here. but the fate of those left behind in mariupol so much attention rightly so about whether something possibly that should be so easy on humanitarian grounds could possibly happen today. jim? reporter: no question. as you mentioned, the military effect, as well. those forces freed up, they can apply more pressure to ukrainian forces already fighting on three fronts in the east. nick paton walsh, thank you so much. as jim mentioned, an american citizen has died fighting alongside ukrainian forces in ukraine. 22-year-old willie joseph cansell was working for a private military contracting company when he was killed on monday. there are dozens of americans fighting here, some very quietly, a lot of them former service members. we have more now from the pentagon. barbara, i ve met some people who come here. they feel this is their cause as well as the ukrainians cause. what more do we know about the case?
the complex. and another tragic death to report. this time it is an american. a 22-year-old former u.s. marine was killed while fighting alongside ukrainian forces. his name is willie joseph cansell. his family says that he d gone over to ukraine as a private contractor to fight against russia with an international brigade of soldiers. let s begin in kyiv. cnn s matt rivers has the very latest on those strikes on the capital city. matt? reporter: well, this site right behind me is where ukrainian officials say those russian cruise missiles struck yesterday. and we know that at least one person has been killed as a result of that strike. a woman living in this building. she was a journalist, a 54-year-old woman working for a radio station here in kyiv. rescuers actually found her body this morning. we know that she joins multiple other people who are injured. at least six different people, we re told, are in the hospital with varying injuries including carbon monoxide poisoning as