let s go. near the capital city of kyiv grim new video shows the sea of graves honoring those lost throughout this bloody conflict most civilians. matt finn is live in the western city of lviv with more. matt? hi, brian, yesterday right here in lviv there were four missile strikes. three of them hit a civilian location. seven people dead. first war time deaths within this city since this all began. now there is more grim news ukrainian president zelenskyy confirms russia has begun second major phase of this war targeting the east. the donbas region and russian s foreign minister also confirming that information a short while ago. this comes as the pentagon now confirms ukrainians will begin training on american-provided howitzers within days to hopefully shoot down these russian missiles or aircraft. it s true that we believe we ll be able to gain process of training ukrainian armed forces
confirms ukrainians will begin training on american-provided halter is. russian missile strikes have ramped up in the area of kharkiv. there is a brutal standoff in the city of mariupol almost leveled. inknown nun of ukrainian marines believed to be that last pocket of resistance in the city hold up in a sprawling steel plant with little to no food or resources. russians reportedly began dropping bunker busting bombs on those troops. those ukrainians are proving to be detectives triment to russian troops consuming their time that could be used on the frontline. and this individual know from irpin showing a mass grave site. rows and rows of people found dead or killed during the russian invasion. also a russian s ambassador to the united states now saying that he has not talked to vladimir putin since 2017. back to you in new york. steve: that s crazy. brian: they have no
no matter how many soldiers are drawn there we will defend ourselves. we will fight and not give up anything ukrainian. bill: matt finn picks up our coverage live in yu ukraine today. good morning, bill. the president here in ukraine is vowing to continue to fight but the reality is that russia has now officially begun its second major push in this war targeting the eastern portion of this country. even russians foreign s minister is confirming russia has begun a new attempt to try to control the future of ukraine. now we can already state that russian troops begun the battle for the dan bo s which they have been preparing for a long time. significant part of the entire russian army is now concentrated on this offensive. this comes as the pentagon confirms ukrainians will begin training on american-provided howitzer within days to shoot
is not concentrated on this offensive. no matter how many russian troops are driven there we will fight. we will defend ourselves and do it every day. we will not give up anything ukrainian. rachuan mitchell strikes a validity ramped up in the area of kharkiv. a brutal standoff in the port city of mariupol. in unknown number of ukrainian marines believed to be the last pocket in that city hold up in us deals plant with little to no food or resources. russians began dropping bunker buster bombs on the trips that are using underground tunnels as well. some horrifying situations there. the pentagon confirmed ukrainians will begin training on american provided howitzers within days to hopefully shoot down russian missiles or aircraft. the panic i will not come from where the training is going to happen, but they did say it will be outside of ukraine and that ukrainians are expected to be