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Was hit by what we believe to be a russian shelling as well. even as the talks get under way, john, the fighting continues unabated. >> alex marquardt for us in kyiv. alex, thank you very much. so earlier this morning, i had a chance to speak to the deputy mayor of mariupol. you see it down here on the sea of azov. this is the city under siege right now. the russians closing in from two directions, squeezing the city, 26 hours of shelling. the deputy mayor told me he thinks they can hold out f...

This new video just in to cnn. this is from chernihiv, dash cam video from a car here. lets watch. you see civilians there, not far from wherever that missile struck. you see people walking on the streets all over this city. just a sign of how civilians in ukraine increasingly come under attack. joining me now is former u.s. senator from tennessee bob corker, served as the chair of the senate foreign relations committee. thank you for being with us. the news this morning, kherson, near the black...

Plan, gradual advancement with more and more attacks on civilian targets here. and, john, if you look at russias history, just going back to syria, but also back to chechnya, they have a history of tl deliberately targeting civilians to great and devastating effect. were seeing more and more evidence of that every day. >> these negotiations, i know the ukrainian delegation on the way, for what would be the second meeting. what to make of that? >> well, listen, remember the diplomatic attempts if...

And that continues for one day and a half. so we have continuing shelling for 26 hours, 26 hours they are destroying our city. so from all the weapons, from artillery, from airplane, bombing, from tactical rockets, from multiple launch rocket system, so situation is very bad. >> joining us now is former cia deputy chief of russian operations john sypher with us. were looking at the map. i know overnight people may think that not much has changed, but a lot has, especially as were watching this r...

You do have russian officials and ukrainian officials showing up to see if there is a possibility of progress, but russias stated demands are still nonstarters for ukraine and the west. that includes demilitarization, that is lay down their weapons and also basically a declaration of fealty to russia, which ukraine does not want to do. now, a lot of that is dark, right, as we wake up this morning, and describe it, but on the flip side, you do see tremendous progress of the west, u.s. and nato ge...

You very much. we have new video this morning showing the damage from a powerful explosion near kyivs central train station. ukrainian officials say thousands of women and children, they were being evacuated from the station at the time of the strike. cnns alex marquardt live on the outskirts of kyiv with the very latest here. this is another example of how the civilians trying to protect themselves often find themselves right in the cross hairs. >> reporter: yeah, of course, john, the rugs co...

Gadhafi in libya. he worries about staying in power. it is all about survival. thats why he wanted to kill ukraine. ukraine was a successful democratic western leaning country on his border which could be a signal to his own people if this type of thing was positive, it was possible not to live under repression, it is possible for slavs and russian speakers to live in a democratic country. he had to snuff that out. it is about his personal survival. now, you know, now he has to double down on be...