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good morning. and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, april 20th. i m jonathan lemire. russia declared yesterday that the next phase of the war was under way in eastern ukraine, claiming it sames to, quote, liberate, the donbas region. british intelligence is saying that russian forces are still struggling. according to the uk, the ukrainian military continues to beat back russia, attempts to advance, even amid the increased shelling and strikes. british intelligence also says that russia s inability to progress is impacted by the resilience of the ukrainian military and by the same environmental, logistical and technical challenges that have hindered russia s forces. and they expect to be launched in the coming weeks. at least one killed and three others injured when a russian rocket hit the see of kramatorsk. and also rocked the southern city of kyiv. this agency the state emergency service of ukraine yesterday said that russians heavily bombarded the city o ....
collapse as ukrainian troops fight back. president zelenskyy says, quote, every lost life is an argument for ukrainians and other free nations to perceive russia exclusively as a threat generation after generation. we ll bring you the latest updates we re getting on the ground ahead. also, right now, to mask or not to mask. that s a big question millions of americans are asking. in a jolt to how we travel, a judge struck down the biden administration s mask mandate for planes, trains, and public transportation. it opens up a major new phase of the pandemic as we watch cases rise around the country. but for many people, on a plane learning they can t they can finally demask, this reaction. [ cheering ] and here s what folks told nbc s miguel almaguer on one of the first flights after masks became optional. i look and i smile and i was like, thank you. i can breathe again. we were so happy. we re both vaccinated so masks, done. more businesses are also droppin ....
ukraine. and the other stories we re following this morning, the number of migrants at the southern border hit a 20-year high and new concern about the supply chain and rising consumer prices. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, april 18th. i m jonathan lemire. russian forces continue their offensive in eastern ukraine, stepping up up attacks in kharkiv, and a barrage of russian rockets hit the city center yesterday, setting fire to several apartment buildings and a market. a day earlier, russian missiles hit a community kitchen that was run by chef jose that was being used to feed refugees. four of the staff members were injured in the attack. in the nightly address, president volodymyr zelenskyy called the bombing of kharkiv, quote, nothing but deliberate terror. he also said at least 18 people have been killed and over 100 injured in the fighting in the city in the past days. moscow had given ukrainian fighters until yesterday morning to l ....
the immigration at the capitol. beto o rourke joins me with his response. i am jonathan capehart, happy easter, this is the sunday show. y easter, this is the sunday show. this sunday the desperate fight to retain the battered port city of mariupol continues. deadline by the russians demanding ukrainian troops in the city lay down here arms have come and gone with no signs of surrender. in a video message president volodymyr zelenskyy says negotiations are underway. the russians can t be trusted and that citizens blocked from evacuating are facing, quote, inhuman conditions. joining me now live from lviv, nbc news ralph sanchez, thank you for coming back to the sunday show. any news of those remaining ukrainian soldiers? reporter: jonathan, they have fought literally to their last bullet. this is a group of ukrainian marines and fighters that, that far right group who have been leading the defense of mariupol. they outnumbered and surrounded in the remain ....