sensely casualties of this invasion. french voters decide their country s future leader. it s an election that could cause a major shift in world politics. welcome to the show, everyone. it s now 9:00 a.m. in ukraine. we re getting a clearer picture of russia s goal in the country. russia s military now confirming it s objective to take full control of ukraine s black seacoast. ukraine s president wants that only to be a prelude to russia envancing into other countries. and key to the russian plan is the city we ve been talking about for a while now, mariupol, where an unknown number of ukrainian trips and civilians are trapped inside a large steel factory. ukraine s prime minister spoke about the dire situation as he met with u.s. officials in washington. have a listen. the situation in mariupol is terrible. this is the biggest catastrophe in this and the last centuries. many dozens of thousands of people may be thousands of peope are died in mariupol. and we will see
ukrainian military says russia s assault on the eastern part of the country is heating up as the next phase of russia s war gets under way. now a key town in that region. ukraine is accusing russia of shelling the town friday with cluster munitions which scatter over a wide area. in the small town outside of kyiv, drone video that you re looking at shows a really apocalyptic landscape left by russian shelling during the first phase of the war. ukrainian forces are being honored for holding the town and for blocking of course the russian advance on the capitol. and president volodymyr zelenskyy is vowing to keep fighting. have a listen. we will defend ourselves as long as necessary to break this ambition of the russian federation. the armed forces of ukraine continue to deter attacks by russian invaders in the east and south of the country. i m grateful to each of our defenders bravely holding. meanwhile, russia military now confirming its objective is to take full control
hello and a very warm welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m live in lviv, ukraine. coming up this hour we thought they would shoot for a bit and stop. but that around 8:30, windows shutered from a very loud explosion. refugees describing attacks by russian troops as they escape mariupol. leaving everything behind. all while the kremlin reveals its ultimate goal in its war of choice. i m kim in atlanta. live in france as voters get ready for a high stakes presidential run off election. welcome to the show, everyone. it s now 10:00 a.m. here in lviv, ukraine.