a commander inside the steel factory where hundreds of civilians are still sheltering says the constant relentless shelling has prevented evacuations today. when i see five or six people die every day under bombs and the wounded die because they cannot get necessary medical care, and when i see what the soldiers eat, they re already starting to faint because of hunger. i think it is necessary to address the world community, end quote. and this just in, ukrainian soldiers are reporting that they killed five russians in an attempted assault on that plant. now, over the weekend, about 100 people made it out. one of them described living in two months of darkness. these images exclusive to cnn show how russian strikes pulverized the compound. russian state tv broadcasted that troops on the outskirts are engaged in what they call a step by step clearing operation. translator: we are finally here, establishing ourselves, not officially canteen 5, this is where the story has to en
running ads distancing themselves from president biden. for lifting a trump era policy. plus, a warrant issued today for the alabama corrections officer last seen leaving jail with an inmate, charged with murder. cnn has an exclusive look inside his now empty cell. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start today with our world lead and the besieged city of mariupol, ukraine, where some civilians are finally finding a way out after weeks, months of a relentless russian bombardment. ukrainian officials say there were two planned evacuation corridors, one for people around the city who want to leave and another for those who had been trapped inside the azovstal steel plant. but it remains unclear if either of those corridors held. this is new video of a large smoke plume over the city of mariupol today, and a commander at the steel plant tells cnn the complex has been under constants fire since early this morning. ukrainian officials say around 100 civilians were succ
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besieged city is in mariupol. i m griff jenkins from kyiv, ukraine. aishah: hi, a lot to get to. in the port city of odesa, that russian missiles have killed at least five people, including a three-month-old baby, a tragic, tragic day there in odesa. griff, my friend, so good to see you safe and sound and hopefully you re going to be able to come back soon we want you back home and safe. griff, this is an important weekend for so much russians and ukrainians celebrating eastern orthodox easter. we were hoping, hopefully for a pause in fighting, but it doesn t look like that s the case, right? that s right, president zelenskyy saying that vladimir putin rejected the offer for a truce, an easter truce, if you will, and that golden dome, st. michael s golden dome monastery behind me one of the many orthodox churches here across ukraine who have much to mourn this sad easter here and to be thankful, there s one church in the region northeast of where we are, that was hit very h
used? think about the revenge of geography. in other words, you can change a lot of things on a battlefield. you can t change the terrain. thus, as you point out correctly, jonathan, out in the cities, onto the plains of ukraine. it s a vast think kansas. and as a result of that, that armor can move both the tanks, the armored personnel carrier, and yes what the russians envision is a sweeping set-piece kind of battle like we haven t seen since the second world war. we ll see, a, if they can deliver that, and b, ukrainians have plenty of firepower that we have given them to put a real sense of defense in front of the russians. so it s going to be quite striking to watch. about ten years ago, when i was supreme allied commander of nato, i spent a fair amount of time with my counterpart, general nikolai, and he would talk endlessly about thousand russians were going to specialize, get out of the conscript business, improve their logistics and technology, and we watched that