In mariupol? reporter: president putin is consistent. he s sticking to his line that this is not something that russia is responsible for; that the images coming out are fake. we knew that bucha was a turning point in the conflict. from his view, it s because this cause thtd ukrainians to renegon promises they made in peace negotiations. take a listen to white had to say. unfortunately, after reaching agreements and our clearly demonstrated intentions to create favor aable conditions for the continuation of negotiations, we encountered acon tamination in bucha which we have nothing to do. look, it s clear that this is something he continues to do.
reporter: yes, isa. thanks for having me. of course, we see russian advance now in southeastern areas of ukraine. and it s absolutely clear that putin is seek issiing some kind victory before ninth of may. very important for the russians. and unfortunately, for ukrainians, we re now face ing much more fears, effects on ukrainian grounds here. after atrocities we saw on the out skirts of kyiv, in bucha. we absolutely aware of the fact that russian soldiers are not fighting with with ukrainian armies. they re fighting with civilians. and from this perspective, ukrainian armed forces positioned in luhansk and the latest region ares are going to