a colossal attack today according to the city's mayor, strike after strike wounding, the mayor says, at least 25, decimating, as you can see libraries, shopping malls. video out of irpin shows empty playgrounds, the tops of buildings blown clean off, scorched homes and mangled cars. in mykolaiv, 14 dead. in mariupol a clear-eyed view of what five weeks of shelling looks like. black soot covers everything in sight. building after building pancaked by russian artillery. the sirens and explosions provide a fresh and sober reminder to not take moscow's word at face value. in istanbul attempts at diplomacy bringing fresh disappointment. the chief propaganda says no breakthroughs in the talks between russia and ukraine.