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Kherson. that's just in the south of the country. just sort of northwest of occupied crimea. as john was saying and as you were saying, the ukrainians, they're disputing that. still trying to confirm all of this. meanwhile, on the battlefield the russians are moving to try to surround an important strategic city and john mentioned this, too, mariupol. it's on the sea and heavy shelling reporting there. russians want a land bridge to occupy crimea. capturing mariupol would give them that. that's significant for that reason. as you say, the russians have been pummelling the second largest city i...

Have been sheltered buckle bunker into the theater when i was struck by a russian missile. more than 130 people have been rescued after serious injuries, but most are still unaccounted for. russian forces admit relentless pursuit of mariupol, because the city offers them a strategic advantage. effectively put off ukraine's access to the sea of ossoff, the capturing mariupol would allow them to formally capture a land bridge that links crimea to the donbas region. which is controlled by russian -backed separatists. in the draft last, night vladimir zelenskyy called the attacks a war crime. and ...

Armed forces. meanwhile, a missile strike in the military barrack -- about 200 ukrainians in the city of mykolaiv, it is turned it to be one of the deadliest attacks to date. an attack and probably killed more than 40 people according to a senior military official. ukraine's national police said this morning that more than 600 residential buildings from the city of kharkiv have been destroyed during the war so far. these images understory the peril that refugees are fleeing. even if this war ended this very minute, many of them will not have a home to return to. 25 days of missile strikes will...

I just want to play that for our viewers. what is a situation like where you are now? >> ali, behind me you see the same park, the same fair, where i took that footage. it may seem like a normal day here in lviv, people run the earlier you can hear the buskers playing music in the background. but this is a defining city. this is a show of force in any way that they can, as the attacks have persisted all across this country extend here to the west of the country as well, with that airport maintenance facility being struck by russian airstrikes, just a couple of days ago. a little quick update i...

Blade drones? what about getting tanks? better antitank weapons, better antiaircraft weapons? are you beginning to see the weapons that the u.s. says they're delivering? >> well, look, we need all the weapons. and we're very grateful to the u.s. for everything u.s. has been providing us to date. but the time right flow all of our partners and the united states to provide us with everything. i mean, i think it's clear that, a, we can win, and ukrainians have shown during the 41 days that not only russia happened but that we are very capable, very motivated. we're defending our homes. so, we wil...