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Second time this weekend as ukrainian officials say russia attacked an evacuation checkpoint near kyiv. cnn's scott mclean is live in lviv. a third round of talks will begin tomorrow but with these attacks, how much confidence is there going into it? >> well, fredricka, the ukrainians say that their position has strengthened since the first round of talks. i'm not sure that it's strengthened between the second and third round of talks that we expect tomorrow. but there's a few things on the agenda. a cease-fire which seems like a distant dream, an armistice which isn't in the stage. and so thi...

Responders fighting the fire amid that thick, black smoke. the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken denouncing reports of russian forces targeting civilians. even in areas that are supposed to be safe escape routes. >> in the last several days, more strikes have killed and wounded civilians as they try to leave the cities that are being surrounded by russian forces. and there continue to be reports of attacks by russian forces on agreed upon humanitarian corridors. >> chilling video shows the moment a russian air strike hit one evacuation route. we want to warn you this is extremely disturbi...

We're seeing an increasing number of civilian targets hit, whether that is government buildings or large residences or blocks and schools. so when it comes to kyiv, which is the first prize or the top prize for russia, they are stepping up their efforts to encircle it from the north and from the west. their troops have really moved in. they've been flushing out people who are trying to -- who are desperately running away from those areas trying to evacuate. we've seen forces coming in to places like erpine, where in a scene unfolded with a bombing or shelling right on an evacuation checkpoint,...