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country's borders. welcome to the show, everyone. it is now 8:00 a.m. in lviv, ukraine, and we're getting a clearer picture about russia's goals in ukraine. russia's military now confirming its objective is to take full control of ukraine's black sea coast. and key to that is a city that we've been talking about for days now of mariupol, where an unknown number of ukrainian troops as well as civilians are trapped inside a large steel factory, a large steel complex as you can see it on your screen. ukraine's prime minister spoke about the dire situation as he met with u.s. officials...

For a push north. at the same time the russians are trying to push south from its u izyum. if they could join them up, they would be able to circle the bulk, and that is something ukrainians say they're aware of, they're particularly worried about, but they're saying they've got preparations to deal with it. sam kiley, cnn, in dnipro. >> thanks, sam. as sam was just mentioning, the city of mariupol is battered, really charred, and in parts flattened. evacuating a city is often a perilous act, thanks of course to the constant russian bombardment. matt rivers spoke to a few families who made it ...