captions by vitac www.vitac.com russia s invasion forces making slow and uneven progress and trying to learn from two months of mistakes, but not with any success. that s the latest assessment from western defense officials. according to one figure, the attacks are somewhat better coordinated but with small formations. in nato, this would be basic stuff. that said, ukrainians are learning the sheer destruction even a less than competent army can inflict is considerable. cnn s nick paton walsh got very close to the front lines today. he joins us now. what is it like where you are? reporter: anderson, it seems the renewed southern offensive, up from kherson, where russia took and we are learning about plans for intensified russian control, that russian offensive is seeing some sort of progress. even the ukrainian military are saying they are seeing russians advance partially there and in the east as well. we saw ourselves what that looks like, particularly along the vit
karim khan, the icc s chief prosecutor. she joins us from the hague. cnn s matthew chance is monitoring russian reaction. he joins us as well as does cnn s ivan watson from ukraine. this is a story he and 360 have been reporting on extensively. we start things off with carissa ward and her interview at the hague. carissa. reporter: john, well, karim khan was keen to tell us that this is really just the first step in what promises to be a long journey. the arrest warrants that were given out today for president putin and also for the russia high commissioner for children maria l vova-belova, these are just the first two essentially. there may be more coming. there may be other areas that they will be exploring. there is no shortage of alleged war crimes that have taken place in ukraine. the prosecutor s office here from the icc have made multiple trips to ukraine. but they were keen really to stress the importance of this historic day. take a look. there are many differe
ukraine for what the kremlin expected would be a quick and easy takeover of the country. what they unleashed instead was the largest land conflict in europe since the second world war, and some of the widest spread killing of noncombatants since world war ii as well . [ bleep ]. shit, shit. shit. shit. all right. stay down. all right. no, no, no. [ bleep ]. come on! that video of a russian mortar attack on fleeing civilians in irpin came just two weeks into the invasion. since then we ve seen graphic evidence of other russian war crimes, including the summary shooting of civilians in bucha and elsewhere. upwards of 800 attacks on hospitals and other health care facilities, according to the world health organization, and the pummelling of cities like mariupol, where the russian shelling and air strikes reduced residential neighborhoods to moonscapes. according to the united nations, more than eight million ukrainians have been forced to flee the country. millions mor
power grid across ukraine today. the strike such as this one which nearly hit a pedestrian bridge also in kyiv came during the morning commute. that bridge, by the way, is clearly not a military target. i ve been there. it s a tourist attraction, the place you might go for a stroll on a weekend with friends. this isn t a military target either. it is a playground in a city park. several missiles landed here and nearby at a busy intersection outside a museum. authorities say at least five people were killed in the city and 11 nationwide. lvil was also hit so was kharkiv and cities running south where this video was taken . the attack, the largest since the beginning of the invasion came days after a massive explosion damaged the bridge connecting russia to occupied crimea. something ukraine welcomed but did not claim responsibility for. president biden condemned the russian strikes promising continued support. using what they ve got on hand ukrainian forces say they shot dow
flying overhead and i heard that sound. that young woman nearly hit by nearly 84 cruise missiles ukrainian military said russia fired at cities in infrastructure right across ukraine today. destroying like this one came during the morning commute might cause the greatest loss of life. that bridge by the way is clearly not a military target. i ve not been there, it s a tourist attraction, the kind of place he might go on for a stroll on the weekend. with friends. this isn t a military target either, it is a playground in a city park. several missiles landed here and a busy intersection near a museum. authorities say at least five people were killed and 11 nationwide. lviv in the far west was also hit, so was kharkiv in the east and cities running south along the strategic dnieper river where this video was taken. [noise] the attack th e largest since the beginning of the evasion came days just after a massive explosion badly damaged a bridge that connects crimea for russia.