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York. i'm john berman reporting from lviv in western ukraine. civilians under siege in cities across this country. this morning in the southern city of mariupol officials say russian bombs are falling every ten minutes as perhaps hundreds of thousands of people remain trapped there. the city nearly decimated, following weeks of bombardment. funerals are not possible leaving people to dig graves in the streets when it's safe. the latest target there was an art school where up to 400 people may have been sheltering. intelligence from the united kingdom indicates that russia will likely priorit...

Is for the ones who stood their ground" and cnn coverage continues right now. happening right now, you are looking at live pictures, president biden headed to brussels to meet with our nato allies, hoping to rally the west at a pivotal moment for ukraine. good morning, everyone. i'm glad you're with us. i'm poppy harlow in new york. >> and i'm john berman reporting from lviv in western ukraine. this morning, ukrainian forces making modest gains as they launch counterattacks against russia. video capturing ukrainian troops and russian forces in a heated gun battle. this was near kyiv. some 40...

Surround the capital. an advisor to the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy warns that russia is, in fact, ramping up its attacks. they say putin may try to split ukraine into two, somewhat like north and south korea. right now president zelenskyy says he is ready to accept neutral non-nuclear status for his country ahead of new talks between russia and ukraine. of course, the question is what is russia willing to give. those talks will begin tomorrow. also new this morning, ukraine is vowing to conduct an immediate investigation after a video surfaced of soldiers shooting russian prison...

Ukraine as well as back here at home. cnn's john berman reporting from lviv, ukraine. john, good morning to you. it's interesting to watch these talks unfold, given no letting up with the russian assault on ukraine. >> reporter: no, no, no letting up at all. i think the shape of the attack on ukraine has changed some. still a very active ground war on the eastern part of the country and then this targeted air campaign, the russians still seem to be trying to act in the western part of the country where i am. in lviv, there was an air strike over the weekend. you can see smoke rising from that ...

Is it going to be a matter -- certainly not days, but is it going to be a matter of at least weeks, if not months, before life can return to some semblance of normality? >> reporter: depends what you mean by normal. for instance, these residents in this house behind me, this house is never going to be normal. they're going to knock it down. they told me they're going to knock it down and build it further away or further in from the shore. that will be months before that house is built. it could be weeks before the electricity is up or days before the electricity is up and the cell service is b...