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Also offering to help investigate war crimes. those war crime investigations have already begun in the city of bucha as well as surrounding areas. itn's dan rivers went there to see firsthand the devastation russian troops left behind. and a warning, the images you're about to see are very graphic. they're difficult to watch, but it's important to show them as investigators document potential war crimes. >> reporter: if there is one place in ukraine which has come to symbolize the barbarity of this war, it is bucha. the images which emerged from this town gave the world its first glimpse into ...

And neither should we. >> that report from itn's dan rivers. thank you, dan. a visiting fellow at the group of asia institute is with us this hour from brisbane, australia. thank you for taking the time to speak with us. the growing evidence of atrocities committed by russian soldiers, if nothing else, it's now moving the needle on the level of military assistance which is being offered to ukraine. i want you to listen to the pentagon spokesman, john kirby, on this latest military package coming from the u.s. here he is. >> some of them are reinforcing capabilities that we have already been pr...

Numerous Russian vehicles have been destroyed in the war in Ukraine, although data suggests Russia still has access to over 12,000 tanks.

A closer look at the devastation following a russian rocket attack detonated directly in front of a government building in ukraine's second largest city. itv news correspondent dan rivers has a firsthand look here from freedom sghaiquare from kharkiv. >> we're here in freedom square that was hit by a strike. you can see complete devastation here. the top of this building behind me has been completely taken out. just rubble all over the streets. and people wandering around assessing the damage. clearly we're not going to loiter here long but it seems like russia has switched tactics from trying...

Hatred, frankly, that you see on the ground here from ordinary ukrainian people to the russian forces responsible for this assault, and yet, there is undeniably a david and goliath dynamic playing out here, where by, as hard as ukrainian forces are fighting to defend their country, they are outmatched. they are outgunned, and the very real fear is that the worst is yet to come, jake. >> yeah. thank you so much. please stay safe. ukrainian search and rescue teams expect to find even more dead and more injured as they pick through the rubble in central kharkiv after russian rockets hit a governm...