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For it. russia's military was humiliated by the ukrainians and caused a lot of harm in the process. and they devastated scores of families at irpin cemetery the newly widowed weep at funerals for the fallen. ala, her husband ihor fought alongside their 21-year-old son in irpin and died in his arms on the battlefield. yulia, wife of dmytro, killed by a russian mortar shell. and tatiana, her husband alexander promised her he would come back in a few hours, but was killed defending his neighborhood. i'm very proud of him, tatiana says, he's a hero, we have many people in ukraine who have not fled...

The population of ukraine and now beginning on the population of kyiv. >> john: and something happened over the weekend here as we change the map, this was just outside of irpin, this is the p30 highway, people are coming along the road here, the bridge has been taken out to try to stop the advancement of russian forces and here in front of an orthodox church a shell, we believe it was probably a mortar shell, also could have been artillery round landed in the street and killed four people who were trying to escape the fighting in irpin. it was a mother and her two children and a family friend...

He describes how ukrainian forces will win. >> translator: we know why we're here. we know why we defend our country. our guys standing there, fighting russian military forces, they know what they're doing. those goes don't. we know what we're doing. that is why we'll win. reporter: amid continued fighting the united nations says the confirmed number of civilian casualties is just over 350 people. the true number is expected to be much higher than that. unfortunately we're learning according to local reports today, three more civilians died just outside of the city in a place, a small town of ...

Civilians. putin going for almost a psychological aspect of this as well as a military aspect. >> yeah, for sure, and i will tell you, it breaks my heart to see this. many times i've been in ukraine, i've been in these cities and what vladimir putin is doing is a scorched earth strategy, he did it in aleppo, he's trying to destroy the will of ukrainian citizens to fight, so many regular citizens has been picking up arms and he wants to destroy their will to fight, decapitate the government and take control. >> john: there was this incident in irpin over the weekend, people were coming southeas...

>> russia is clearly targeting civilian areas as you can see in that report. today there are talks taking place for the third time between the russians and the ukrainians. for those significant developments are not expected. harris? >> trey, thank you very much. russia's illegal war in a sovereign nation is ushered in a disturbing new chapter. we want to warn you that the following images are graphic. we know loved ones are sometimes home during the day so we will usher a moment while they -- a mother and her two children immediately killed after being hit by a mortar shell while trying to fle...