evacuate all the civilians. whatever you have high inflationary pressures, whenever you have interest rates going up, add that to the supply chain woes that we have, we ve got challenges. talking about the good ole days tonight naomi judd to be inducted into the country music hall of fame. it is going to be tragic but joyous on so many levels. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the kroon newsroom on this sunday. it is 3:00 a.m. in mariupol, ukraine. and hope may be as close as the sunrise. these are new images from the besieged city. ukraine s president says that more than 100 civilians evacuated from the steel plant on sunday, a place which had been the final stand of resistance. hundreds of people huddled in the basement there for weeks with food, water, and medicine running out. evacuations are due to resume just hours from now but more russian shelling overnight could jeopardize that. the city has been relentlessly bombarded since the first days o
a senior u.s. official tells cnn that russian forces are making incremental advances there. meantime, another mass grave was discovered friday in the kyiv suburb of bucha. 900 civilians have already been found dead in the kyiv region, in the wake of russian forces pulling out. russia s focus is now on the eastern donbas region. ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, says moscow s aim is to kill everyone living there. translator: only if ukraine would stand, will they live. if the russian invaders succeed in realizing their plan, at least in part, they will still have enough artillery and aircraft to destroy the entire donbas just as they destroyed mariupol. the city, which is one of the most developed in the region, is simply a russian concentration camp in the middle of ruins. the situation, also, growing evermore dire for mariupol s last defenders holed up in that steel plant along with hundreds of civilians. for more, let s turn to isa soares in lviv, ukraine.
coronavirus. welcome to the show, everyone. russia is increasingly targeting key infrastructure as it ramps up the assault of the east of the country. you are looking to extensive damage to a railway hub that was a vital supply line for ukrainian troops. that is near the donesk region, russian forces are making incremental advances in the area. and meantime, another mass grave was discovered in the kyiv suburb of bucha. russia s focus now on the eastern donbas region, ukrainian president, zelenskyy said moscow s goal is to kill eve everyone. translator: only if ukraine stands will they live. the city, which is one of the most developed in the region is simply a russian concentration camp in the middle of ruins. well the situation is growing ever more dire for mariupol s last defenders holed up in a steel plant. a ukrainian commander inside told us of relentless russian attacks and scores of people injured. scott mcclain has the story for you. reporter: these are russi
ukraine says it s holding off russian attacks on several fronts. even as fresh russian units come across the border. ukraine also says russia is now targeting villages close to the border in the northeast. supply lines have also been key targets for russian forces. and this what you re look at now is the after math of the attack on an important rail way hub. in the region. the bombardment come as russian forces have gradually coming closer. a senior u.s. defense official tells cnn the russia advances in the east have been uneven and incremental. meantime, another mass grave was discovered on friday in the kyiv suburb of bucha. 900 civilians have already been found in the region in the wake of russian forces pulling out. russia focus is now on the eastern donbas region. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says moscow aim is to kill everyone living there. have a listen. only if ukraine would stand will they live. if the russian invader succeed in realizing their plan. the
fronts in the east, even as fresh russian units come across the border. ukraine s military says this video shows them firing on russian armer in izium. russian forces have been trying to use that area as a staging ground into the donetsk region. russia has had some success in targeting ukrainian supply lines. this is the aftermath of an attack on an important railway hub. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says moscow s aim for the eastern regions is clear. translator: in donbas the occupiers are doing everything to destroy any life in this area. constant brutal bombings, constant russian strikes at infrastructure and residential areas show that russia wants to make this area uninhabited. in the south, the situation also growing ever more dire for mariupol s last defenders holed up in that steel plant along with hundreds of civilians. a planned operation to evacuate on friday did not take place. cnn correspondents are across the region. our randi kaye is in moldova.