are not willing to give up territory in the eastern part of the country to end the war. he says the coming battle in the donbas region could influence the war. russia telling ukrainian fighters, lay down your weapons or be eliminated. that ultimatum was rejected. yet another example of ukrainian resistance. russian troops have surrounded the city for some time. today some say mariupol will be closed for exit and entry and the men remainin