2k0e moldova. have ace listen. translator: this is happening to destabilize the region and threaten moldova. if moldova helps ukraine, this is what s going to happen. meanwhile, heavy fighting continued tuesday in the eastern regions of donetsk and luhansk. an adviser to president zelenskyy said russia remains focused on encircling ukrainian forces. it repelled several attacks, although shelling as well as air-strikes continuing on the front lines with fighting in the streets in some areas. kharkiv in the northeast is among the hardest city cities from russian bombardments. clarissa gives us an up close look. reporter: there is no rest at night for the people of kharkiv.
some of the images outside the capital of kyiv just heartbreaking. ucb apartment buildings that have collapsed. there are still people under the rubble and we are not talking very far outside the city, we have heard explosions in the distance tonight. the ground forces continue their efforts to try to make inroads into this ukrainian capital, and we do know, u.s. intelligence officials believe in the coming days, and air campaign is going to get heavier and heavier against population centers in this country, and while the u.s. intelligence on a scenario like afghanistan was not as accurate day today, on this story, it has been far more accurate, so when they say and they warn about intelligence that involves civilian areas being hit by russian bombardments, it has to be taken very seriously, because there are still millions of innocent people in this country caught them in the cross fire. sean? sean: so they are targeting civilian areas, killing innocent men, women, and children, tha
killed by russian bombardments. cnn is unable to independently confirm that number. joining me now from ukraine is a spokesperson for the international committee of the red cross. florian, thank you so much for joining us. we are into week three of putin s war against ukraine. talk about what conditions are l like now for those trapped in cities like mariupol. the humanitarian situation in a place like mariupol is terrible. people have barely nothing. they are, like, really relying on their supply, if they still have any, to survive. what we hear are accounts of people really, like, having barely, at best, one meal a day. people who are trying to identify any way to get a little bit of water. being in whatever they can find. we have a lot of people who are sick. because of the they don t
started in 2015, to help the syrian president, bashar al-assad, regain control of the city. not by capturing it, conventionally, put by destroying it. this is footage out of the ukrainian port city of mariupol, from friday. hundreds of thousands of civilians, still there, suffering through russian bombardments, and desperate for basic supplies. the washington post, with ukrainian president zelenskyy s chief of staff said, what is happening to mariupol is a sign, of what s to come in the rest of the country. quote, this is how russia wages wars. it did in grozny, in 1999, and syria, in 2015. now, it is doing it in ukraine. this is a scorched earth campaign, to wipe ukraine, its people, its country, its history, off of the map, and quote. russian forces have surrounded the city of mariupol, not letting food, or supplies in. today, offering humanitarian corridors out of the city, only in exchange for surrender.
started in 2015, to help the syrian president, bashar al-assad, regain control of the city. not by capturing it, conventionally, put by destroying it. this is footage out of the ukrainian port city of mariupol, from friday. hundreds of thousands of civilians, still there, suffering through russian bombardments, and desperate for basic supplies. the washington post, with ukrainian president zelenskyy s chief of staff said, what is happening to mariupol is a sign, of what s to come in the rest of the country. quote, this is how russia wages wars. it did in grozny, in 1999, and syria, in 2015. now, it is doing it in ukraine. this is a scorched earth campaign, to wipe ukraine, its people, its country, its history, off of the map, and quote. russian forces have surrounded the city of mariupol, not letting food, or supplies in. today, offering humanitarian