welcome to the show, everyone. it s 1 it s 10:00 a.m. in lviv. there is hope for evacuations from the besieged city of mariupol could resume soon. according to local officials, a convoy overseen by the u.n. and the red cross will leave this morning. 100 people were evacuated from the cities as is still planned. it is believed hundreds more are still trapped inside the sprawling industrial complex. many have been stranded there for weeks now under russian attacks. they decimated the city. food and water supplies have been running dangerously low, but despite those dire conditions, evacuations had to be paused on sunday night and ukrainian soldiers said shelling resumed against the plant once again. for so many in mariupol the chance to escape came too far too late. 20,000 residents have been killed since the war began. it is a staggering number. but those burying the dead are seemingly endless as well as heartbreaking task as sarah sidner has this report. reporter: no tears,
hitler s forces killed in two years of attacks on that port city. the toll estimated at 20,000 people so far. elsewhere a wave of fresh attacks, deadly assaults/cross ukraine and russia is said to be reinforcing its firepower in the east. all of that was the backdrop for house speaker nancy pelosi who became the highest ranking american official to meet with president zelenskyy since the war began. let s get you right now to sara sidner on the ground in kyiv. sara, thanks for being with us. such a dramatic situation in mariupol. what is the status of that ceasefire and what can you tell us? reporter: look, we now know there are dozens of people who have been set free. this is a really important moment because, as you know, for weeks you have had people there they needed food, they needed wa water, and they were dealing with devastation as that part of the country here in ukraine has been bombarded for weeks. weep should also mention there are also other issues going on. of
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them soon, sri lanka will face a medical catastrophe. and the cruise ship liners being challenged by residents of florida s idyllic key west over environmental harm and tourist overcrowding. ukraine s foreign minister says the city of mariupol doesn t exist any more after weeks of relentless bombardment by russian forces. dmytro kuleba said some ukrainian soldiers were continuing to hold out. but he said russia had chosen to raze the port to the ground. sean dilley reports. mariupol has not yet fallen, technically. ukrainian troops who had until recently defended the now occupied street are held up in the cities fast steelworks despite an ultimatum by president putin s sought forces to surrender no later than yesterday. troops know ukrainians are waiting inside ready to welcome them with guerrilla tactics in their last stand for the strategic port city. is the rockets continue to fall across the country are parallel information war rages. this unverified picture of the russia
face masks in indoor public spaces. for all of you watching on pbs and around the globe, a warm welcome. there has been a missile attack this morning on the western ukrainian city of lviv, which until now has largely escaped unscathed since the russian invasion began. the latest reports say six people have been killed and eight wounded. a bbc correspondent in the city says he watched the missile fly over as he stood on the roof of a hotel. residents spoke of hearing five explosions on the outskirts of the city and smoke was seen rising from residential areas. overnight, there s been an apparent intensification of the russian bombardment, with multiple targets across ukraine targeted by air strikes and shelling. five people have reportedly been killed and 13 injured in shelling of the city of kharkiv while in mykolaiv, near the port of odesa, the governor reports continuous rocket attacks. of the shattered city of mariupol, ukraine s foreign minister has said: the situation i