zelenskyy says he ll welcome them with a request for a specific weapons and assistance. he says leaders should, quote, not come here with empty hands. so far the biden administration has not yet confirmed the visit by blinken and austin. russia meanwhile is continuing its attacks. ukrainian official says forces, russian forces are attacking the area around mariupol steel plant, where civilians are still trapped. they also have taken aim at the port city of odesa, ukrainian officials say a russian missile strike there killed at least eight people including a 3-month-old baby. president zelenskyy says those responsible will be punished. translator: we will identify all those responsible for this strike. those responsible for russia s missile terror. no one will be able to hide. no matter how long it takes us, all these bastards will be responsible for every death they caused. president zelenskyy says any future peace talks will depend on vladimir putin. he reiterated his
reported in both the donetsk and luhansk regions of the country. evacuation attempts disrupted by russian shelling. that s something we have seen frequently in this war. russian forces deliberately bombing civilians as they try to flee for their lives, they stopped a bus from safely leaving the town. cnn s ben wedeman, he is live in kramatorsk, ukraine, and, ben, the west, the u.s. is expecting a bloody, bloody new phase of the conflict, almost world war ii-like in the east in the coming days and weeks and yet again civilians suffering so much of all this. reporter: yeah, jim. we were in the town of rubizhne, about an hour and a half s drive east of here, and that is it is a battle zone. the russians control the northern part, the ukrainians control the southern part. we were able to get on an advantage point overlooking the town and saw just artillery shells raining down, raining down on both sides it must be pointed out. now, we were able to get into the southern part o
what do you say? all you have to do is pick up your phone, or go to loveshriners.org, and you ll be a part of something special too. thank you so much! top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. we begin with reported new evidence of how deadly vladimir putin s war on ukraine has become. ukrainian officials now say they ve identified multiple mass graves just outside the near decimated city of mariupol. the satellite company said more than 200 new graves can be seen. today vladimir putin proclaimed the efforts to capture mariupol a success and he scrapped plans to storm a sprawling factory compound where reportedly more than 1,000 civilians and ukrainian fighters are sheltering. a blockade to keep even a fly from getting through. the siege of mariupol was compared to a terrorist operation. he added ukraine s forces do not have enough heavy or serious weapons to free mariupol. translator: we don t know when we can unblock mariupol, and i say this openly, that
look like you re shoveiverin cold. picture we located is this. is it him? little bit older but yeah. oh my god. . i m pamela brown in washington you re in the cnn newsroom on this sunday evening, it s 5:00 a.m. in kyiv and people in ukraine are awakening to the nightmare of the 55th day of war, through the rubble of two high rise apartment buildings recovered the bodies of at least 41 civilians so far and the search is not over. and the russian assault, in fact, is escalating in many areas. as we speak, we want to warn you this next video is graphic and you may find it disturbing. this is the northeastern city of kharkiv where residential area suffered a full day of extensive shelling. officials say at least five people killed and more than a dozen injured but that ukrainian forces still managed to push the russians back, east of the city. and mariupol, a port city under relentless siege since the war began. official there saying russian forces will stop people fr
intense shelling in kharkiv has killed five people. an official there saying russian attacks cannot break the will of the ukrainian people. he witnessed a medic shielding a wounded woman during the shelling. and today is, of course, a holy day in ukraine, palm sunday. russian shelling hit this church, but this brutal war could not stop ukrainians from practicing their faith. children, civilians, soldiers across the country pausing to worship. including in bucha where residents survived a russian occupation that displayed the worst of humanity. so it should come as no surprise the ukrainian troops who remain in mariupol are not giving up. soldiers in the decimated city refusing russia s demand to surrender in order to save their lives. in an exclusive interview with cnn s jake tapper ukraine s president gives an alarming update on mariupol s civilians who were not able to escape. translator: the situation is very difficult in mariupol. it s clear that things won t get better