rockets. russian troops are attempting to break through the defenses and advance south, further into donbas. in a small town outside of kyiv, new video shows damaged and destroyed homes left by russian shelling during the first phase of this conflict. as ukraine s orthodox christians celebrate easter this weekend, ukraine s president said he was hopeful of prevailing against russia. translator: the 58th day of our defense is coming to an end. it ends on good friday, the day when death seems to have won. but we hope for a resurrection. we believe in the victory of life over death, and we pray that death loses. moscow has finally acknowledged casualties from the sinking of the moskva more than a week ago. says one sailor was killed, 27 missing. claiming the 396 remaining crew were rescued and taken to crimea. for more, let s bring in isa soares. hi to you, isa. reporter: a very good morning to you, michael. as our reporters meet more ukrainians, the stories of brutality a
outside of mariupol, ukrainian officials point to nassau satellite images that show ground in one area has recently been disturbed. they also say claims from one source indicate that the site has been used to dispose of bodies. cnn is working to independently verify those claims. meantime, russia has unveiled a new goal in the conflict, a new strategy. a commander saying taking control of southern ukraine and even donbas region to establish a land block of crimea. there is new credit yo that shows utter destruction in the small village of moschun, north of kyiv. house after house flattened. the ukrainians played a major role in pushing back from the city. 100,000 people are trapped in mariupol including soldiers and sillians. ukraine s deputy prime minister announced this morning, a humanitarian corridor is now open to evacuate, women, children and the elderly. this morning, we are hearing reports of more shelling in the kharkiv region. we re going to bring you up to date w
finalize the war. there is a diplomatic way, and there is the military way. so any healthy and sane person always chooses diplomatic way because he or she knows even if it s hard, it may stop the losses of thousands, of tens of thousands. and with such neighbors, hundreds of thousands and maybe millions of victims. victims, losses of people, we don t want that. and any leader, whether he wants that or not, he doesn t have the right to deny it subjectively because it will be a subjective decision to deny the diplomatic way. and it s also important for our partners, i may say, because we are constantly speaking about that and made certain step for the diplomatic solution of the military conflict and the war with russian federation, our partners, both european and the partners from beyond the oceans, the united states, canada, everybody sees that what russia says and was saying during all these times, that ukraine itself doesn t want to everybody could see it was the kind of p
transportation mask mandate, amtrak was among the first to announce that masks are now optional. thank you, sir. thank you. reporter: this conductor told me, he s going maskless after months of wearing one on the job. i m like, yeah! took it right off. reporter: my train took me to philadelphia s center city amtra amtrak hub. philly s mask mandate for the indoors was just rescinded. i just feel like i should wear a mask. reporter: my trip continued with a ride on public transit. here in philadelphia, one of the mass transit systems where masks are optional. the change here happened so abruptly, the sign hasn t even been changed yet. thursday, philadelphia s airport was one of the few still requiring masks inside the terminal. l.a.x. in los angeles is joining
anyone else. reporter: you re just being careful? i m being careful. reporter: after monday s sudden end of the federal transportation mask mandate, amtrak was among the first to announce that masks are now optional. thank you, sir. thank you. reporter: conductor anthony tisdale told me he s going maskless after wearing ones for months on the job. i m like, yea! took it off. reporter: my trek took me to the main hub, philly is one of the few that had mask indoor but it s been rescinded. i just feel i should wear a mask. reporter: my trip continued with a ride on public transit. except here in philadelphia where the mass transit systems where masks are optional. the change happened so abruptly, the sign hasn t even been chach changed yet. during my travels on thursday, philadelphia s airport was one