>> right before the invasion, the people of mariupol went to the streets to say to putin, do not invade in our nation. >> we do not feel that we have to be saved by him, because we speak russian, no ukrainians person is going to kill us. we do not feel that someone has to do this. >> putin has said repeatedly that there is a genocide going on here against russian -speaking people, against those that are sympathetic for moscow? you are russian, is there a genocide here? >> no, there never has been. this is not the truth. this is totally a lie. it is a complete lie. this has never happened. >> [speaking foreign language] >> desîte their pleas, putin attacked variable without