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satellite images appear to show mass graves outside of mariupol. an adviser to the mayor says they show mass graves. but cnn cannot independently verify those claims. and the discovery happening as the heavy fighting continues in the port city. an estimated 100,000 people, both soldiers and civilians, trapped amid the relentless russian onslaught. one small boy praying for a miracle. >>. >> translator: i want toss the sun so when our houses are rebuilt, we can live in peace, so we can ...

The successor to the kgb, that tracked and followed navalny for years before the poisoning. >> is it your contention that vladimir putin must have been aware of this? >> of course. 100%. >> reporter: cnns clarissa ward and her team confronted a member of the fsbs toxin team at his apartment on the outskirts of moscow. >> clarissa ward. cnn. my name is clarissa ward. i work for cnn. can i ask you a couple of questions? was it your team that poisoned navalny, please? >> reporter: five months after...

Treatment. a joint investigation by cnn uncovered a team of agents that had tracked and followed navalny for years before the poisoning. >> is it your contention that vladimir putin must have been aware of this? >> of course. 100%. >> reporter: cnns clarissa ward and her team confronted a member of tsbs toxin team. [ speaking russian ] my name is clarissa ward. i work for cnn. can i ask you a couple of questions? [ speaking russian ] was it your team that poisoned navalny, please? >> reporter: f...

Flown to germany for treatment. a joint investigation with cnn and joint investigation group uncovered the team of agents from fsb, successor to kgb that tracked navalny for years until the poisoning. >> is it your contention that vladimir putin must have been aware of this? >> of course, 100%. >> reporter: cnns clarissa ward and her team confronted a member of the toxin team at his apartment on the outskirts of moscow. >> reporter: my names clarissa ward, i work for cnn, can i ask you a couple ...

Apartment on the outskirts of moscow. clarissa ward. my name is clarissa ward, i work for cnn. can i ask you a couple of questions? navalny, was it your team that poisoned navalny, please? >> reporter: five months after his poisoning, navalny returned to russia, knowing what awaited him. >> i will go back because im russian politician, i belong to this country. i would never give putin such a gift. >> reporter: he was arrested on arrival and in prison he started a hunger strike. he was initially...

Convicted of embezzlement, a conviction which he called trumped up, that would prevent him for running for president against putin in 2018. two years later, in august 2020, he boarded a flight to moscow. soon, his cries were heard throughout the cabin. navalny knew exactly what had happened. >> over to the flight attendant and said, i was poisoned. im going to die. >> reporter: he had been poisoned with a chemical nerve agent called novichok, flown to germany for treatment. an investigation unco...

Soon his cries were heard throughout the cabin. navalny knew exactly what had happened. >> over to the flight attendant and said him, i was poisoned. im going to die. >> reporter: he had been poise onlied with a chemical nerve agent. he was flown to germany for treatment. a join investigation by cnn and the investigative group uncovered the team of agents from the fsb, the successor to the kgb, that had tracked navalny for years before the poisoning. >> is it your contention that vladimir putin ...