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This looks like the very top of the edge of this frontline, and you can see that on the ground very intensely we heard a lot of shelling, we heard a lot of engagement back and forth. and from what we heard today, that has intensified. >> sandra: and charles, to your point about just how difficult it is to get the aid to those front lines and to the heart areas there, this is obviously some the are directly engaged in. you seen how difficult and dangerous the journey is, can you tell us a little ...

Rushed _ were looking very stressed, they rushed out— were looking very stressed, they rushed out from their basements and it was— rushed out from their basements and it was an _ rushed out from their basements and it was an emotional scene, people were _ it was an emotional scene, people were hugging their loved ones goodbye, there was lots of tears. there _ goodbye, there was lots of tears. there was — goodbye, there was lots of tears. there was a real mix of ages, actually, _ there was ...

Retreat or simply give up this territory. this is a tiny fraction of what ukrainian defenders are experiencing in mariupol right now. have been experiencing really from the very earliest weeks of this war, cut off surrounded under bombardment. as youve been describing, what remains of that defending force have now fallen back to this substantial steel works complex where they are holed up in a complex of basements beneath the surface. we dont know precisely how many ukrainian soldiers are there,...

Negligence, and not timely transportation to get these people to the buses and ambulances that were waiting. is there anything, general, that nato can do to step in here, or how do you see this dire situation? >> well, ill talk about how i see it first. this is a psychological operation. russia has been known to do this kind of thing before. it gets the hopes up of the people who have been trapped in mariupol for weeks, thinking that they were going to get out. russia has planned humanitarian co...

Area where the russian-backed separatists in this region have raised the possibility of using chemical weapons to clear out that factory. is that likely? >> well, unfortunately as with many things that depend on putins personal decision at this point, we just dont know. theyve certainly hinted that that might be the next step. we just have to hope that that wont happen. its heartbreaking to see the footage that you just showed of children sheltering in the basements there in the azovstal steel p...

Yet to take total control. ukrainian forces are holed up in a sprawling iron and steel factory. hundreds of civilians are believed to have take cover there as well. the site is now being targeted by heavy russian bombardment. >> translator: right now in mariupol at the azov steel factory, hundreds of civilians are sheltering. among them are children of all ages, women, the elderly, and the families of mariupol defenders. they are sheltering in the basements and bunkers from the russian world. >>...

To the ground. so people are hiding in the factory, at the basements there. people hiding in hospitals and people are hiding in the basements of the buildings that are not yet destroyed. its just humanitarian catastrophe. and as they say when we are getting report from there, its a hell on earth. hell on earth, in the 21st century. can you imagine this? >> and its tens of thousands of people that are going through that situation right now. mariupol is a city, a large city that just six weeks ago...

Who are in basements, who lost their children, what our soldiers feel like right now. and i understand, i have to be the strongest one in this situation and this is all, the most important is the way my children look at me. they have to be proud of me. this is the most important thing. i do everything for this. >> imagine, you are forced to flee your home as the russian army advanced. what would you take with you? for so many refugees in ukraine, that answer is simple -- it includes their belove...

Motherland. definitely not a hero. i want people to take me as i am -- a regular human. >> youve inspired a lot of people, including not just here in ukraine, but around the world. who inspires you? who are your heros? whose story do you look to for inspiration during dark days here? >> only the people. i believe our people are genuine and unique and i just cant afford to be worse than them. when in certain moments i feel like all of this is dangerous, i understand that all the rest of us are go...

Who inspires you? who are your heroes? whose story do you look to for inspiration during dark days here? >> translator: only the people. i believe our people are genuine and unique. and i just cant afford to be worse than them. when at certain moments i feel like all of this is dangerous, i understand that all the rest of us are going through this as well. what people are feeling like who are in basements, who lost their children, what our soldiers feel like right now. and i understand i have to...