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Coastline. it would be essentially a land bridge for them. there's a strong belief that that is one of the goals here from russia is to take odesa. it has not started yet but there may be some very early indications that that is in the works. there are some ground troops up near a town called mykolaiv. the u.s. and others are watching to see if they take a turn, head towards odesa and this increased naval activity that we're seeing in the north black sea with more russian ships that if there is potentially in the coming days some sort of an offensive that goes from both -- from the ground and ...

East coast. breaking news, for many world leaders, a frustrating end to another long dave efforts to convince president vladimir putin to end his 11-day conflict in ukrainian. instead, the fighting continues with civilians taking heavy fire on the way out of the cities and villages. [ bleep ] the mayor claims that eight civilians were killed while trying to escape today. russian forces are preparing to bombard the i is the of odesa from the south and new video from the russian area of donetsk shows pro russian forces handing out food to a village newly under russian control.

Opening up the humanitarian corridor to start to shell them. it is about amassing fire power. we saw this in 2000, in aleppo if 2016, and we'll expect to he sue it play out here. so that's in the southeast direction. and southwesterly, also very important to watch. perhaps the most important thing to watch in the coming days. the russian forces are closing in on odesa. a very important port city for ukraine. the mayor, the leadership of that city has warned its citizens to expect massive bombardments as soon as tonight. and that is an area that i expect to see russian forces closing in in the ...

Some welcome news for ukraine's president zelenskyy. new indications that the u.s. may be taking steps to potentially sanction russian oil. all working to provide with fighter jets from poland. as night falls in poland, refugees continue to stream across the border searching for a warm and safe place to stay. we have breaking news from ukraine, poland and washington. joining us from a very chilly lviv, ukraine. molly, give us the very latest. >> reporter: it is very, very chilly. we are staying in a nice warm hotel. there are so many people in western ukraine who have made it across from east ...

Spirit what is your reaction to what we're seeing a focus on odesa on the coast by the russians and perhaps somewhat withdraw from the suburbs of kyiv? >> first, up in the north in kyiv i think the battle for kyiv is over. i think it is a huge developments. you remember churchill said after the battle of north africa he said this is not the end of world war ii. it's not even the beginning of the end. just may be the end of the beginning. by holding and kyiv it survived in putin's had a catastrophic failure which was just subjugate ukraine. it lives survives and lived to fight another day the e...