warship, go f yourself. now sources are telling cnn when ukraine successfully targeted the ship on april 14th, they had some help from the u.s. as they spotted a russian warship in the black sea, they called the american contacts to con confirm. the u.s. said it was and give them intel about the location. the sources say it s not clear whether the u.s. knew ukraine would strike the ship and the u.s. was not involved in that decision. that s happening as president zelenskyy says russian shelling of the steel plant is not stostop i ing. some 200 desperate civilians sheltering there while food and water running out. a new evacuation convoy they hope can reach the plapt in the morning. ukrainian forces inside the plant singing a battle hymn. it s better the die in battle than to live in chains as slaves. new tonight, the chief justice john roberts making his first appearance since the bomb shell draft opinion that would over turn roe v wade. speaking at a meeting of lawyers a
stand up like that. what do we do! stand up like that! as you can see the news to the demonstrations overnight at the supreme court. people on ground, at times, protesters did clash with one another. there has never, ever been a week like this from the supreme court. but the impact of the looming decision is of much greater consequence. it could almost instantly criminalize abortion for millions of women. and it raises the question of the future of other women on supreme court rules, even contraception. let s go to cnn s jessica snyder first out of the gate with the latest. jess. reporter: brianna, a monumental and consequential decision if this is reached. for this court, it never gives a hint of its decisions before decision day but pretty tow reports that justice samuel alito has drafted this opinion, combleeding leading to the court established in roe v. wade. politico writing this is part of the draft here, we hold that roe and casey must be overruled. the co
the president also wants a legislative package to seize property from russian oligarchs and putin s enablers. this could ensure when the oligarchs assets are sold out of, funds can be used directly helping with the harm russia caused in ukraine. a short time ago nato s secretary general predicted this war could go on for months or years. for people living in the area, the attacks seem relentless. basement. let s get into the basement. a cnn crew scrambles for safety as russian forces intensify their attacks in eastern and southern ukraine. this morning the u.n. secretary general visited a mass grave. this is in bucha. and then he had meetings with ukrainian president zelenskyy. let s go straight to cnn s scott mclain in lviv. what can you tell us about that meeting? hey, we understand that president zelenskyy did meet with the u.n. secretary general, and they are holding a press conference that s either happening now or due to begin soon. and we re just waiting for
not being allowed to surrender. hundreds of ukrainian soldiers and civilians are inside now surrounded by a russian blockade. here you see pro-russian forces parading down a mariupol street as the kremlin reveals for the first time its goal seize full control of southern and eastern ukraine to provide a land bridge to crimea. this morning here on cnn, mariupol s mayor said the civilian losses in his city are horrific. translator: we have around 20,000 dead, civilian deaths in mariupol. and these were people who were buried by enemy shelling, by enemy bombardment. buried under the rubble and at the moment, we are witnessing the enemy trying to hide the evidence of their crimes using the instrument of mass graves. cnn s nic robertson joins us in brussels. what else do we know about this call between putin and the president of the european council? yeah, blunt and direct is how charles michel is categorizing the call with putin. it was 90 minutes long. the reason the eur
be heard saying tell them to effoff. as the conversation continued the soldier complaining that russia has all but abansened them saying just imagine they didn t provide a way to retreat, didn t say anything, didn t evenbri food, effthem. wow, and that s just one recording but do you think it s representative of how a lot of russian soldiers are feeling, jim? well, we don t know for sure. we should note cnn has not been able to authenticate that video, but we do know ukrainian security services have intercepted rather other communications among russian soldiers, and we know that s made possible in part by the fact they use unsecured communications. they re using sometimes just cellphone networks, right, to have these conversations. and we do know that those circumstances described there by that soldier consistent with what the u.s. military has expressed with russia s supply problem, not just food for their tanks but food for their soldiers. that s a problem when you re t