region. this blast shattered windows at a hotel housing evacuees. six people were killed and 11 injured, including one child. this is significant, right. just last week the curfews or were relaxed in that area. the governor of luhansk says there are no safe places anywhere in ukraine. ukrainian officials say street fighting is under way right now. russians entered the town with a huge amount of equipment, as some residents tried to escape in their vehicles, russians opened fire on their car, killing four. they are not willing to give up territory in the eastern part of the country to end the war. he said the battle in the donbas could influence the course of the entire world. in mariupol, the situation is dire. they gave an ultimatum. lay down your weapons or be eliminated. today russian forces saying it will be closed for entry and exit and the men remaining in the city will be, quote, filtered out. out to cnn s matt rivers in lviv. matt, i don t think we can overstate h
russian forces said no one will be allowed in or out of mariupol starting today. and that man left in the city will be filtered, meaning relocated for screening by russian troops. that s according to a adviser to mariupol s mayor. 200 miles to the north, russian shelling in kharkiv has killed at least five civilians and wounded 15 others. cnn s matt rivers joins me now from lviv in western ukraine. matt, we understand you ve had a series of missile strikes there, a short time ago after a bit of a break. what can you tell us? yeah, we were awoken by air raid sirens this morning, and was right around atm, maybe a little after local time, that ukrainian officials say at least four different missile strikes struck across lviv. three of them, we re told, we re hitting military infrastructure. the fourth, a scene we just visited, was a tire repair shop. it was a civilian location, we re not allowed to broadcast live there due to ukrainian military restrictions. at least six peopl
Around the age of 90 with underlying medical conditions. these amazing figures don t just really add up according to many experts. kristen? steven jiang, live in beijing for us steven thank. you and thanks all of you for getting up early and joining us on early start. i m kristen fisher. new date starts right now. good morning to viewers in the u.s. and around the world. it is monday, april 18th. i m brianna keilar. john avlon is with us. good morning. russian forces sparing no city. as attacks rock the entire country overnight. in lviv, five missile strikes were carried out. one hit a tire repair facility. 40 cars were destroyed. air raid sirens were heard wailing across the city and the