live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. ukraine s president will be appealing for more international aid this week when the ukraine recovery conference gets under way in lugano, switzerland. on saturday he urged his fellow ukrainians to stay optimistic. here he is. translator: no matter how difficult it is for us today, we must remember that there will be tomorrow. and tomorrow should bring maximum benefit to ukraine. everyone should do absolutely everything possible for this. relentless rampage in ukraine is now most heavily focused on the key city of lucy hansk, one of the few places under ukrainian control in the donbas. russia denies claims by pro-russian separatists that the city is surrounded. meanwhile, days after russian forces abandoned snake island in the black sea, ukraine s military is claiming it destroyed some of the quip the russians left behind. russian spirit does not stink there anymore. cnn s scott mcclain joins us live fr
the gym and let the trainer hit me because he can t take a hit. desantis almost wasn t there. he should have been in florida with trump. because both of them didn t show up last night. that s my opinion. and i think that, surprisingly, mike pence did well. yeah. i was surprised he came out of the ring unscathed, unscarred. i was surprised how tim scott underperformed. you almost forgot that he was there. i was watching it as somebody that s been in that ring. i was impressed that mike pence did not get punched, and i was actually impressed that nikki haley seemed to have the she came in with her fight game, and she did it. but i think that vivek was good the first five rounds, but they were telling em, take him out of the ring by the eighth round. yeah, waving that towel. waving that towel. so, yeah, very interesting. you brought up tim scott.
standards and new quality of life is only possible by attracting international capabilities. kim, yesterday we were the other day, we were in hostanel, one of the kyiv suburbs that took some of the most intense fighting, shelling, in the early days of war. even today, months sense the russians have left, you would be hard pressed to find any buildings that are unscarred, even still, by war. people have come back, there s plenty of signs of life, people are rebuilding. there are challenges, obviously. building materials are tough to come by. home insurance is not a typical ukrainian thing that a lot of people have as well. so it is difficult to see how ukraine can get back on its feet without a lot of help from the international community. yeah, exactly right. scott mcclain in kyiv, thanks so much. to washington now where people are still reeling from this week s blockbuster hearing before the january 6th committee. former white house aide cassie hutchinson revealing some of
ukraine confirms the situation is bgrowing bleaker by the hour. an apartment set ablaze by a russian missile strike. firefighters rushing to extract people from the building. it is more and more clear there is no safe harbor left. the amber glow you see there, explosions at the ukrainian military base in the west of the country. about 12 miles from the polish border. that attack putting the war, yes, right on nato s doorstep. mariupol, a bird s eye view of the horror. you can see no building left unscarred. finally today, the mayor s office says at least some civilians have been able to get out of the city through a humanitarian corridor. that after weeks of being trapped with little food, water, or power. last hour, a new and horrifying number from the united nations. 636. that s the number of civilians it has confirmed dead, dying since the start of this fighting. compare that with the awful example of how war piles tragedy on top of tragedy. remember the pregnant woman in this image
look. i think buttigieg was the center of the debate which was both a good thing and a bad thing for him. it s good in that nobody attacks people who don t matter. right? always remember that. nobody attacks you if they re not worried about you. but he did take more incoming. are you comfortable with how they raise money? and how much does the idea of electability matter? i think he handled them well who thinks well on his feet. you don t want to emerge from that unscarred. thank you for your take on this. have a great day. you too. coming up in our next hour, we will speak to senator amy klobuchar and senator cory