with the latest. also in the programme: in the uk, police in liverpool arrest a man who was targeted by a gunman in a shooting that left a 9 year old girl dead. and we ll be live from florida where democrats have picked charlie crist to take on republican heavyweight ron desantis in the upcoming race for governor. we start in ukraine, which is marking two important dates. six months since the start of the russian invasion and 31 years since its independence, after the fall of the soviet union. this is in the ukrainian capital. while traditionally we d see a military parade today there are ukrainian tanks and seized russian military hardware on display. and we saw the ukrainian president and the first lady laying flowers at the wall of remembrance in kyiv honouring those killed defending the country. here s mr zelensky. translation: we only care about our land, we will fight for it until the end. we have been holding strong for six months. it s tough but we have clenched
Collateral damage is possible. in april, ukrainian forces said that they d taken back control of the areas around the capital, kyiv. and as they re entered the areas deserted by russian forces, we saw graphic images of atrocities commited against civilians start to emerge. this is a satellite image from the town of bucha, near kyiv indicating bodies lying on the streets. meanwhile, russia said that it was shifting its focus to what it called the liberation of donbas in the east of the country. this map shows the current situation. russian forces now control all of the luhansk region and continue to make advances in donetsk. but the message from ukraine is that there will be no compromise on territory. we area we are a sovereign state. why should there be a compromise with somebody who went in and talk some about territories? is this the world will live again when one country that has a nuclear weapon can go and take their territories of either countries, kill people and then say,
Around that apartment complex. one person was killed. another ten were wounded. the one person killed is the 23rd journalist to be killed in this conflict. i had a chance to talk today to someone whose apartment was destroyed in that rocket attack. here s a little of which he told. us to be honest, i was crying for an hour, probably, when i figured out that my apartment is totally destroyed. now i feel absolutely nothing. it s good that i m alive, my parents are alive, my parents, and sister are alive. now, as the cleanup continues, at that site the wider cleanup around the capitol, as well. another great found yesterday in the city of bucha. at least three people in that gray. government officials told us they showed signs of torture. it s something we see as these lines pullback. as this cleanup continues, we see the remnants of the world left behind. all right thank you nbc s
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
Encountered a provocation in the village of bucha to which the russian army has nothing to do. bucha of course is not the only ukrainian city where russian forces are accused of carrying out atrocities. these are new satellite images from just outside the city of mariupol in the country s south. the city s mayor says it shows a third mass grave they have discovered and he says russia is forcing civilians to dig them in exchange for food. vladimir putin claims it is actually ukraine putting civilians in harms way. here is how he described what is going on there. translator: the situation there is difficult and tragic, but, but, it is simple. there is no fighting there. it is over. there is no fighting inmariupol. it has stopped. meanwhile there are fears that pro-russian elements in the southern city of kherson will