they're bombarding the cities in the southeast like mariupol to consolidate the blast cities and around kyiv. strategic routes around kyiv. in the humanitarian corridor, as we talk about the cities we have to be very conscious of what comes after the evacuations are successful or not and who is left behind in the cities as the russian forces step up their attacks on those strategic cities. jonathan. >> molly, give us a brief update. you're in the western part of the country, and others leaving traveling to the west. what's the latest on the situation traveling to the border there, people trying to escape? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. we've been talking about this cities the destination for everyone fleeing from the east and also bouncing out for people getting to poland or other neighboring safe countries. it's busy. it's very busy. it's not chaotic people. but 200,000 people are stage here.