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This power plant. >> we dodged a nuclear bullet last night and im with the u.n. ambassador greenfield that we dodged a disaster. he was extremely concerned that there was a severe risk of a mass casualty event. basically, what happened was fortunately the attack was limited. even though were shooting flairs as you see into a nuclear facility, there is volleys of heavy caliber machine fire that it didnt hit the containment facility. now this is a strong reinforced concrete but not a fail si in th...

Breaking news. russian forces turning their targets from military installations to civilians in ukraine. this new video into cnn shows russian tanks just rolling into neighborhoods, into residential neighborhoods west of kyiv. cnn also obtained this truly horrible video in the city of irpin. a family of four including two children were killed in this attack. joining me now to discuss this is re tired brigadier general mark kimmitt and the cnn national security analyst, david sanger, a correspond...

Zelenskys request. we begin our live team coverage with jonathan hund. hes in lviv not far from the polish border. its been another day of intense hardship and grief. many refugees fleeing their homes for poland. what is the latest there? >> we have important potentially breaking news. the russian defense ministry saying it will implement cease fires in various cities including kyiv. those are due to start in one hours time. but it will be hard for ukrainians to trust that ceasefire. its been br...

Deal to send fighter jets to ukraine. jonathan hunt has more from overnight. >> jonathan: ceasefire supposed to take hold today in capital kyiv in mariupol in kharkiv and sumy. if artillery and guns fall silent, it is difficult to see how many ukrainians will trust russian. there were two ceasefires and mortar attack outside of kyiv near irpin, mortar attack on civilians running for their lives, a mother and two children killed in that attack, so will the ukrainians feel they can board the buses...

Tonight. those unfortunately are not going to do much good right now. the ukrainian air force is still largely intact. the problem is the type of weapons that the russians are using right now, it is on the ground for the fight is on the ground for that is where those shoulder fighter javelins and other missiles come into play and they are being very effective, despite that horrific attack an air strike on the maternity hospital today and mariupol. >> sean: they give rick wade not. we appreciate ...

Negotiator with russia and nato so hes uniquely able to answer questions i got tonight. thank you for being with us. the first question i think i have to ask you is we see putin committing a war crime. i mean, u.n. has come out and said attack a nuclear plant is a war crime. will we ever see any accountability? will he ever be held responsible for what hes done today because right now, it seems like the world is looking -- just taking a step back and watching this play out. this is a very danger...

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Russia of nuclear terrorism. the 1986 disaster, in that case radio active fallout spread as far as sweden and that was just within two days. while the plant under attack last night is far safer, experts say theyre simply not designed to with stand a military assault. with russian troops in control, ukrainian workers are operating the facility at gunpoint, at gunpoint according to the head of the company. with me now, a distinguished fellow at the quincy institute for responsible state craft and ...

>> carley: and im carley shimkus. biden administration considers banning imports of russian oil and nato gets green light to send fighter jets to ukrainian fighters. we have griff jenkins standing by with more on those major developments, but first we go live to lviv with jonathan hunt. >> jonathan: good morning to you, the ceasefire supposed to take hold in the capital kyiv in the southern city of mariupol and the eastern cities of kharkiv and sumy. if guns and heavy artillery fall silent, it i...

Ukrainian forces. hundreds if not thousands had been fleeing irpin saturday. clarissa ward was there. sunday, lindsay adario was there. she witnessed the mortar attack that killed that family and took that now world known -- that photo now known all around the world. theres also a video of the moment of the actual mortar attack that killed this family. i want to show it to you right now.