were at the edge of irpin yesterday and there was an unbelievable amount of shelling going on, an unbelievable amount of noise that we were hearing. today in irpin there was a little bit less, however there were missile strikes in central kyiv that hit targets, we're not sure exactly what they hit. so maybe there's a little bit less shelling but it certainly doesn't look to us as though there's some sort of massive drawdown going on. of course the ukrainians say that they don't believe that the russians are withdrawing from this area. they certainly don't believe the russians would be withdrawing to create trust township themselves and the ukrainians. they simply believe the russians lost the battle for kyiv and are having to regroup, possibly doing that in belarus, jake. >> fred pleitgen, thank you so much, appreciate it. in the southern port city of mariupol, quote, russians were negotiating on everything except people's lives. they do not care about people, unquote. that's according to the deputy prime minister of ukraine today as officials race to evacuate