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This is cnn breaking news. >> good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is friday, february 25th, i'm brianna keilar with john beerman . russian forces pushing closer to the capital of ukraine, a few miles from the city center of kyiv. new reporting in moments ago that u.s. intelligence officials fear that the capital could fall within days. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy releasing a new video message appealing directly to vladimir putin, he says, there is fighting all over ukraine now, let's sit down at the negotiation table to stop the people's d...

Independence, our state, and it will remain so, glory to our defenders. glory to our women defenders. glory to ukraine. >> just within the hour multiple explosions have been heard on the outskirts of the capital with russian forces also advancing on kyiv from the north according to the ukrainian military and heavy fighting now reported south of the city. expect more to come on this as the morning unfolds there. already civilians have come under fire, whether deliberately or incidentally, we can't say. this is an apartment complex hit today. the biden administration believes that russia will th...

Try to grind down the ukrainian military with no regard for civilian casualties. where that leads, i think, is for an ugly next few weeks. >> now, ukraine's armed forces acknowledged russia's announcement on a proposed cease-fire but said, quote, it is difficult to trust the occupier. the events on the ground tuesday underscoring that suspicion. oren liebermann with our report. >> reporter: in northeast ukraine, not far from the russian border, the city of sumy was supposed to be safe, if only for a few hours. ukraine and russia agreed on a single evacuation corridor open for half of tuesday, ...

Ukraine's government will go along. they don't like the fact that most of those routes lead to russia or belarus. now the country's armed forces issuing a statement earlier saying it is difficult to trust the occupier. sumy's regional governor says evacuations will continue in that city for a second day. as many as 5,000 people did manage to leave on tuesday. that's according to the ukrainian president's office. ukraine accusing russia of bombing the city from the air just a few hours before that. authorities say 21 people were killed, two of them children. and the southern city of mykolaiv is...

She says. "my son is with me." but not every mother here is so lucky. and for many the wait continues. russian media is reporting, don, that the russian military is offering another cease-fire tomorrow to start at 10:00 a.m. moscow time. that is 9:00 a.m. here in kyiv. it would be for the same five cities that were supposed to be part of today's cease-fire. the ukrainian military has replied to that offer saying, quote, don, "it is difficult to trust the occupier." don? >> clarissa, thank you very much. it has become a rallying symbol for the russians, the letter z, emblazoned on everything fr...