bringing gifts, candien a some food. the kids explain how they pass the time. many of the women and children are the families of plant workers here. and many have been there for 50 days or more. translator: i want to get out of here and see the sun. we ve been here two months now. and i want to see the sun because they switch the lights on and off here. when they rebuild our houses we can live in peace translator: we all want to return home. we want to return home alive. we all want to see our parents and family. there is little hope those wishes will come true any time soon. russian troops have surrounded the complex waiting for ukrainian soldiers to surrender as food supplies dwindle. for the rest of mariupol, a humanitarian corridor opened leading west through russian-held territory to ukrainian-held zap reesia. though the mariupol mayor s office says that russians tricked people into boarding buses for a town in russian
regions ever the country. kharkiv once again came under fire after a barrage of ao of russian shells fell on the sfep. the governor of the luhansk region urged civilians to leave if they could describing the situation as around the clock bombing. the ukrainian government added new curfews across the country, saying there could be an increase in russian attacks over the holiday weekend. fierce battles for territory that zelenskyy will no doubt press his potential v.i.p. visitors sunday for more help in trying to win. well pamela we were expecting volodymyr zelenskyy to make news at a press conference in kyiv on saturday evening. but it s safe to say everyone was surprised when he announced a high level visit from top u.s. officials was in the works. all right, matt thanks so much. and in mariupol, just a shell remains of a once vibrant city. vladimir putin claims his army has, quote, liberated the port city. but many citizens are still
knobel power plant taking staff hostage. they said a plant minnesotaing roivive waste waste as steroid. the troops abandoned a month later. at the start of march russia assembled a 40 mile long convey, tanks, military equipment lined the road leading to kyiv. but that convoy stalled making lig progress for days. on march 16th, 300 people were killed when russia bombed mariupol drama theater. outside the building in letters big enough to see from the sky was the russian word for children. when the theater was bombed, my sister was standing with the window. and the window was like blown up. and she is falling down. my mom was in another part of the theater. and wall fall on to her. your sister is she doing all right?
background. this was definitely a clash of two cultures. ukrainian art has been overshadowed for a very long time by russia. the cultural field has to be a battlefield as well and we have to fight. in the wake of russia s invasion of ukraine, a small team led by three ukrainian curators and one artist fought to present their work at one of the world s most prestigious art fairs within the venice bianala. well, you know when your son is getting close at 5:00 in the morning and saying father they ve begun. definitely you don t think about projects in venice. it was quite a serious decision, because at that time i realized that it will be important really for the ukraine to be represented on the cultural scene. you can have problems with politics. with the economy, even deep and huge problems. but still you can survive. but if you have if you don t have culture, there is no nation. there is no country. as ukraine was thrown into
dawn about to break in eastern ukraine on orthodox sunday. as many find themselves experiencing hell on earth. but they may be the lucky ones. still alive even as ukraine sees more carnage and more destruction. the trenches may be more evidence of russia s ongoing efforts to cover up its war crimes. ukrainian officials say they are mass graves, west of mariupol. cnn has not independently clarified or verified the claims. but they appear to be verified by satellite photos of the area. ukraine defense ministry says forces hit 17 air targets on saturday including three russian aircraft and five cruise missiles. it claims a strike in charsen killed two russian generals. cnn has not verified this claim.