>> translator: i want to see the sun so when our houses are rebuilt, we can live if peace, we can live in ukraine, because this is our native home. >> reporter: a ukrainian official in mariupol saying a planned evacuation has been thwarted by the russian military. he says at least 200 civilians who thought they were on a bus headed to safe points were instead taken into russian-controlled territory in the east. russia capturing dozens of small towns in eastern ukraine, but uk officials say russians have not made any major gains in the last 24 hours. and this as russia reveals its end game in this invasion. top military officials say they plan to take full control over southern ukraine and the eastern donbas region. let's bring in scott mclean in lviv. what more can you tell us about these missile strikes in odesa? >> reporter: hey, fredricka. one city counselor in odesa called these an easter gift from vladimir putin. this is not the kind of gift that you want to get. we're talking about six cruise missiles pointed directly at the city. as you mentioned earlier, officials say they hit a military facility and they also hit two residential buildings as well. the death toll as it stands right now is at five with 18 others wounded, and they say that number is likely to rise because this so far is just the people that they know about. one of those victims officials say was a 3-month-old baby. ukrainians say that two missiles were actually struck down by the missile defense system along with two drones as well. one person was burned inside of their car outside of one of the residential buildings that was struck as well. now, ukrainian foreign minister also responding to this saying that the only point of these attacks on odesa is so strike fear into population. the only point is terror, he says. he's pushing for the country to designate russia as a state sponsor of terror to cut off cultural ties torque cut off contacts and business with russia given these latest round of strikes against odesa. fredricka? >> there's so much to delve into here. i want to ask you about those satellite photos of what appear to be, or officials particularly in mariupol are saying are mass graves. what more are we hearing about that? >> reporter: these satellite images were taken from an existing cemetery to the east of mariupol. you see graves that have been there for quite a long time and new trenches that have been dug maybe 40, 45 yards long, and then there are several rows of them. local officials in mariupol say that this is evidence that -- of mass graves, that bodies are being quickly disposed of in graves just like these. cnn doesn't have enough information to verify those claims, but it is not the first time that officials have made it. just a few days ago, they also said that another cemetery, they were quickly building graves or digging graves about ten miles to the west of the city as well. ukrainian officials say that the death toll in mariupol is 20,000. it is impossible to know what the true scale of the death toll is given the city continues to be under siege, and it is almost impossible to get in and, as we're finding out, very difficult to get out as well. >> incredibly disturbing when this mariupol city official is saying this planned humanitarian corridor today was thwarted by the russian military. what do we know about people who were on buses thinking they were going to safety but instead have been bussed to russia? >> reporter: we have heard this before, fredricka. in this incident there was supposed to be a humanitarian corridor leaving from a mall on the western edge of the city. it was supposed to end up in zaporizhzhia, which is in ukrainian-held territory. even earlier today, ukrainian officials were warning people who might be headed toward that humanitarian corridor hoping to get out of the city, they were warning that the russians may try to redirect people toward russian-held territory and ultimately to russia. that appears to be exactly what's happened in this case. so when people showed up, about 200 of them, there were no buses in the place they were supposed to be. instead, according to local officials, from the mayor's office in mariupol, people were instead told to disperse because there would be shelling in the area. there were buses about 200 yards away that quickly filled up with people, but only once people were on board did they realize they weren't headed to zaporizhzhia but to another city inside russian-occupied territory and very likely those people will go onwards to russia. i've spoken to people before in estonia a few days ago who had a very similar story. they ended up fleeing mariupol, trying to get out, and russia was frankly the only direction they could find any sort of corridor towards. and rather than take their chances in mariupol, they went to safety in the very country that's responsible for bombing their homes and completely uprooting their lives. >> wow. unbelievably alarming. scott mclean in lviv, thank you so much. let's bring in colonel sedrick laton, a retired u.s. air force colonel. good to see you. i wonder what your reaction is to that kind of confusion being promoted at what would be humanitarian corridors, people getting on a bus, told there's no bus, or they see other buses and come to find out they're going into russian territory. what is going on here, in your view? >> yeah. this is a really sinister psychological play, fredricka, and it's really disturbing. you know, what they're doing is they're intimidating the population, a very vulnerable population, and they're doing things that, you know, kind of make them go into a world that's kind of kafka-esque, if i may say so. it's one of those thing where is they're involved all of a sudden in a place, and i'm sure todd saw, these people to get out of russia, it takes a lot of effort for them to do so. most of them don't make it out there once they're stuck there. so this is a real problem and it is a violation of all the rules that you have when it comes to dealing with refugees or displaced persons. >> i mean, there are so many examples of cruelty. i mean, that's one. as you've just mentioned, a cruel form of intimidation. then these satellite images of what appear to be mass graves, mariupol officials saying that's what they believe they are. how do you assess what we're seeing and how it got to be that way? >> yeah. these images remind me a bit of what we saw in areas like sin te bosnian crisis in the '90s. there were mass graves there. when you looked at the satellite imagery, you know, the images we saw at that time were very consistent with what we see here. and it does appear to be consistent with the development and the digging of mass graves on a large scale. and, you know, while i'm not as familiar with what happened in rwanda, my understanding is that similar pictures were also available at that time, you know, when the rwandan genocide occurred. this is the kind of thing that has to be part of the evidentiary base that they will use for war crimes trial, and it does appear to be very consistent, especially when you look at the top of the screen there, you know, in the middle. that looks very much like these are mass graves that are being dug to accommodate a large, large number of people, large number of bodies. >> and could you help people understand how that would be conducted if these are, you know, russian soldiers who helped dig or their machinery that helped be dig? or how do they create these mass graves and dispense of these bodies? >> so, that depends, fredricka. they could be using their own soldiers, but more likely they may be using local civilians that they've pressed into labor. so either one is possible. it's something that we have to look at, you know, to see. there would have to be testimony from people who actually did this. they would have to take the grave diggers. it could be the grave dig thaers work in the local cemetery, but they need a lot more people and labor to do this, especially at this scale. so i think that you will find that there's going to be a mix of people that did this, that were ordered to d this, and probably ordered to do so maybe even at the point of a gun. it's very disturbing. it's certainly part of the plan that they have to eliminate the ukrainian population. >> more layers of cruelty. so let's also now talk about this steel factory complex in mariupol. we understand that civilians, perhaps ukrainian military, you know, are there. that is a safe place for now. but talk to us about, you know, strategically, what is it that russia has in mind? >> to so the plant is a large facility built actually originally in the 1930s under stalin's rule, part of the mass industrialization effort that he undertook in the soviet union at the time. and underneath this are these cavernous areas that can hold up to 4,000 people. so for moment, we think there are about 2,000 people of the types you mentioned, you know, ukrainian soldiers, civilians, women and children, all mixed in together there. for moment, they're safe. the russians have decided that they don't want to assault these areas directly from a tactical military standpoint, and that is probably a good decision because the cavernous areas in there are perfect for defenders. so from a military perspective, as long as they have weapons and as long as they can shoot them, they can make it really difficult for anybody who is trying to clear the rooms, you know, as the description would be in the military, and it would be very hard for them to take these people prisoner unless, unless they use chemical agents or something like that to disperse them. and that of course is a big danger right now. >> oh, my gosh. it gets more horrible by the minute and day. colonel cedric leighton, thank you so much. appreciate it. >> you bet. still ahead, 15 years after british toddler madeleine mccann vanished in a family vacation, prosecutors have officially identified a suspect. details next.. the jar to all five layers. raise the jar to the best gelato... you've ever tasted. talenti. raise the jar. you don't know how much pressure you put on your septic system. but rid-x does. iscientists provedy, that rid- x reduces up to 20% of waste build up every month. ta the pressure off with rid-x. at vanguard, you're more than just an investor, you're an owner with access to financial advice, tools and a personalized plan that helps you build a future for those you love. vanguard. become an owner. at jp morgan, the only definition of wealth that matters is yours. it can be a smaller house, but a bigger nest egg. a goal to work toward, or the freedom to walk away. with 200 years of experience, personalized advice, and commission free trades on an award-winning app, we are working for you. planning. investing. advice. jp morgan wealth management. i don't just play someone brainy on tv - i'm an actual neuroscientist. and i love the science behind neuriva plus. unlike ordinary memory supplements, neuriva plus fuels six key indicators of brain performance. more brain performance? 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>> well, i don't know anything specifically about the killings other than what's been publicly reported. but when you have wealthy russian businessmen dying and their family members dying, the first thing you should think of is that foul play is involved in almost all circumstances. it's a different scenario than people dying in other countries. there are so many different reasons why murders take place in russia. there have been so many murders that have taken place, as nic robertson just said, al tl thes different stories. and i've seen it for myself in the murder of my lawyer,er is guy, many other people connected to the case also died. and so i don't know these specific individuals, but the fact that they're involved in the gas business, a very dangerous business, the fact there's a lot of violence involved, i think that one should rule out foul play but not until you've gotten all the evidence. and you can pretty much be assured that anything going on in the investigation in russia will be fabricatede and untrue, but the spanish investigation hopefully will have a bit more transparency and clarity. >> so, now let's transition to this russian invasion in ukraine. and in a piece you wrote for "time," adapted from your book, you say it is now plain that putin is evil. this is not breathless hyperbole. it is fact. he has no regard for human life and only lusts over power and money. in his calculus, money is power and vice versa. so, do you believe that money is what's behind all of this? you know, how can, you know, this costly war be a money-making venture? >> well, i don't think the war itself is a money-making venture. i think it's a highly money-losing venture. but i think the reason why putin got involved in this war is because of money, and let mex plain that. so, vladimir putin has been around for 22 years. he's not like a normal head of state. a normal head of state governs for the sake of governing. he governs for the sake of stealing money. he and the people around him. and they have stolen an unbelievable amount of money since they started. i would say vladimir putin and all the people around him, the thousand people around him the last 22 years, have stolen a trillion dollars from the russian state. that is a thousand billion dollars. and that money should have been spent on public services, on hospitals and schools and so on. and so after about 22 year of this, the russian people, who don't get that money, are pretty mad. and those people in an instant could rise up against putin,