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Forces from russia into these areas. now, in kharkiv itself, the second largest city right here, they have had some challenges getting into this city. they have never actually been able to get into kharkiv. they have never been able to even surround it. so there are no russian forces here. and there is basically nothing that is moving this way. now, if the russians do that, then of course that changes the picture. but they would require a large concentration in order to take this very large city...

The mayor of mariupol is calling his city a new auschwitz after weeks of relentless russian bombardment. the mayor of the besieged city estimating that 5,000 people died and almost half of the citys destroyed infrastructure is simply beyond repair. so joining me now is petroandrushenko. he is the adviser to mariupols mayor. petro, were thankful to have you on. thank you so much. you said you agreed with the mayor, that mariupol is like auschwitz. that what is happening is like nazi germany. thos...

The racists turned our whole city into a death camp. unfortunately, the area analogy is gaining more and more confirmation. there is no longer chechnya or aleppo. this is the new auschwitz in the martinec. the world should help punish putins villains. the mayor also estimating more than five thousand civilians have been killed so far, more than two hundred of them children. the city, as you can see, just left in complete ruins, cut off from civilization without food, water or electricity as heav...

Carley. carley mentioning ukraines foreign minister, at meeting in brussels, he made it clear to fellow diplomats what his country needs to win this war. watch. >> my agenda is simple, has three items on it. it is weapons, weapons and weapons. >> griff: this as we are getting a grim picture of mariupol, the mayor writing on his facebook page issue the world has not seen the scale of the tragedy in mariupol since nazi concentration camps. it is a death camp, the area is gaining more and more conf...

Ukrainian symbols, and all of that its problem for people. >> i spoke to a family of seven, a family that escaped mariupol, and they said the same thing that you did. they had to go through 12 checkpoints and that some of those checkpoints they had to pull up their shirts -- or take their shirts off, the men, and then pull their hands up to the need to check for nazi symbols. right? or to check for nazi tattoos. the treatment is really inhumane. but even among the inhumane theres humanity there ...

>> reporter: well, it now seems that in towns like bucha, borodianka and irpin, where there have been these revelations of atrocities committed by russian soldiers, that has had an impact on the behavior of russian troops. according to zelenskyy, those soldiers in towns and cities where they are still in control are now involved in some kind of massive cover-up, if you like, destroying evidence. here he is. listen to this. >> translator: we have information that the russian troops have changed t...

After graphic images of tortured civilians caught the world's attention, Ukrainian officials say Russia is destroying evidence of war crimes.

Terrible something. because all our infrastructure, all our building, all our -- all around us, all in the city absolutely destroyed right now. and now people must to live inside the basement, inside the shelters. its absolutely impossible for everyone. you can see this awful picture from our city. but not the worst situation because the russian troops stay and they keep our people inside the city like hostage. they make everything that our people cant escape from the city to other part of ukrai...

With no food, heat, or running water. on wednesday he said russians have turned the entire city into a death camp. describing it as quote, the new auschwitz. >> in order to prepare for those attacks in the east, the pentagon says russian forces now have completed a withdrawal around kyiv, and training. two of its primary targets at the start of this invasion. ukrainian emergency officials are now coming through the territories which were previously occupied. part of that effort includes neutrali...

Removing russia from the united nations human rights council in light of the atrocities in bucha, ukraine. meanwhile, in kyiv, after weeks of relentless violence, the pentagon says all russian troops have left the region leaving tanks scattered along roads and civilians in the east are being told to evacuate as officials brace for a brutal expanded russian offensive there. we or just getting new details about the scale of the devastation in mariupol where the mayor estimates 5,000 people have di...