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i ll ask a top pentagon spokesman, john kirby, how these weapons might make a difference. our correspondents are standing by in ukraine with cnn s live global coverage as this war enters its ninth week. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. this hour, we re following what could be a final showdown between russian and ukrainian forces in mariupol. a critical battleground in the war. there s also new satellite evidence emerging appearing to show mass graves outside that southeastern city. let s get the latest on the fight for mariupol. matt rivers has our report from the war zone. destroyed one tank today. two vehicles and one armored carry. the numbers of enemy losses are still increasing. this is an officer in the batallion currently fighting for his life and others inside the besieged steel plant in mariupol. the plant has taken constant bombardment for days on end. now ukr ....
shelling leaving that town in ruins. state department saying the suffering there could exceed the atrocities we ve reported on in the northern town of bucha. stand by for more on that. dana: russia is raising the specter of nuclear war. yesterday it test fired a new ballistic missile. putin claims it can carry multiple nuclear war head and should make russia s enemies think twice. bill: trey yingst back in kyiv. we begin with the news at the white house and jackie heinrich. good morning. good morning. bill. the remarks from the president 45 minutes away now. white house official is confirming that we ll hear from the president about a new security assistance package similar in size to the one that came out last week that was $800 million included also heavy artillery and ammunition. cnn is also reporting we ll hear about a humanitarian entry plan for those ukrainian refugees that the biden administration promised we d take in up to 100,000 and followed that pledge ....
good evening once again i m in for stephanie ruhle. tonight, russia s escalating the battle to control eastern ukraine as the war enters day 57. putin s war has brought a devastating attacks to the region particularly in mariupol. that has been under siege since the start of this war. russian forces are closing in. and ukrainian president zelenskyy says more than 100,000 civilians are trapped amid the fighting. [interpreter] this situation in mariupol is worsening. unfortunately, so far we are not able to achieve a positive result there. our troops are now defending hundreds of wounded and civilians. some civilians have taken shelter inside the basement of the sprawling steel plant. along with ukrainian fighters who are holding out against russian attacks. today there was an effort to open a humanitarian corridor and evacuate civilians in mariupol. but ukrainian officials said it did not work as planned. nbc s matt bradley has the latest from ukraine. tonight new ....
devastating attacks to the region particularly in mariupol. that has been under siege since the start of this war. russian forces are closing in. and ukrainian president zelenskyy says more than 100,000 civilians are trapped amid the fighting. [interpreter] this situation in mariupol is worsening. unfortunately, so far we are not able to achieve a positive result there. our troops are now defending hundreds of wounded and civilians. some civilians have taken shelter inside the basement of the sprawling steel plant. along with ukrainian fighters who are holding out against russian attacks. today there was an effort to open a humanitarian corridor and evacuate civilians in mariupol. but ukrainian officials said it did not work as planned. nbc s matt bradley has the latest from ukraine. tonight new images of russian-backed troops surrounding the steel mill in mariupol. ukraine s last stronghold there. and an urgent plea from the ukrainian commander holed up inside. w ....
russia, ukrmariupol s mayor is urging them to get out now. russia continues its onslaught on a target in the east. the u.k. says the ukraine has been able to repel numerous russian advances. 5 million people have fled ukraine since the russian invasion began. let s go to matt who is live in ukraine. matt, what is the latest assessment you are hearing from there on this battle in the east? reporter: what we re hearing about the battle in the east in terms of the latest reporting really coming from this intelligence report from the british, they re talking about the ukrainians holding that line pretty strongly in the eastern part of the country. if the russians were hoping they would have an immediate breakout in the east, that is not what has happened so far. what we re getting from our own reporting is that u.s. defense officials believe something similar, but what we re seeing is more probing attacks from the russians. not the full-scale, all-out offensive, throwing ....