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incidents, as you say, two different videos surfacing in different places. but of course, both of them in the past week, the first one appears to have been after the fact it shows two ukrainian soldiers. excuse me. lying next to a military vehicle reported to have been filmed by vagner fighters and according to social media in the vicinity of mahmoud, where we know some of the fiercest fighting is still ongoing, with heavy involvement from bargainer fighters, the there there's a voice that says they were killed in their heads cut off. there's some laughter is difficult to verify the location. we haven't been able to geolocation. all the time when it was filmed, but that is the first video second video. heavily blood surfaced on twitter. which possibly shows a russian fighter in the act of beheading a ukrainian soldier very disturbing, possibly filmed in the summer, given the level of plant life on the ground there, so this rosemary, shocking but perhaps building up a picture of what we know to be
called mahmoud that nobody had ever heard of. they couldn't take a town. now. the ukrainians are training up. they're getting new equipment. they are, they are becoming ever more capable every single day if and when a ukrainian counter offensive materializes that newly capable ukrainian military will be moving on a spent russian for so i don't think it is a stalemate. obviously, time will tell. but i would much rather be, you know, on the ukrainian side right now than on the russian side. we have heard the call time and again for more air power specifically for f. 16 ukraine's prime minister, making that request again directly this time. time today to defense secretary lloyd austin. you were on the show a little over a month ago. you said. you support that move that second guessing ukraine is going to slow down these efforts. but the u. s, of course, still hasn't agreed to that. do you believe that the us is slowing down the fight at this point? i don't think we're slowing down and i know that we've been arguing for the last 13 months ever since the invasion over the pace and the
escaped from mahmoud. they're building was hidden in bombardment last thursday, killing three among them you have hidden his 33 year old grandson. had to help him, she recalls. but i couldn't do anything. questions. they waited in their ruined homes with the dead for three days before the army could rescue them. marina's daughter was married to you have hyenas grandson. what will i tell my daughter cries marina. she and my grandchildren are in poland. this shelter nearby chassis vr provides them some comfort and warmth, but they're still not out of danger. this town is well within range of russian guns, and since the battle for bomb mood began seven months ago, it has regularly come under shelling. on this day
accusing russia of switching to so called syrian scorched earth tactics. inbox mahmoud destroying buildings and defensive positions with airstrikes and artillery fire. the ukrainian military also says dozens of russian attacks in eastern ukraine have been repelled since sunday, and a russian helicopter and six drones have been shot down. meanwhile residents from back moot taking shelter in the nearby town of shells is yeah. cnn's ben wedeman met with some evacuees who shared stories of tragedy and survival. this is the safest way out of mahmoud, but not really safe at all video obtained by cnn of the view from a ukrainian armored vehicle shows the wasteland the city has become. and it was in a vehicle like this. marina and yesenia
scorched earth policy on the eastern front. watch this. the commander says russia is destroying buildings and defensive positions with airstrikes and artillery fire residents in mahmoud, a city which has already been reduced to ruin are now taking shelter in nearby chassis vr cnn's nick paton walsh joins us now live from central ukraine with more on this good morning to you, nick. the question is how much a back moved to russians have control over but they say, and i say they separatist leader who visited over the weekend posted a video in which he claimed 75% was under russian control. that may not be massively distant from the truth, but we're talking percentage fluctuations over the past months. the street by street fighting has occurred now. certainly russia has more than it would probably a month ago. absolutely they are certainly fighting hard for the central parts of that city. the
battle for mahmoud rages on, even leaving the city doesn't guarantee safety then wiedemann is outfront. this is the safest way out of mahmoud, but not really safe at all video obtained by cnn of the view from a ukrainian armored vehicle shows the wasteland the city has become. and it was in a vehicle like this. marina and yesenia escaped from mahmoud. they're building was hitting him bombardment last thursday, killing three among them you have hidden his 33 year old grandson. had to help him, she recalls. but i couldn't do anything. questions they waited in their ruined homes with the dead for three days before the army could rescue them. marina's daughter was married to you have hyenas grandson. what will i tell my daughter cries marina.
ukraine is still supplying ammunition, food and supplies to its troops in the area and evacuating the wounded. meanwhile a soldier on leave described the fighting as hell in mahmoud. he also noted that russia has the advantage in numbers and ammunition and that the enemy artillery is shooting nonstop. china's military has been ramping up the rhetoric as it nears the end of drills in the waters and skies around taiwan. state media says the people's liberation army practice maritime blockades and ambush assaults on enemy vessels monday. the drools began a day after taiwan's president returned from a trip to visit officials in the us and central america. a move that angered beijing. so let's get the latest from cnn's beijing bureau chief stephen young. he joins us now live so stephen what's the latest on these military drills and the threat that they might pose if there's a miscalculation of sorts? rosemary you know it's
pentagon that advises president biden so obviously creating quite a bit of alarm among us officials, particularly at the pentagon. kylie atwood, cnn washington. ukrainian troops are fighting to keep a lifeline open for the embattled city of mahmoud. cnn team reports near constant artillery fire in the town of how cvr key supply route . the fighting suggests ukrainians are working hard to keep russians away from that road as they tried to regain ground and mahmoud. meanwhile ukraine says its energy system has been struck by more than 1200, russian rockets and drones . that statement didn't say over which period of time but the energy grid has been repeatedly targeted for months. and we're hearing personal stories from a group of ukrainian children who were allegedly deported by
depending on taking a really close look at this, and it remains to be seen what comes out of their review. natasha bertrand cnn at the pentagon. ukrainian artillery is fighting to keep russian troops at bay as the prince ahead with their offensive in the east. ukraine says russia launched more than 40 attacks across the eastern front lines in the past 24 hours , officials say russian forces are still trying to take full control of mahmoud. the ukrainian general staff says their forces are still fending off russian assaults. but british military intelligence says russians have regained some momentum in mahmoud and they've likely reached the city's center. well now take you to region considered one of ukraine's success stories in the war. russian troops were pushed out of the northeastern hark eve region last fall, which marked a major victory for ukraine. well now ukrainian troops there are
says russia launched more than 40 attacks across the eastern front lines in the past 24 hours , officials say russian forces are still trying to take full control of backward. ukrainian general staff says their forces are still fending off russian assault. but british military intelligence says russians have regained some momentum and mahmoud and they've likely reached the city's center. meantime more than 30. ukrainian children are now back home after their alleged illegal deportation by russia across the border on friday after spending months in russia and occupied crimea. that's according to humanitarian group save ukraine and it says some of the children were released after their mothers went to russia to try and track them down. those women also had the power of attorney to bring back the rest of the children. ukraine says more than 16,000 children have been illegally deported by russia, which led to an international arrest warrant against president vladimir putin. russia denies any wrongdoing. well now take