sensely casualties of this invasion. french voters decide their country s future leader. it s an election that could cause a major shift in world politics. welcome to the show, everyone. it s now 9:00 a.m. in ukraine. we re getting a clearer picture of russia s goal in the country. russia s military now confirming it s objective to take full control of ukraine s black seacoast. ukraine s president wants that only to be a prelude to russia envancing into other countries. and key to the russian plan is the city we ve been talking about for a while now, mariupol, where an unknown number of ukrainian trips and civilians are trapped inside a large steel factory. ukraine s prime minister spoke about the dire situation as he met with u.s. officials in washington. have a listen. the situation in mariupol is terrible. this is the biggest catastrophe in this and the last centuries. many dozens of thousands of people may be thousands of peope are died in mariupol. and we will see
the money had to rely on the kindness of strangers who send them things like clothes and fresh fruit. the best and toughest part of the day for him is talking to his mom. are you sleeping well? are you eating? you have lost weight my son. she tells him. i worry about you. we hope the ukrainian armed forces will throw the enemy out soon. and you ll come back and we will hug you. i want to go home so much, he tells her. no one knows when they ll be able to go home. but they say the ordeal has turned their team into a family. that will get through this together. now hockey hall of famer and great has passed away. le flur a five time stanley cup champ and won the national hockey league mvp.