an atmosphere of fear, people don t want russia there. what people here fear in this city is that kharkiv could be the next mariupol. the coming weeks will be so crucial for ukraine. so we have to move at the speed of war. welcome to the show, everyone. it is wednesday, april 27th, 11:00 a.m. here in ukraine. and we begin with new developments in building the case to prove russia committed war crimes amid repeated denials from moscow. cnn has exclusively obtained drone video placing russian forces near the scene of civilian killings in the city of bucha. and in the middle of your screen is a russian military vehicle sitting at an intersection in bucha, right up the street are the bodies of several dead civilians. it is the first evidence to emerge really showing russian forces operating there. and it was filmed on march 13th. and this video from march 12 shows russian soldiers around military vehicle parked outside a house down the street from the same killed civilian
of people were abdicated from around the town of dema near kyiv during russia s occupation, and most were initially held here in a sprawling industrial site. the russian forces used as a command post. this is where they were kept? yeah. ukrainian prosecutor alexander shows me the conditions those captured people were forced to endure. a small, dark, cold room. people were packed together here, he says. hands bound, eyes taped. this place was where 22 people. when they try to get the toilet, they need to walk on the legs of somebody else. because there are too much people. he says people came and went. some spent weeks here. someone tries to keep track of days by scratching marks on the wall. he said all the people who came through this room had only one thing in common. they were civilians. several people who were kept here tell us they were frequently beaten and interrogated for local information. one man says his hands and fingers were cut to the bone by russian s
this as top pentagon officials are sharpening their stance toward moscow following critical talks with other military leaders in germany. we have an exclusive new cnn interview with america s top general. our correspondents are standing by at key locations in the war zone for cnn s live global coverage of russia s invasion of ukraine. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we re following the breaking news on ukraine s angry response to russia s new talk of potential nuclear war, accusing the kremlin of trying to blackmail the world. more on that just ahead. but first we want to take you to the front lines of this brutal, brutal war. ukrainian forces say they re facing an offensive in all directions as russia intensifies its attacks in the east and the south. cnn s chief international correspondent clarissa ward traveled to the northeastern city
new york times reporters jonathan martin and alex burns, an excerpt shared with the washington post, mcconnell is described as exhilarated by trump s political implosion. the sick part is that it took mutilated capitol police officers and our own damaged democracy to get mcconnell that animated on the topic, but i digress. here s how the washington post describes the new reporting on mcconnell, quote, i feel exhilarated by the fact that this fellow finally totally discredited himself, mcconnell told jonathan martin, one of the authors of a new book called this will not pass when asked about his feelings on the violence and the rioters. trump, the kentucky republican said, was pretty thoroughly discredited by this, quote, he put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger, mcconnell said standing in a doorway of the capitol after midnight. quote, it couldn t have happened at a better time. well, not so fast. the disgraced ex-president and the big lie still loom large over
pointing the finger, the world reels from the death of alexey navalny putin is responsible. but when the us reassures its allies we must be unwavering. do republicans no longer agree former gop congresswoman liz cheney joins me exclusively and go for broke, a devastating ruling for donald trump s business empire in new york, 355 million with more legal cases picking up steam just as trump looks to vanquish his long shot challenger for this week, i m not going anywhere. will the legal challenges take a toll four more years, south carolina senator tim scott joins me next, plus majority rules. democrat celebrate a key win in new york. thank god, while and congress, republicans struggled to pass what they say, our priorities. what does all this tell us about november s election? our panel of experts is here to discuss hello, i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is reeling from the death of russia dissident alexey navalny. only 47 years old, yvonne