asks. since the 1930s you ve been abusing ukraine. you just want to destroy us. you want us gone, but we will be everything will be okay. i believe it. video from bucha shows bodies in the streets after russian forces left the area. some images even show bodies with hands tied behind their backs. the russian defense ministry denies killing civilians and claims images of dead civilians are, quote, fake. but we met a family just returning to their house, which they say was occupied by russian soldiers. they show us the body of a dead man in civilian clothes they had found in the backyard. his hands and feet tied with severe bruises and a shell casing still laying nearby. russia s military appears to have suffered heavy losses before being driven out of the area around kyiv. this column of armored vehicles in bucha completely destroyed. the way the ukrainians tell us
and other international organizations to their captivity. i m ben wedemen, cnn, reporting from mykolaiv. some ukrainians they re heading to the u.s.-mexico border in hopes of asylum. priscilla alvarez has our report. reporter: hundreds of ukrainians fleeing the war in ukraine are arriving to the mexico border city of siwanna which sits right along the california-mexico border and there their names are being put on lists and volunteers are providing them numbers to go to the port of entry and seek asylum in the united states. volunteers on ground say in the last few days the number of ukrainians arriving has qua drupeled and the wait can take more than 24 hours with some ukrainians deciding to stay at hole hotels until their numbers are called. this is happening against the backdrop of the u.s. committing to accept up to 100,000 ukrainian refugees. while the administration has not yet revealed all of the details,
town around the capital of kyiv. in fact, just today we were in various other places, various other small towns and satellite towns around the ukrainian capital. and every single one of them we saw the same scene, utter destruction, destroyed buildings where local authorities said there s still dead people underneath, dead bodies in the street, dead bodies in back yards. and as the time progresses and ukrainians make more inroads and access a lot of these areas, unfortunately, they re probably going to find more of the same. fred pleitgen there with that report. thank you, fred. now, as word gets out about these mass killings in bucha there s been condemnation around the world. let s get live to london. yes, people are outraged. yes, world leaders have said they must do something talking about sanctions and more military aid for ukraine. who s saying what? reporter: we ve heard a unified response from european leaders, nato and officials of
we have more than 100 nationalities. this is about the destruction and extermination of all these. we are the citizens of the ukraine, and we don t want to be subdued to the policy of the russian federation. this is the reason we are being destroyed and exterminated. russia denies targeting civilians in this conflict. the ministry of defense claims the images out of bucha are fake. cnn s fred pleitgen went there himself. he witnessed the atrocities, and a warning his report includes disturbing and graphic images. reporter: well, as the russians continue to withdraw from areas here around kyiv and ukrainians move into these territories i think two things are becoming increasingly clear. the one hand a lot more russian military quote was taken out than anybody would have thought
the proper papers. and then there s child care and schooling, trying to raise kids with new language and cultural barriers. poland wants to help, but nearly six weeks into this war the signs of strain are getting harder to ignore. the polish people will welcome ukrainians whatever happens because they re fighting for our freedom and we do understand that. of course there s a certain limit, human limit what we can do. reporter: when you say you re at capacity, what do you mean? the population of my city has grown by almost 20% in a month so of course it puts an enormous strain on our cities. we re doing our best but im improvisation has to end. reporter: a pregnant woman who says she does not want to give birth in poland alone, that her husband has remained in ukraine to fight in the war. she wants to be with him.