take care. thank you. this is andre. yeah. thank you both so much. both of you stay safe. it s nice to see you smiling. wishing you the best. yeah. no problem, guys. thank you. mariupol is the symbolic center of ukrainian resistance against the russian invasion and the azovstal steel plant where ukraine yan military and also civilians are holed up is the site of the last stand there. we got some rare access to the military perspective inside of that steel plant posing yes, sir earlier to major serghiy volyna and here is what he told us about the dire situation inside. commander, can you tell us what the current situation is where you are? translator: the situation is critical, it s beyond a humanitarian catastrophe. sir, president zelenskyy s office says an operation to evacuate civilians from the plant is planned for today. what can you tell us about that?
two weeks later you are seeing there is increased concern, the president is saying that they are blaming russians for drying to destabilize the region. ukrainians say they re moving troops, moving some troops to strengthen the border here near this region here. to an extent maybe that s necessary but isn t that what russia wants, ukraine to maybe divert its attention, turn its eyes from the east. i think it s more about destabilizing the country as a whole knowing that it has begun for more neutrality which it still is to more pro eu. moldova has filed for an emergency acceptance to be part of the eu. what ukraine really wants to focus, though, on is protecting odesa. odesa is 40 miles from the border that is why they re trying to ramp up their security here. once you get odesa, god forbid if russia gets odesa they have clear access into moldova. vladimir putin in moscow saying he s accepted an invitation to go to the g20
president zelenskyy is accusing the russians of launching five missile strikes on the capital all while u.n. secretary general antonio guterres was wrapping up his visit there. and this just into cnn, extensive shelling of an important railway hub and supply line for ukrainian troops in the eastern regions. a town in the donetsk region coming under heavy fire there. and an american citizen, 22-year-old marine veteran willie joe cancel of tennessee killed while fighting alongside ukrainian forces according to his family, he was working with a private military contracting company when killed on monday. his body has not been recovered. breaking news just into cnn. we have learned that vladimir putin has accepted an invitation from the indonesian president to attend the g20 summit in bali in november. this is a big deal and creates a really complicated diplomatic situation. will president biden and other leaders attend this crucial
translator: president zelenskyy briefs us on the situation in ukraine as a whole and around mariupol. he tells us about enemy movements and is supporting us in every way and also keeps our spirits high. you have held out now for two months. how much longer can you hold out? translator: we cannot tell you for sure how long we can hold on for. that all depends on the enemy movements and also on luck. we have great hopes that we will be evacuated, that the president will succeed in either evacuating or extracting us and we will just have to hope and see what happens. what do you want to say to the world about your situation? translator: i would urge the world and the diplomatic leaders and world leaders and religious
summit in indonesia. the indonesian president gave him an invitation to come to the g20, putin says he s going. what does the u.s. do now? it takes a lot of gal for a man who has been isolated from the world stage but that is something that he has always wanted, always wanted global recognition and he has been attending the g20 summits in the past, obviously the big difference here is that he is now illegally invaded a sovereign country. the u.s. and president biden have said from day one that they would prefer russia not be included but this is up to the host country, indonesia. what do they do? the u.s. and western allies push for indonesia to also invite ukraine president zelenskyy we have yet to hear whether he will accept that invitation. it will be interesting to see how that develops. i don t think they will be meeting with putin if that develops. i agree. thank you very much. we continue to follow news out of mariupol this morning, officials say an operation to get